Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Help your company to be more environmentally friendly

By John Lockley


Hazardous waste disposal, (UK and worldwide), can be a problem for the companies that generate the waste. For this reason most companies contract the work out to specialists who have the trained and experienced personnel, as well as the equipment and machinery, to deal with the problem.

Companies in the oil and gas industries produce a lot of waste and it needs be safely dealt with. Waste collection and disposal is needed sometimes when there are spills, or sometimes it is the product of a certain process. Waste in either case cannot be avoided easily, and it is best dealt with safety by a specialist company that know how to deal with it.

Some industries are more likely to spill hazardous waste. These companies need specialists who are on call 24 hours a day, 365 a year. They must be able to deal with the waste quickly and safely. Companies that do have common spills need a company that can deal with these kind of events.

There is so much hazardous waste that has to be collected before going into the specialist facilities that dispose of the waste safely. Using specialist companies is the recommended way to dispose of the waste carefully. Not doing this can cause a lot of damage to the environment. Waste such as oily water, drilling mud, and cuttings are all created because of machine processes and are the main culprit for harmful waste.

The companies who are contracted to deal with the waste are required to have licensed facilities where they can transfer and treat contaminated waste. They also need to have the proper trained and experienced personnel to carry out any collecting, cleaning and disposal operation that may be required. At the time of writing, if a company produces contaminated or hazardous waste in excess of 500 kilograms or 500 litres in any one year they are required to register with the Environment Agency in the UK.

Even if a company does not produce a lot of waste, any waste it does produce must be dealt with by professional companies that are licensed to deal with waste. With a small amount of waste though there is no need for the company to register with the environment agency.




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