ISO 14001 Forum

Diffrence between ISO14001:2004 Vs 9001:2000

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:29:08 CST

by ravi sarraf.

ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2000, what are the diffrence.

What is environmental management system

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:46:28 CST

by Sanjay Sinha.

how ISO 14001 imliment of an organisations.

OIL SPILLS-ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES THAT NEED MORE ATTENTION

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:42:02 CDT

by sobowale tunde oloyede.

Tarred beaches, dead and dying wildlife, damaged fisheries, contaminated water supplies. These are the short-term effects of an oil spill. In the long-term, toxic materials from oil can remain in the water and on the land for many years. They can build up in the food chain to lethal levels, and destroy or disrupt and area's ecosystem.

When oil spills and mixes with water it can contaminate drinking water, kill fish and poison wildlife. Just one quart of oil may pollute up to 150,000 gallons of water! Oil is harmful to shellfish, finfish, marine mammals and waterfowl who live near the spill. Oil spills are ugly and are expensive to clean up. In addition, damage to fisheries places a hardship on those who make their living by fishing.

SOLUTION:

It is important to act fast to clean up an oil spill and prevent the oil from spreading to a bigger area. Spills can happen the open seas, close to shores, or in lakes, streams and rivers. Spills on land can contaminate groundwater or streams. How the spill is cleaned up depends on where it happened. In smaller bodies of water oil does not spread as much and cleanup is easier.

When oil reaches the shoreline, it can be cleaned in several ways:

Manual pickup - hand tools are used to collect and bag oily materials. This method improves the appearance of the beaches.
Tarmat breakup / removal - tarmats, which are thick asphalt-like coverings of oil, are slow to degrade, can be broken with hand tools and then scattered or collected.
Tilling/raking - Oil that is under the surface is exposed by using a rake to turn over the topsoil. Raking or tilling helps in natural degradation or bioremediation (discussed below).
Spot washing - hand-held high pressure washing tools are used to remove small accumulations of oil. The runoff water is then collected

OUR CONTRIBUTION:

It may seem like you cannot do anything to stop oil spills. But you can. If you see an oil spill, report it to the government as soon as possible. Less oil is used when people conserve energy by driving smaller cars, using public transportation or alternatively-fueled vehicles or other ways of travel, like walking and bicycling. Instead of dumping used car oil on the ground or down a sewer, people can take the oil to certain service stations to be disposed of properly or recycled. If you change you own oil in you car, make sure you place a container on the ground under the engine to catch any spills. An old cookie sheet works well. Also, people can conserve energy in their homes, too.

If everyone used less oil, fewer tankers would sail the seas. This could reduce the risk of oil spills.

Avoiding Paper Cups

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:00:21 CDT

by Gokila Gopalakrishnan.

What are the ideas should we follow to make the Corporate employees to get avoid of using repeatable paper cups for just having water?

Vendor Evaluation

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:57:03 CDT

by Gokila Gopalakrishnan.

Please mention various Vendors who is handling Hazardous Waste in Bangaloer city ?

Energy Management System

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:53:45 CDT

by Gokila Gopalakrishnan.

MEntion the specified topics in ISO 14001 Basics , aboput how to save the energy in corporate sectors?

Form 13 Hazardous Waste Management Rules 2008

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:36:17 CDT

by srirama k.

Whether Form 13(As per old Hazardous Waste Management Rules) - Annual returns of auction/sale of Non Ferrous Metal wastes/waste oil/used oil needs to be submitted here onwatrds or not?

Recycling of Paper Cups?

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:33:23 CDT

by srirama k.

Whether Paper cups can be recycled or not?

If yes who will take it and recycle it?

Waste Oil Filter dispoasal

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:32:06 CDT

by srirama k.

What is the cost effective solution for disposal of Small quantity of Waste Oil Filters and Soaked cotton waste especially in Bangalore?

Liability Insurance

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:30:19 CDT

by srirama k.

What is liability insurence and why it is required for Hazardous Waste Vendors?

Why they are not willing to share the copy of the same?