Pollution Prevention Plan

[Writer's Name]

[Institution Name]Pollution Prevention Plan

Introduction

This paper will highlight an important issue i.e. pollution which is causing harmful effects on the overall environment of Earth. As an environment manager, the pollution prevention plan will be presented to make sure waste management is effectively done.

What is Pollution Prevention?

The Pollution Prevention Plan is at the top of a hierarchy of methods of environmental protection which also include the reuse and recycling, the fight against pollution or treatment, disposal and destruction, and restoration and decontamination although these methods have environmental benefits, prevention of pollution is at the top of the hierarchy because it can offer in terms of cost effective alternative best opportunities to reduce environmental and health risks while improving net profits of the organization (Bannerman et al., 1993).

Environmental Policy

The organization is committed to providing a framework to monitor progress or planned accidental and environmental objectives and targets set by the Environmental Management System.

Environmental Aspects

The organization's activities generate "Environmental Aspects, which interaction with, the environment can produce Environmental Impacts. The Environmental Management System, the organization has a procedure for the identification of environmental aspects associated with all operations and to distinguish between those that should be identified as significant and not significant. In short, following are the key aspects of concern for the plan:

Prevent or reduce adverse effects on health people and the environment by preventing or reducing contaminants from the work of the projects.

Promote more sustainable use of resources, including energy and water.

Reduction in GHG emissions from activities in connection with projects.

Legal and Other Aspect

Environmental Management System is the requirement to comply national environmental legislation, local, and other commitments of the location where it operates. For this has a procedure which describes the methodology for identifying and updating legislation (Dasch, 2003).

Objectives and Targets

Optimize the consumption of natural resources and raw materials.

Increasing energy efficiency and using cleaner energy.

Prevent and minimize the generation of pollution loads.

Prevent, mitigate, correct and compensate for environmental impacts on populations and ecosystems.

Adopt cleaner technologies and practices for improvement of environmental management.

Minimize waste and use.

Program(s) of environmental management

Environmental Management Program is the document through which assigned to each goal and / or insert a responsible and determined within identify the appropriate means of compliance.

Structure and responsibilities

Organization Chart

The functions within the organization will have direct responsibility for development and administration of the Environmental Management System.

Responsibility Matrix

The matrix sets out the primary responsibilities and activities and secondary functions in the Environmental Management System.

Authority Matrix

The matrix sets the exercise of authority to the Management System Environmental

Training, Awareness and Skills

The Environmental Management System as an organization recognized Training key to effectively accomplish the purpose of the principles of it. That is why there is a procedure through which to identify systematic training needs for all staff. The Plan of Training and Awareness activities are set to performed, the time and the responsibility for their development (internal and external) and its valuation. Beyond the specific training, activities that the Plan considers everyone in the ...