Contamination and Hazardous Wastes- Management and Prevention

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

• Environmental DVD

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

• Environmental DVD

• Class Exercise

DAY 3

Contamination and Pollution Prevention

• 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

• Environmental DVD

• 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

• 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