About the Course

The environmental consequences of rapid industrialisation have resulted in countless incidents of land, air and water resources sites being contaminated with toxic materials and other pollutants, threatening humans and ecosystems with serious health risks. More extensive and intensive use of materials and energy has created cumulative pressures on the quality of local, regional and global ecosystems. The program is to provide an orientation to the methods applied to control and prevent environmental pollution.

The basic principles followed for eliminating negative impacts on the quality of water, air, or land will be introduced. Applying methods and technologies to reduce pollution, minimise adverse effects, and ensure that environmental quality standards are achieved.

Contamination can come in many forms, such as contamination to ground and surface water, land, air, radioactive, food, noise, moulds, odour, construction, vibration, etc. and invariably if these contaminants are not adequately dealt with, they will result in pollution and certain situations serious health problems. This Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control training course will give details on the various types of contaminants and the new frontiers in eliminating or minimising these contaminants, effective non-hazardous products in your company, and environmentally acceptable disposal methods for both hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.

Core Objectives

The delegates will achieve the following objectives:

• Learning about the various types of contamination and which ones are more applicable to your company
• Encouraging and facilitating dialogue with like-minded individuals on specific contamination issues of concern in their organizations and the opportunity to develop regional networks to address common concerns
• Learning about the relevant environmental treaties dealing with contamination and pollution
• Learning how to prioritise contamination problems in dealing with contamination and waste management issues in a logical sequence
• Showing the close relationship between human health and the environment that’s been directly affected by contamination
• Know the current methodologies for the clean-up of contaminated soil, ground, and surface water, air pollution, construction materials and radioactive materials

Training Approach

This Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control training course will encourage the delegates’ participation and the atmosphere in the classroom will be tailored to asking questions. The delegates will all be made to feel welcome in a stress-free atmosphere. Both a PowerPoint slide presentation and videos will be used.

The Attendees

This training course is for anyone interested in the topic of pollution prevention and control. Still, it will be of particular interest to policymakers, designers and businesses looking for inspiration on the potential of circular economy models.

Whether an entrepreneur or innovator, it will increase your knowledge and potentially germinate new thinking and ideas.

Likewise, it will be valuable to the professionals but not limited to the following:

• Health, Safety and Environmental Professionals
• Hazardous Wastes Management Staff
• Laboratory Technicians
• Technical Assistants
• Emergency Personnel
• Staff wishing to reduce risk and liability arising from polluting events
• Staff responsible for Contamination Issues

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: INTRODUCTION TO CONTAMINATION - HAZARDOUS WASTE AND POLLUTION

• All various Types of Contamination
• Global Environmental issues related to Contamination
• International Environmental Treaties and Guidelines related to Contamination
• The toxic 12 Chemicals and the role of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
• Environmental Law and its significance
• What is Industrial Pollution?
• Chemicals and the Environment
• Vulnerability of Personnel, Buildings and Equipment
• Types of Risk, People, Assets, Building, and Equipment

DAY TWO: MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATION AND TYPES OF TREATMENT

• The relationship between Contamination and Occupational Health & Safety
• The importance of documentation in Hazardous Waste Management
• Some typical Hazardous Waste Regulations and the need for harmonization
• The purpose of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
• Biological Treatment
• Air Quality Standards & Pollution Control
• Solid and Hazardous Wastes
• Groundwater and Protection
• Carrying out a Contamination Audit

DAY THREE: CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION PREVENTION

• Exploration & Production - Refining & Transportation
• Oil Spills with special reference to the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick Occurrence
• Sources of pollution
• The common thread amongst many third world countries concerning pollution issues
• The current concepts of Zero Waste (ZW) and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) and their limitations
• The Bird Problem

DAY FOUR: PLANNING AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR MAJOR INCIDENTS

• Life Cycle Management of all materials being used in a company
• The 5R’s- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, and Rethink
• Detailed requirements for proper storage of hazardous materials
• The importance of regular reviews of Emergency Plans
• Updated information on ISO 14001, 45001, and 9001
• Major Preventable Accidents

DAY FIVE: EVALUATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

• Hazard Identification (HAZID)
• Hazardous Waste Operations (HAZWOPER)
• Environmental Ethics
• Climate Change and its Significance
• Generic Recommendations including Greening the Company Organisation at a reasonable cost