Unique Reference:
Last Site Visit: 01/09/2010
Ardagh Glass Central Corporate Register Aspect Register
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Sand |
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Soda Ash |
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Lime (CaO) |
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Nepheline syenite/Feldspar |
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Cullet |
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Sodium Sulphate |
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Chemical Use: Polyethylene |
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Chemical Use: Water Treatment |
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Chemical Use: Tin Coating |
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Waste Stock From Customers |
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Ancillary Materials |
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Maintenace Oil |
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Solvents |
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Paper |
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Coolant |
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Packaging |
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Chemical Use: Cleaning Materials |
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Water Usage |
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Towns Water |
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Water Abstraction |
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Pollution |
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Point Source Emissions to Atmosphere |
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Furnace Emissions |
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Brand Enhancement Centre - VOC's |
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Boiler House |
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Point Source Emissions to Sewer, Surface or Ground Waters |
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Effluent Discharge |
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Drainage System |
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Cooling Tower |
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Surfacewater Run Off |
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Lagoon |
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Sprinkler Pond |
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Lagoon Cleaning |
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Fugitive Emissions to Atmosphere |
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LPG usage |
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Refrigerants |
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Welding Emissions |
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Heat Emissions |
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Processing Fumes |
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Dust from onsite processes |
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Dust from Construction or Demolimation |
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Cold End Coating - Fumes |
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Waste Storage |
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Oil Mists |
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Fugitive Emissions to Sewer, Surface Water or Ground Waters |
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Oil / Waste Oil Storage |
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Liquid Oil Contaminated Waste |
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Diesel Storage |
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Fuel Oil Storage |
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Non-bulk Oil and Chemical storage |
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Brand Enhancement Centre Chemical Store |
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Brand Enhancement Centre Liquid Storage |
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Site Surface, Bunding and Pipework Integrity |
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Oil Pump House |
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General Spills and Leaks |
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Other Waste Storage |
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Waste |
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Non-Hazardous Waste |
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General Waste |
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Scrap Metal |
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Waste Cardboard |
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Reject Bottles / Waste Glass |
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Cullet- Spoil |
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Waste Cooking Oil |
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Waste Packaging |
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Pallets |
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Hazardous Waste |
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Asbestos |
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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
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Special Waste/Hazardous Waste |
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Fluorescent Tubes |
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Inkjet Cartridges |
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Waste Chemicals |
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Interceptor Sludge |
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Solvent and aerosol Waste |
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Waste Oil and Oil Contaminated Material |
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Batteries |
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Swarf |
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Furnace Wastes |
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Drums |
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Carbon |
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Electricity |
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Air Compressors |
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Motor Power |
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Computer Equipment for Monitoring and Office Use |
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Lighting |
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Conveyors and Elevators |
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Machinery |
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Electric Lehrs |
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Natural Gas |
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Furnaces, Refiners, Forehearths |
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Boiler House |
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Domestic Heating |
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Gas Lehrs |
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Methane Capture |
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Liquid Fuels |
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Diesel: Backup Fuel |
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Transport |
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Vehicle Use |
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Delivery / Distribution vehicles |
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Site Condition |
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Historic Contamination |
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Historic Use |
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Current Condition |
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Hardstanding |
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PCB: Electricial Substation |
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Management of Landscaping/Gardening |
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Miscellaneous |
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Nuisance |
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Noise |
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Pest Control |
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Litter |
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Dust |
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Product Design |
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Product Design |
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Life Cycle |
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Product Lifecycle |
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Furnace Rebuilds |
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Emergencies |
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Natural Disasters |
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Fire |
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Flood |
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Technical Issues |
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Power Interruption or Failure |
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Explosion or Furnace Break-Out |
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Chemical/Oil Spillage or Release |
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Leaking of Molten Glass |
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Bulk Tank Rupture |
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Pipework Failure |
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Raw Materials and Water Usage
Process Materials
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Sand is used within the glass production process. Deliveries are booked in at the gate house. A sample of the sand is taken to the control room for inspection , the delivery driver is then told which valve is to be used for delivery. The control room activate the correct inlet valve to ensure no errors are made in delivery. The entire delivery process is observed on CCTV. All silos have an ultrasonic over fill and under fill alarm. In addition there is a high high back up alarm to ensure accuracy at all times. Sand is all stored in a designated storage area. Sand used in the Portland site is sourced from Scotland
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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Soda ash is used within the production process. Deliveries are booked in at the gate house. A sample of the soda ash is taken to the control room for inspection , the delivery driver is then told which valve is to be used for delivery. The control room activate the correct inlet valve to ensure no errors are made in delivery. The entire delivery process is observed on CCTV. All silos have an ultrasonic over fill and under fill alarm. In addition there is a high high back up alarm to ensure accuracy at all times. Soda ash used in the Portland site is sourced from Turkey.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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Lime (CaO) is used within the production process. Deliveries are booked in at the gate house. A sample of the lime is taken to the control room for inspection , the delivery driver is then told which valve is to be used for delivery. The control room activated only the correct inlet valve to ensure to errors are made in delivery. The entire delivery process is observed on CCTV. All silos have an ultrasonic over fill, under fill alarm. In addition there is a high high back up alarm to ensure accuracy at all times. Lime used in the Portland site is sourced from Buxton. Lime is also used within the furnace stack to neutralise acid gases. The lime used within the furnace stack is then reused within the production process.
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Nepheline syenite/Feldspar is used within the production process. Deliveries are booked in at the gate house. A sample of the Nepheline syenite/Feldspar is taken to the control room for inspection, the delivery driver is then told which valve is to be used for delivery. The control room activate only the correct inlet valve to ensure no errors are made in delivery. The entire delivery process is observed on CCTV. All silos have an ultrasonic over fill and under fill alarm. In addition there is a high high back up alarm to ensure accuracy at all times. Nepheline syenite/Feldspar used in the Portland site is sourced from Glasgow.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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Cullet is sourced from Bottle Bank who supply bottles disposed of by consumers in public recycling bins or by retail outlets that have returned product to the suppliers and eventually to the cullet reprocessing plant. This recycled material is redelivered to site and is booked in at the gate house before being store in a partially enclosed external storage area depending on colour. In addition to sourced cullet, reject bottles are also reused within the production process.
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Sodium sulphate is used within the production process. Deliveries are booked in at the gate house. A sample of the Sodium sulphate is taken to the control room for inspection, the delivery driver is then told which valve is to be used for delivery. The control room activate only the correct inlet valve to ensure no errors are made in delivery. The entire delivery process is observed on CCTV. All silos have an ultrasonic over fill, under fill alarm. In addition there is a high high back up alarm to ensure accuracy at all times.
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A solution of polyethylene and water is used to coat the bottles to prevent scratching.
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Related Legislation: REGISTRATION, EVALUATION AND AUTHORISATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) |
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HCl & NaOH, NaCl and Sodium Hypochlorite are used for water treatment to prevent scale, corrosion, and bacteria growth.
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Related Legislation: REGISTRATION, EVALUATION AND AUTHORISATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) |
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Aspect Description:
An application of tin coating using tin dioxide and hydrochloric acid is applied to the bottles to make the surface of the glass more adhesive to the cold end coating, and increase durability. At Barnsley, the emissions of tin and HCl from this process are vented into the abatement chimneys
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Related Legislation: REGISTRATION, EVALUATION AND AUTHORISATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) |
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Waste stock is received from customers, the bottles are then emptied and processed into cullet to be used as a raw material. The use and treatment of waste may require a waste exemption licence from SEPA.
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Ancillary Materials
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Mineral Oil is used in numerous processes on site, including: addition to parts during maintenance of site equipment including furnaces, forehearths, conveyors, mould shop tools; lubrication of equipment on site (conveyors, moulding machines etc) ; swabbing with oil mops to lubricate moulds and blanks (approx every 20 minutes).
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Related Legislation: WATER ENVIRONMENT (OIL STORAGE) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2006 CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Solvents are used for cleaning during machine maintenance, degreasing of equipment, mould cleaning and the testing of coating.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: SOLVENT EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED |
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Paper is used for administrative activities in a number od areas across the company.
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Coolant is used for shearing blades (water and Castrol GS suspension liquid) in the Shearing process. This solution then enters the site dirty water recirculation system which contains a number of interceptors.
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Related Legislation: REGISTRATION, EVALUATION AND AUTHORISATION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) |
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Aspect Description:
Ardagh Glass currently use predominately wooden pallets, cardboard and polythene packaging for the forward movement of products. Ardagh is now promoting reusable plastic packaging to all customers in order to reduce to amount of cardboard required as a raw material.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATIONS (PACKAGING WASTE) REGULATIONS 2007, AS AMENDED PACKAGING (ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS 2003, AS AMENDED |
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Relatively small quantities of cleaning chemicals are used across the site.
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Water Usage
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Water is used in industrial and domestic uses around site including: the coating of bottles with wax solution to stop scratching; line cleaning and floor scrubbing; plunger cleaning; jet washing of fork lift trucks / machine parts; for cooling during furnace shutdown; operation of evaporative cooling towers; steam generation; lagoon topping up and domestic uses for hygeine and sanitary uses on site. A dirty water recirculation system exists to limit water usage at the site. At the Barnsley site, there are two main metered feeds onto the site, with 26 sub-meters which are read regularly, in order to closely monitor water use across the site and identify any areas of excessive use. The site also operates a closed circuit cooling system which re-circulates water thereby eliminating the need for constant towns water top up. The system is subject to legislation with regard to legionella control. This is described in Section 6 of the Safety Management System.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED WATER SUPPLY (WATER FITTINGS) REGULATIONS 1999 SEWERAGE SCOTLAND ACT 1968, AS AMENDED BY THE WATER INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 WATER ENVIRONMENT (CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED THE WATER BYELAWS 2000 (SCOTLAND) CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
Ardagh Glass abstracts ground water at the Knottingley site (Headlands) via an onsite borehole. The Doncaster (Wheatley) site extracts small quantities of canal water, for cooling purposes. Ardagh Glass must ensure all water abstraction has an exemption or licence and that extraction is within the limits set out in their consents.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Pollution
Point Source Emissions to Atmosphere
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Furnace operation results in the release of compounds including NOx and SOx. A lime scrubber is use within the filter to clean emissions. The introduction of a Luhr filter at the Portland site has significantly reduced emission. Emissions are regularly monitored at all sites and are reported as required to SEPA or the EA. At the Barnsley site, there are three end fired regenerative furnaces that are fired using natural gas, gas or oil (during gas interruptions or emergencies). Two furnaces have been closed and changes to the PPC permit have been made. As part of the IPPC Improvement Programme Ardagh are using the second abatement plant to serve B4 furnace and control the above emissions. Continuous monitoring is is place at both of the EP chimneys and emissions from the furnaces are monitored by a specialist contactor Under abnormal conditions, if a batch mix problem occurs, increased emissions may result. Technical Centre is reviewing all practises, processes and equipment on the market; with the view of installation at the next major rebuild of the furnaces.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: SOLVENT EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART III: STATUTORY NUISANCE NOISE AND STATUTORY NUISANCE ACT 1993 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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At the Barnsley site, the Brand Enhancement Centre receives finished glass containers and adds various coatings such as paint, enamels, sleeves and labels. The painting process is an A2 process under the PPC Regulations and operates under a permit from the Local Authority. VOC’s are released to atmosphere via a stack. The company have never experienced any problems complying with emission limits. (Exceeding emission limits would cause a breach of the authorisation). All VOCs were are routinely monitored at Ardagh Glass sites.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL |
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At Barnsley, three boilers are used to produce steam for use in the process, and are virtually always fuelled by natural gas. This produces emissions of SOx and NOx, which are released to atmosphere unabated via three stacks. There are two boilers running, one as a lead and the other is funcionalised (back-up). The reduction is due to the demand of steam.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART III: STATUTORY NUISANCE |
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Point Source Emissions to Sewer, Surface or Ground Waters
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Effluent discharge from line clean-down is discharged to the drain. Discharge from the cooling towers is also diverted to the drain, as are small amounts of discharge from plunger cleaning. It is unclear whether this is included in the discharge consent. It was also noted during a previous site visit that compressor blowdown due to the use of dryers was being discharged to hardstanding. At the Barnsley site, Ardagh hold a discharge consent to sewer from Yorkshire Water, No. Y/1146/01C. Effluent drains to sewer from a number of sources, including the equipment cleaning bay and the hot end floor-cleaning machine. These two effluent streams are released via an oil separator located in a sump in the car park area.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED WATER RESOURCES ACT 1991, AS AMENDED WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED SEWERAGE SCOTLAND ACT 1968, AS AMENDED BY THE WATER INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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The site drainage system has separate drainage to foul sewer and stormwater. Interceptors prevent unauthorised oily waste from being discharged to sewer. At the portland site a three stage interceptor is in use, this uses a float system and an on level switch. Any effluent discharge to sewer is covered by a discharge consent. Under abnormal circumstances excess water from fire, jetwashing or due to furnace shutdown (once every 10 yewars per furnace) may result in contaminated discharge to stormwater. Failutre to empty interceptor may result in contaminated discharge to sewer.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED SEWERAGE SCOTLAND ACT 1968, AS AMENDED BY THE WATER INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 WATER ENVIRONMENT (CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (OIL STORAGE) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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Chemicals are used to treat cooling water for scale, corrosion, and bacteria. Therefore the operation of evaporative cooling towers can result in emissions of contaminates to sewer. Biocides are used to dose the cooling towers for legionella control reasons. These chemicals are stored internally within bunds.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED SEWERAGE SCOTLAND ACT 1968, AS AMENDED BY THE WATER INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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Run-off is released to sewer via an interceptors on site. Ardagh Glass hold discharge consents for emissions. Under abnormal conditions, failure of the interceptor could result in this discharge being contaminated with oils. For example, It should be noted that the use of detergents (which emulsify the oil/water mix) will prevent the interceptor from working effectively.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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At the Barnsley site, the lagoon has an overflow drain that discharges into Cudworth Dyke, this is covered by Yorkshire Water consent Ref: 3306 and the IPPC permit. The consent limits the emission of suspended solids, oil and grease and sets maximum flow rates. The company are required to sample the discharge at least 12 times per year. No problems have been experienced in meeting the requirements of the consent. A number of drains around the site feed back to the lagoon, this sometimes results in the build up of solids in the chambers and the potential for oil in the event of a spill. The lagoon is periodically cleaned out (see below) and skimmed if necessary.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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The Fraser’s sprinkler pond (fire water) receives water from the Fraser’s warehouse and surrounding roadways. This pond overflows into a drain that terminates at Cudworth Dyke. Items of rubbish are occasionally found in the pond and there is the potential for spills to migrate into the water.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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At the Barnsley site, solid deposits collect in the lagoon system from the glass process and the site land drain system, meaning the system must be cleaned out periodically. The water, after analysis, is accepted by Yorkshire Water and solids are removed to landfill or recycled, for example into building blocks.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 LANDFILL: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Fugitive Emissions to Atmosphere
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Liquid Petroleum Gas is stored on site in a designated area, for use with Fork lift trucks.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED |
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A variety of refrigerants are in use onsite, including fluorinated gases and some R22 (HCFC), in Air conditioning System/Closed cooling systems. Moisture from these units is discharged into site drainage system. Maintenance or replacement of air conditioning system requires disposal of old refrigerant gases by contractor. Pipe work rupture would results in the release of R22 gas. Ardagh Glass are aware of R22 requirements. All air conditioning systems are periodically maintained by suitably qualified external contractors and in the event of a breakdown.
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Related Legislation: FLUORINATED GREENHOUSE GASES REGULATIONS 2009 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLS ON OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 2011 OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (QUALIFICATIONS) REGULATIONS 2009 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED |
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Welding is used during the maintenance of site equipment including furnaces, forehearths, conveyors, mould shop tools. Fumes from welding are extracted directly to the atmosphere.
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Heat emissions occur from equipment on site that generates heat either as a primary function (ie. Furnaces) or as a by-product, including: heat emissions from the ovens in the kitchen; heat emissions from the electric / gas Lehr ovens; heat from the air conditioning system. All heat emissions are vented to atmosphere.
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Various processes result in the emission of chemical fumes including: use of dry film lubricant in the mould shop; use of 120 compound in plunger cleaning; oil and graphite fumes; carbon dioxide and nitrogen fumes from refining and foreheaths; emissions from silicone spray.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: SOLVENT EMISSIONS |
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Historically fugitive dust emissions were are a concern for Ardagh Glass and as a result work as been carried out to reduce fugitive dust emissions. For example at the Portland site a 5 year modelling programme was carried out to ascertain effects on local area (sensitive receptors include residential properties 30m from site, Bogside Flats SSSI and an RSPB reserve). A Luhr filter is now in use at the site and has significantly reduced the potential for dust emissions. The delivery process has also been designed to efficiently deliver raw material up into silos which limits fugitive dust emissions. The raw materials are premixed in the batch room and is sealed to prevent dust from escaping into the main factory and reducing internal air quality. The batch room is regularly cleaned to reduce the build of particles. At the Barnsley site, there is a dust extraction system in place in the Batch House in order to control fugitive emissions of dust from the transfer of raw materials. The plant is covered in the IPPC authorisation, which requires that any wastes produced from it must be transferred and contained so as to prevent fugitive emissions. There is a covered skip in the waste storage area for this purpose.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: SOLVENT EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART III: STATUTORY NUISANCE NOISE AND STATUTORY NUISANCE ACT 1993 POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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Aspect Description:
The current construction and planned demolition works at the Portland site could result in dust emissions to atmosphere through operations such as crushing of concrete, and through improper storage of dusty materials such as cement. Ardagh Glass must ensure that the potential for dust generation is minimised by regular audits of contractors and boundary checks when construction and planned demolition works are carried out on site.
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Related Legislation: CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART III: STATUTORY NUISANCE NOISE AND STATUTORY NUISANCE ACT 1993 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 |
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A small amount of fume is expected during the cold end coating process where containers are sprayed with a solution containing Tegoglass 702 / RP40. Monitoring is carried out periodically for Occupational Health and Safety purposes.
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Aspect Description:
At the Barnsley site, powdered wastes such as soda ash are stored in the central waste storage area. A covered skip is provided to ensure fugitive emissions are prevented. On occasion the cover has been observed to be not in use.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART III: STATUTORY NUISANCE |
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Aspect Description:
Oil mists are produced during swabbing during the glass forming process. A computer record is kept of daily machine use and monitoring is carried out periodically for OH&S reasons.
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Fugitive Emissions to Sewer, Surface Water or Ground Waters
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All oil stored on site is kept in bunded storage. There are 205l tanks on bunds, and a supply and storage tank and a waste oil tank both stored together in a steel bund outside BOSH. Pipework has been checked and tightened where appropriate. At the Barnsley site, waste oil is collected in 3 dedicated, bunded bulk storage containers across the site. The tanks are periodically pumped out by a licensed waste carrier according to a procedure. Drivers have a spill kit on board if necessary. B7 oil storage (process machinery) - a designated area is used for storage of drums of oil for use in process machinery. Oil drums are stored internally on bunded racking. It should be ensured that all bunds are of adequate capacity to contain any spills (110% of the largest container or 25% of the total amount stored). At the Barnsley site, there are no vulnerable drains in the designated area.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (OIL STORAGE) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Liquid oil contaminated waste is produced from several processes on site and is contained appropriately under normal circumstances. Waste oil from machines is diverted to the dirty water recirculating system; there is an interceptor fitted to contain oil residue under normal circumstances. However, an overflow from the interceptor leads to the sewer, and if overflow occurs this will lead to oil contaminated discharge to the sewer. Oil contamination from the cullet is washed to ground & then to sewer or stormwater drains (it is currently unclear where this goes). Discharge to sewer is included under consent, but discharge to stormwater is unconsented and would lead to surface water contamination. In the use of dryers, condensate is discharged to oily water separators, and clean water to the drain. Oily water from vacuum is disposed of as special waste once a month.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED SPECIAL WASTE REGULATIONS 1996, AS AMENDED SEWERAGE SCOTLAND ACT 1968, AS AMENDED BY THE WATER INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 WATER ENVIRONMENT (CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (OIL STORAGE) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
Diesel is stored in tanks on site, all of which are bunded. At the Barnsley site, Diesel is stored in two tanks of capacity 54,907 and 50,000 litres in the lorry park area for use in vehicle re-fuelling. One tank is bunded by a brick bund, which is of insufficient capacity and therefore not compliant with the regulations. The delivery point has been located to the opposite side inside the bund for safety reasons. The other tank is a modern double skinned tank requiring no bunding and was installed in May 2009. Both tanks have level indicators fitted.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (CONTROLLED ACTIVITIES) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (OIL STORAGE) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
At the Barnsley site, Fuel is stored in bulk on site for use during gas interruptions. The fuel oil tanks are contained within a brick bund of adequate capacity. Delivery points are located inside the bunded area. There are three tanks of the following capacity: Tank 1 – 313,680 litres Tank 2 – 527,347 litres Tank 3 – 1,054,695 litres
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES SULPHUR CONTENT OF LIQUID FUELS (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007 CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
At the Barnsley site, there are several workshops around the site including the production engineering workshop, I S Maintenance, Mould Manufacture and Mould Repair, Garage, Compressor House, Batch Plant workshop, Brand Enhancement Centre Workshop and No 11 Hangar. Relatively small quantities of oil, lubricants, solvents and other chemicals may be stored in these departments. Liquids are generally stored on bunds and spill kits are in place in all workshops. Local drains either run to oil separators or to the lagoon. Waste oil from the kitchen is stored to the rear of the canteen building in an enclosed bund to prevent rain water entering. The bund is emptied and cleaned periodically. There is a spill kit located in this area and there is a drain adjacent to the bund, This oil storage facility replaced an open bund in 2008 that was prone to spillage due to rain water entering. Relatively small amounts of other liquid materials are kept on site, and are all stored on bunding. Raw materials are not generally kept in central stores for a long period of time as they are removed to the department where they will be used as soon as possible. There are a number of degreaser’s onsite in the workshops, used for cleaning parts etc. These are fully self contained and not situated in proximity to drains. Spill kits are in place in all workshops.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
Chemicals used by the Brand Enhancement Centre are stored in a dedicated storage house. During the last departmental audit a manhole cover was observed in the storehouse, the purpose of which was unclear. In addition, the spill kit was empty. In some cases the storeroom will not be visited for several days, it was recommended daily checks should be carried out, in case spills or leaks had occurred.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
Liquid raw materials, oils and liquid wastes are stored on bunding in the Brand Enhancement Centre. For example, waste paints are stored in a sealed drum. A spill kit is in place adjacent to this area.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
At the Barnsley site, the engineering department is responsible for the maintenance of site surfacing, bunding and pipework. Site surfacing is generally of good integrity, with some areas where improvements could be required. The PPC permit requires all surfacing and bunding to be inspected on an annual basis and maintained/repaired accordingly. A full drainage plan is in place detailing all subsurface pipework, which will be kept up to date.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
The oil pump house is a pumping station serving oil to the furnaces and boilers in the event of a gas interruption or breakdown. Accidental release of oils to sewer, surface or groundwater could result in an increased burden on water treatment works or substantial pollution/contamination of water stores.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
General spills and leaks can occur across the site and there is a possibility of staff contravening company policy and disposing of liquid effluents down drains incorrectly. However, all staff has received spill training and procedures are in place for dealing with spills of different substances.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Aspect Description:
At the Barnsley site, some liquid wastes are stored in the central waste storage area and in smaller quantities across the site. Liquid wastes are kept at the far end of the storage area behind the drainage gully. Any spills in this area should collect in a sump, preventing their release.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS REGULATIONS 2008 CONTROL OF POLLUTION (OIL STORAGE) (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED WATER ENVIRONMENT (OIL STORAGE) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WATER DISCHARGE |
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Waste
Non-Hazardous Waste
Aspect Description:
General waste bins (green) are loacted across the site. General waste skips are enclosed fitted with lids. Hazardous and non-hazardous waste is segregated appropriately, and an authorised waste contractor handles all waste from this area. General waste is sent to landfill. Food waste and small quantities of paper waste are treated as general waste and sent to landfill.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 LANDFILL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2003 SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS REGULATIONS 2008 LANDFILL: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Aspect Description:
Scrap metal is generated on site, mainly through maintenance of site equipment including furnaces (rebuilds), forehearths, conveyors, and mould shop tools/mould manufacture departments. This is segregated and stored in a designated skip within the waste storage area. Scrap metal is then taken offsite by approved carriers, for reuse by scrap metal merchant.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Waste cardboard is generally stored in large skip in yard, located in a sheltered area, before it is taken offsite for recycling. A large amount of cardboard waste is generated from packaging. Cardboard waste is separated out into a dedicated skip and recycled. The company is obligated under the Producer Responsibility Obligation (Packaging Waste) and purchases the necessary PRN’s from VALPAK.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATIONS (PACKAGING WASTE) REGULATIONS 2007, AS AMENDED PACKAGING (ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS 2003, AS AMENDED WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Reject bottles are stored in the domestic cullet storage area and reused. Different colours of glass are separated out into skips for recycling. Waste glass arises from product rejection or contamination. Contaminated glass cannot be recycled into the process and must be landfilled.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Cullet is reused in furnace. Contaminated or spoiled cullet is collected and recycled by an external company for used in road construction.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Waste cooking and vegetable oil from the canteen are transported offsite by Thornwood Oils for recycling.
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Ardagh Glass currently use predominately wooden pallets, cardboard and polythene packaging for the forward movement of products. Large amounts of waste polythene packaging are generated. Polythene is separated out and stored in a dedicated skip in the central waste storage area. Waste from the package is process is baled or stored in skips on site for recycling. The company is obligated under the Producer Responsibility Obligation (Packaging Waste) and purchases the necessary PRN’s from VALPAK. Waste polythene is recycled. Ardagh is now promoting reusable plastic packaging to all customers in order to reduce cardboard waste.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS REGULATIONS 2008 PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY OBLIGATIONS (PACKAGING WASTE) REGULATIONS 2007, AS AMENDED PACKAGING (ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS 2003, AS AMENDED WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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At the Barnsley site, pallets (new, repaired or returns from the customer) are delivered to site by a contractor. Pallets beyond repair are disposed of via a licensed waste contractor for recycling. (From October 2006 the on-site repair of pallets ceased).
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Hazardous Waste
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Portland Chrysolite (white) and amosite (brown) asbestos containing materials have been identified at various locations around the Portland site. This is being removed and disposed of at special waste landfill sites. Care should be taken to minimise the damage caused to asbestos containing materials whilst in situ as release of asbestos fibres into the air could have serious implications for human health. Ardagh Glass have an asbestos management plan in place to organise the removal of these materials. Barnsley The Barnsley site has an asbestos inventory in place. Inspections are carried out to check the condition of materials containing asbestos and Ardagh are aware of regulations relating to exposure to asbestos.
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Generation of waste electrical equipment containing various heavy metals and brominated flame retardants. WEEE is collected is suitablity store prior to collection and recycling by a suitably licensed contractor.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) REGULATIONS 2006, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Special waste is generated on site under normal conditions. It is disposed of either in special waste landfill space (in the case of waste ceramic fibre, tin residue, sand blasting residue, used cutting fluid, contaminated wax, nickel containing dust, during cleaning, old mops and swabs, contaminated gloves) or recycled (disposal of drums containing chemicals). Under emergency conditions such as an oil or solvent spill, absorbent materials used in the spill containment are also disposed of as special waste to landfill.
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Waste fluorescent tubes are stored in special receptacle and taken offsite by a licensed contractor to be recycled. At the Barnsley site, there is a programme in place to fit energy efficient light bulbs in new or refurbished buildings and replace existing light bulbs in other areas as they fail. This should reduce the volume of this waste stream.
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Use of printing ink potentially containing solvents and emission of VOCs. Used ink catridges have to be disposed of, these are taken off-site to be shredded and recycled.
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Used chemicals are disposed of either through discharge to sewer, or to special waste.
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Cleaning chemicals (G101 detergent) are used in the jet washing of fork lift trucks and machine parts. The resulting solution is drained to an interceptor and the sludge is removed by contractor.
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Used solvent cans are disposed of in the general waste stream and go to landfill. Used solvent from degreasing process is disposed of by Safety Kleen and recycled. Spray cans are used across the Barnsley site for various purposes. Used cans are separated out and stored in dedicated labelled bins prior to disposal by an appropriately licensed waste contractor
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: SOLVENT EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 LANDFILL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2003 SPECIAL WASTE REGULATIONS 1996, AS AMENDED LANDFILL: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Waste oil from maintenance activities segregated and stored in a bunded skip in the yard. Waste oil is stored in drums prior to collection and offsite recycling by a contractor. Oil contaminated materials such as rags and spill clean up materials are also generated. Waste segregation is generally good across the site ensuring that oily wastes do not enter the general waste stream. Waste oil is pumped out of the waste oil tanks directly and tankered away by a licensed waste contractor. Solid oily waste materials are now placed in sealed drums and disposed of by a licensed waste contractor.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED SPECIAL WASTE REGULATIONS 1996, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS REGULATIONS 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Waste batteries are separated out and stored in dedicated labelled containers prior to disposal by an appropriately licensed contractor.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 SPECIAL WASTE REGULATIONS 1996, AS AMENDED WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Aspect Description:
Swarf is generated in the Mould Manufacture and Repair departments and engineering workshops and collected in dedicated containers prior to transfer to the central waste storage area where it is stored in a skip within the contained area, prior to disposal through an appropriately licensed waste contractor. The containers strain out the coolant so that the swarf can be recycled and the waste coolant disposed of via a licensed waste contractor.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Aspect Description:
Furnace operations generate raw material run-off within the regenerators, such as waste sulphur products. These are cleaned out by specialist contractors. Furnace repairs and replacement incorporating demolition produces refractory waste, much of which is recycled for future use. In the later stages of their lifespan. A waste management plan is formulated when there is a furnace rebuild. Furnaces may leak molten glass, most of which can be recycled back into the process. However some is contaminated and must be disposed of to landfill.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 LANDFILL: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Aspect Description:
At the Barnsley site, used drums are stored in the central waste storage areas within the contained area. On occasion, drums have been observed outside of the contained area; it should be ensured that any drums containing residual liquids are stored in the correct place. However, all waste oils should be stored in the dedicated tanks. Empty drums are returned to the supplier for re-use.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DUTY OF CARE) REGULATIONS 1991, AS AMENDED HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART II: THE DUTY OF CARE, AS AMENDED LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 LANDFILL: WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2011 |
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Carbon
Electricity
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Air compressors, which generate a high pressure air supply to a number of items of machinery for for pressure testing, production and packageing. Compressed air is an expensive resource and requires 10 units of electricity for one unit of compressed air. Electricity production in the UK is largely generated by combustion of fossil fuels. Ensuring leaks are minimised and that the units only operate when required will minimise the electricity consumption of the compressors. Argagh Glass should be aware that air compressors exhaust hot air into compressor houses (it requires the more energy to compress warm air than cold air) therefore to operate efficiently warm air should be ducted out of the compessor house. It may be viable to duct to other areas of the factory which would reduce the demand for space heating. At the Barnsley site, there are two 6.5 MW Demag compressors and a number of screw compressors. One demag will be on standby while one is on. The compressors are part of the planned preventative maintenance system. Compressed air is used as a service medium for the glass forming machines.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Aspect Description:
The site operates a production line moving product around the plant from delivery of raw material to packaging to end product. Electricity production in the UK is largely generated by combustion of fossil fuels. Ardagh Glass must ensure that process energy is minimised through efficient use and maintenance of machinery.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Aspect Description:
Ardagh Glass monitors a number of processes on site. CCTV is used across the site including in the furnaces, within the control room processes from delivery of raw materials to the temperature of Furnaces to end product are monitored. General administrative duties are also carried out on site. computer equipment is electrically powered, electricity production in the UK is largely generated by combustion of fossil fuels. Ardagh Glass should ensure equipment is used efficiently and turn off when not required.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Lighting is installed in all areas of the site to provide employees with suitable and safe working conditions. Lighting is electrically powered, electricity production in the UK is largely generated by combustion of fossil fuels. Electric lights are controlled manually by staff and are generally on continuously during shifts in all internal areas. There is a programme in place to fit energy efficient bulbs in new builds and refurbishments, and replace existing bulbs as they fail. It must be ensured that lighting is switched off when not required and that the use of natural lighting is maximised.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Troughed belts, chain and roller, slat and flat conveyors are used to transport raw materials, formed and finished ware. At the Barnsley site, 700 tons of raw materials are conveyed each day as well as manufacturing over 1.5 million containers, equalling 1700 pallets of glass. All conveyors and elevators are electrically powered.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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At the Barnsley site, the company has up to 6 glass forming multi-section machines producing almost 700 million containers every year. Other energy consuming equipment is used around the site in the workshops, mould and BEC departments.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Glass containers from the glass forming process enter large lehrs (ovens) that reheat and gradually cool the finished containers thereby relieving the stresses in the glass that can occur from the fast drop in temperature from the molten state to the glass container. The main heat requirement is during ware changes when lehrs are not operating at optimum numbers of containers. At the Barnsley site, tere are two electric lehrs (4.1 and 4.2)
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLS ON OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 2011 CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Natural Gas
Aspect Description:
Natural gas is used to fuel the furnaces, refiners and forehearths, and in secondary processing. Furnaces are the main energy user on site. At the Barnsley site, the company has three end fired regenerative furnaces that are mainly fired using natural gas. The temperature of the furnaces is constantly monitored for quality purposes and to ensure maximum efficiency in the process.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED |
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At the Barnsley site, there are three gas-fired boilers on site used to provide steam for space heating and oil warming. Two boilers are generally running at once, one will be set much lower than the other lead boiler and the other is a back up if either of the two main boilers fail. In summer one boiler will be running, one will be set at a low level and one will be off for maintenance. Two boilers run on oil and gas and one on gas only.
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Related Legislation: CLEAN AIR ACT 1993 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLS ON OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 2011 CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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At the Barnsley site, wall mounted gas heaters provide heating in the process areas. Roller doors are in place to conserve heat in some areas, however heat will be lost from areas where these are not in place. Office heating is also gas powered.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLS ON OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 2011 CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Glass containers from the glass forming process enter large lehrs (ovens) that re-heat and gradually cool the finished containers thereby relieving the stresses in the glass that can occur from the fast drop in temperature from the molten state to the glass container. The main heat requirement is during are changes when lehrs are not operating at optimum numbers of containers. Lehrs are both gas and electricity fired and also use re-circulating and blast cooling fans to heat and lower glass temperatures. Gas lehrs are more efficient - at the Barnsley site, there are currently only two electric lehrs and the rest are gas. In the Brand Enhancement Centre the lehrs use more gas as the containers enter cold and the temperature is raised.
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Related Legislation: HAZARDOUS WASTE (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTROLS ON OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS 2011 CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED |
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The Barnsley site sits above disused underground mining roadways and tests indicated there is approx 10 years of methane gas available. However, use of this gas has not been as successful as the company hoped due to problems with pressure and is no longer used
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Related Legislation: LIST OF WASTES (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2005 CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Liquid Fuels
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Diesel is stored on site for use in backup for firing furnaces under abnormal conditions. At the Portland site tank was emptied and refilled in 2008 to ensure sulphur content was below 0.1%
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Related Legislation: SULPHUR CONTENT OF LIQUID FUELS (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007 SULPHUR CONTENT OF LIQUID FUELS (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2007 CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED |
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Transport
Aspect Description:
Employee vehicle use (company cars and pool cars) and use of FLT's (using a variety of fuels, including LPG and deisel), shovels (using deisel), a small number of cullet wagons and Volvo diggers (for transporting materials), all result in air emissions comprising of NOx, SOx and CO2. These emissions are discharged directly to the atmosphere. The majority of Staff travel to work by use of cars.
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Related Legislation: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY (REGISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 2001, AS AMENDED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REGULATIONS 2005, AS AMENDED |
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Delivery and distribution vehicles are used for the transport of raw materials, and for finished goods delivery. Ardagh Glass currently use contractors for haulage of end products - contractors monitor fuel efficiency and ensure all vehicles are regularly maintained to comply with emissions limits. Although haulage vehicles are not own by Ardagh Glass they may work with both suppliers and contractors to improve the environmental impacts of freight movement.
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Site Condition
Historic Contamination
Aspect Description:
Contamination of the site may have occurred due to previous uses, Ardagh Glass have carried out research to establish a baseline contamination on their sites. At the Portland site previous site uses include a tarmac works and munitions works. Other potentially contaminative land uses include previous & existing redundant diesel underground storage tanks, chemical works adjacent to, or possibly on part of the site, a bottle bin pit (now landfilled), an old furnace area to west of site, due to spillages around fuel dispensing areas, and an old batch plant. At the Barnsley site, Phase I and Phase II ground contamination studies were undertaken by OHS Bradford in June and November 2000 in order to determine levels of ground contamination at the site. An updated site condition survey was carried out in 2006 when plans to sell part of the land for housing were made. No significant areas of contamination were found and it was concluded that historically, the environmental impact of the site is comparatively low in relation to potential contamination from surrounding areas.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) |
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Current Condition
Aspect Description:
Hardstanding at the Portland site was observed to be generally of adequate integrity. Certain areas externally were noted to be worn and required repair. It is planned to replace tarmac with concrete. Areas of soft ground were noted in some external areas. Any spillages or leaching from waste storage in this area could migrate to ground, causing localised areas of ground contamination. At the Barnsley site, the site condition with regard to integrity of surface is of a nature which would prevent the migration of substances to ground to cause contamination in most cases. When areas of questionable integrity are identified, they are repaired by Engineering Services. General site practice and condition should prevent contamination from the site. Care should be taken to ensure any new storage or delivery areas conform to the BAT requirements of PPC.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) |
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Polychlorinated biphenyls have properties that once favoured their use as a coolant, though concerns over their environmental persistence led to a widespread ban on their use by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. Upgraded electrical substations now generally use, non-toxic, stable silicone-based oils. The electrical substation at the Portland site does not contain PCBs. At the Barnsley site, the company do not own the substation or the land on which it is built. Ardagh Glass should be aware of potential localised PCB contamination at any site housing an electrical substation.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990: PART IIA - CONTAMINATED LAND (Scotland) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DISPOSAL OF PCBs AND OTHER DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DISPOSAL OF PCBs AND OTHER DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000 ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2010, AS AMENDED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000, AS AMENDED |
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At the Barnsley site, the site landscape and boundaries of the company can change when new developments or in the case of the site boundary, part of the land is considered to be sold off for housing development. Detailed site condition surveys and reports are undertaken to ascertain the remaining site impacts arising e.g. noise, lighting, appearance and waste. Environmental controls are part of such development work, as the development work must have planning permission first. Building works from such area have the potential to contaminate soil and groundwater. The company employs a gardener who maintains the vegetation/grass/tress etc on a continual basis and deposits such wastes into a dedicated skip.
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Related Legislation: ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: GROUNDWATER ACTIVITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990 PART III: STATUTORY NUISANCE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 |
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