Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop resource conservation practices and/or procedures.
- Identify the nature of resources used in the plant/process
- Determine the primary source of these resources
- Describe the impact of the depletion of these resources on the environment and society
- Determine which resource(s) will yield a greater benefit from their conservation
- Develop methods to reduce the consumption of these resources
- Complete required documentation to implement change
- Develop pollution minimisation practices and/or procedures.
- Identify the nature of pollutants produced by the plant/process
- Determine the source(s) of these pollutants within the plant/process
- Describe the impact of these pollutants on the environment and society
- Determine which pollutant(s) will yield a greater benefit from their reduction
- Develop methods to reduce the production of this pollutant
- Complete required documentation to implement change.
- Develop waste minimisation practices and/or procedures.
- Identify the nature of wastes produced by the plant/process
- Determine the source(s) of these wastes within the plant/process
- Describe the impact of these wastes on the environment and society
- Determine which waste(s) will yield a greater benefit from their reduction
- Develop methods to reduce the production of this waste
- Complete required documentation to implement change.