Hazardous Waste Management & Pollution
Course Code: SE21
►Course Objective
- Learn about the various types of contamination and which ones are more applicable to your company
- Encourage and facilitate dialogue with like-minded individuals on specific contamination issues of concern in their organizations and the opportunity to develop regional networks within the GCC area to address common concerns
- Learn about the relevant environmental treaties dealing with contamination and pollution
- Learn how to prioritize contamination problems in dealing with contamination and waste management issues in a logical sequence
- Show and emphasize the close relationship between human health and the environment that’s been directly affected by contamination
- Discussion of the current methodologies for the cleanup of contaminated soil, ground and surface water, air pollution, construction materials and radioactive materials
►Target Audience
- Health & Safety and Environmental Professionals
- Staff responsible for managing Hazardous Wastes
- Staff responsible for Contamination Issues
- Laboratory Technicians
- Staff wishing to reduce risk and liability arising from polluting events
- Technical assistants and anyone who has a role to play in environmental matters of the Organization
- Emergency Personnel
►Course Outline
- DAY 1
- Brief History of Contamination and Introduction to Hazardous Wastes
- What is Contamination and how does it affect us?
- A detailed look at all the 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)
- The current watch list for chemicals that soon may be added to the Toxic 12
- Environmental Law and its significance
- Definition of Hazardous Wastes & Non -Hazardous Wastes
- Connecting the dots between Contamination and Hazardous Wastes
- DAY 2
- Management of Contamination and Hazardous Wastes
- Brief review of Day 1 topics
- 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 Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- The Purpose of a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- Why a Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is essential for WHMIS and MSDS?
- Carrying out a Contamination Audit
- Managing a Waste Disposal Site
- Class Exercise
- DAY 3
- Contamination and Pollution Prevention
- Discussions on common contamination sources from the contamination audit, sources of pollution and techniques and technologies to prevent or minimize them.
- Review of Day 2 topics
- Exploration & Production- Refining & Transportation
- Oil Spills with special reference to the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil slick occurrence
- Modern Tanker design to minimize the occurrence of a major oil spill
- Other oil related 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- Pollution from bird droppings and dead birds and the latest available technologies to control this problem
- Class Exercise
- DAY 4
- Continuation of Contamination and Pollution Prevention Planning and Contingency Planning for Major Incidents
- Review of Day 3 topics
- 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 On-going Training
- The Importance of regular reviews of Emergency plans
- Updated information on ISO 14001, 18001 and 9001
- Types of Environmental Audits
- Discussion of some major preventable accidents
- DAY 5
- Big Picture Review of the Management and Prevention of Contamination and Hazardous Wastes
- Review of Day 4 topics
- HAZID (HAZard IDentification)
- HAZOP (HAZard & OPerability)
- Environmental Ethics
- Examples of Environmental Ethics from the Instructor’s personal experiences
- Climate Change update and its Significance for the Gulf Coast Countries
- A Complete Course Review with some generic recommendations including Greening your Company at a reasonable cost
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