Unit ED3: Control Strategies for Environmental Risk. Flashcards
List the 3 Procedural strategies
- legislative strategy
- fiscal strategy
- policy strategy
What is Legislative strategies
Some control strategies may be specifically imposed by legislation, others through more
general legislation or as part of EU and UK Government policy.
What is Fiscal strategies
Fiscal strategies, including levies and taxes are frequently used as a control strategy. Examples
of this include Climate Change Levy, Landfill Tax and Fuel Tax
What is policy strategies
Companies may also impose control strategies in the form of an Environmental Policy. These policies should be backed up by Management systems, appropriate control procedures and associated information and training
What is Physical (engineering) strategies
In the same way that physical controls can reduce the risk to operators and others in the field of health and safety, so can they be used to protect the environment
What is Human Factors strategies
Information, instruction, supervision and training are human strategies for controlling risk. Providing adequate explanations is essential, saying why something should be done, rather than a straight instruction is usually the most successful.
List the 3 Practical Measures for Risk Control
- Elimination
- Substitution
- reduction
Explain the Elimination control measure
Is where the substance used or the process can be stopped, shut down or an alternative, less hazardous process substituted
Explain the Substitution control strategy
Is where a less harmful substance is used and requires an awareness of potential conflicts between health and safety and the environment when carrying it out.
Explain the Reduction control strategy
Emissions and changes to the process may be possible by making adjustments and using the same substance, but in smaller quantities.
List the parts of the waste hierarchy
- prevention
- preparing for re-use
- recycling
- other recovery
- disposal
Explain prevention in the waste hierarchy
- Using less material in design and
manufacture - keeping products for longer
- using less hazardous material
Explain re-use in the waste hierarchy
- checking
- cleaning
- repair
- refurbishing
Whole it ms or spare parts
Explain re-cycling in the waste hierarchy
Turning waste into new substances
Explain other recovery in the waste hierarchy
- Including anaerobic digestion
- incineration with energy recovery
- gasification and pyrolysis
- materials from waste