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- What is the purpose of the Cleaner Product Demonstration Project at CSR Wood Panels?
The Cleaner Product Project is designed to identify areas of waste and the processes used to minimise it, to sustain natural resources, reduce costs, maintain employment levels and improve profitability.
- List the waste products generated at the CSR Wood Panels and note how they could be managed. Download RTF file of this table
| Waste product | How could these be managed? |
|---|---|
| waste water | collected and filtered before disposal |
| waste oil | collected, reprocessed and recycled |
| solvents | collected, reprocessed and recycled |
| liquid paints | collected, separate solvent/pigment |
| turpentine | collect, reprocess and recycle |
| empty drums | crush, sell to metal recyclers |
| solid paint | send to specialist collection depots |
| wood fibre | use as a component for mulch |
| broken boards and off-cuts | use as furnace fuel |
| wood sludge | dry out moisture, then use as furnace fuel |
| log-yard mulch | dry out moisture and use as furnace fuel |
| general garbage | sort and recycle appropriate components |
- List the "Cleaner Production Initiatives" identified by CSR personnel.
- reduced board defects
- improved paint application
- improved control of board thickness
- sale of wood waste
- sale of brick strips
- reduced effluent
- review of product sizing
- irrigation of forest plantation
- implementing operating procedures.
- Identify the annual benefits of these "Cleaner Production Initiatives" to CSR.
- reduced annual costs of resources and of storage and disposal of waste
- reduced amounts of waste
- income generated from the sale of usable waste
- employment opportunities for the implementation of some initiatives
- increased competitiveness
- increased forest yields from the irrigation of the forest plantation.
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