CP Training Courses
Environmental Management Training Courses

Waste Management

This introductory Waste Management course incorporates the IEMA Resource Efficiency programme and an IEMA Certificate is awarded following successful completion of the end-of course examination.

A 5-day programme in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The course is intended for staff new to waste management concepts and activity and includes several site visits. Participants are likely to be drawn from facilities, maintenance management, storage, transport and logistics departments with responsibility for management of industrial, commercial and domestic waste.

It is designed to:

• Give a general overview of environmental management issues and systems
• Develop an understanding of the underlying principles of waste management
• Enable participants to relate the principles to their own actual operating environment and day-to-day experience
• Provide participants with techniques and tools for development of appropriate policies and procedures

Topics covered will include:


Global Environmental Issues
Waste Concepts and Definitions
Trends in Waste Legislation
Summary of Waste Legislation
Waste Management Options, including landfill, incineration and composting
Programme for Contaminated Land
Duty of Care and the Transfer of Waste
Handling Hazardous Waste
Dealing with Packaging and Packaging Waste (Producer Responsibility Packaging Waste)?
Waste Minimisation (Overview of Waste Minimisation)

Individual waste streams:

Batteries
Clinical Waste
Construction and Demolition Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
End of Life Vehicles
Asbestos Containing Materials
Glass
Metals
Waste Oils
Ozone Depleting Substances
Paper
Polychlorinated Biphenyls Management

Waste minimisation:

Collecting and Analysing Data
Identifying Opportunities for Reducing Waste
Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving
Generating Opportunities into Targets
Evaluating Targets
Feedback and Communication (Procedure for Consultation and Communication)
The course will be interactive and participative. There will be many minor and major exercises and case study syndicate activities.

There will be an End of Course Examination leading to the IEMA Resource Efficiency Certificate.

Dates: 15th to 19th November 2010
Venue: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Fee: £2,390 plus VAT @ 17.5%



Testimonial from a satisfied participant

"This course was very useful, and it was good that we had site visits." Gulsim, E&P Company, Kazakhstan

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