CSACAIV02 : IMPLEMENTING & MANAGING

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE

Assigment Acitivity 1 :
Research and show two Acts or Regulations that apply to a business and
give details of those Acts or Regulations. Explain how they apply and
what impact they have in your workplace.
If you are not currently employed , then you will need to choose a local
business as your case study.
 Environment Protection Act 1970 – Victoria
+) Established in 1970 then established The Environment
Protection Authority Victoria. EPA's role is to prevent and reduce
the harmful effects of pollution and waste on Victorians and their
environment. EPA sits within the portfolio of Energy, Environment
and Climate Change.
+) Established under the Environment Protection Act 1970, EPA is
the world's third oldest environmental regulatory agency. It was
established to address environmental problems across the state in a
systematic and integrated way, bringing together a range of
legislation and powers to be administered by a central authority.
+) Pollution is not specifically defined in the Act but, in suinmary,
pollution involves a change in the environment which makes air,
land or water any of the following:
* Noxious, poisonous or offensive to humans
* Harmful or potentially harmful to humans, animals or plants
* Detrimental to any beneficial use.
+) Beneficial uses are uses and values of the environment that
communities want to protect, such as human health and wellbeing,
local amenity and aesthetic enjoyment. Beneficial uses are
specified in State environment protection policies.
+) Any person who causes or permits air pollution (including
odour pollution), land pollution or water pollutioncommits an
offence. The 1970 Act imposes significant maximum penalties for
pollution offences. In certain circumstances if the pollution is
intentional, reckless or negligent the normal maximum penalty
may be increased and may result in a term of imprisonment.
+) EPA uses its powers, such as directions and notices, to control
and rectify pollution or to prevent it occurring. More information
on identifying and reporting pollution.
• Water fact sheet (publication 1470) .
• Air fact sheet (publication 1465).
• Odour fact sheet (publication 1468).
+) Include 10 parts:
*PART I: INTRODUCTION.
*PART II: ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BODIES.
*PART III: ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION.
Division 1: Declaration of policy.
Division 1A: Economic measures.
Division 1B: Neighbourhood environment improvement plans.
Division 2: Works approval.
Division 3 : Control of wastes and noise.
Division 4: Accreditation.
Division 5: Offences and powers of the Authority.
*PART IV: REVIEWS BY TRIBUNAL.
*PART V: CLEAN WATER
*PART VI: CLEAN AIR.
*PART VII: CONTROL OF SOLID WASTES AND
POLLUTION OF LAND.
*PART VII A: LITTER AND MATERIAL THAT MAY
BECOME LITTER.
Division 1: Preliminary matters.
Division 2: Littering offences.
Division 3: Offences concerning material that may become litter.
Division 4: Other offences.
 Division 5: Removal of litter and disorderly things.
Division 6: Prevention of litter.
Dvision 7: Particular litter enforcement powers.
PART VIII: CONTROL OF NOISE.
PART IX: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY.
PART X: GENERAL.
Division 1: Information to be given to the Authority.
Division 1A: The Authority and the IBAC.
Division 2: Powers of the Authority and authorized officers.
Division 3: Evidentiary and other legal matters.
Division 4: Offences.
Division 5: Additional legal matters.
Division 6: Administrative and miscellaneous matters.
* ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BODIES:
- Establishment of Authority.
- Chairman and Deputy Chairman.
- Terms and conditions of office.
- Environment Protection Board.
- Members of the Board.
- Conditions of office of members.
- Procedure and meetings of the Board.
- Powers, duties and functions of Authority.
 Product Stewardship Act 2011 (The day this Act receives the
Royal Assent 25 July 2011)
+) Iclude 9 Part :
*Part 1—Introduction Collapse .
Division 1—Preliminary.
1 Short title
2 Commencement
Division 2—Guide to this Act.
Division 3—Objects of this Act and product stewardship criteria.
Division 4—The Dictionary.
Division 5—Application of this Act
*Part 2—Voluntary product stewardship
*Part 3—Co-regulatory product stewardship
*Part 4—Mandatory product stewardship
*Part 5—Enforcing this Act
*Part 6—Compliance powers
*Part 7—Reviewing decisions
*Part 8—Protecting information
*Part 9—Miscellaneous
+) Product Stewardship (PS) schemes are one of several ways to
drive waste out of landfill and back into the productive economy.
They ‘encourage’ industry to fund the collection of, and recycling
of, their goods once they reach the end of their productive life.
Products that lends themselves to PS systems are easily
identifiable, have known distribution networks and involve an
experienced industry body.
The Commonwealth Product Stewardship Act 2011 sets up the
legal framework for product stewardship. It establishes three levels
of management: mandatory, co-regulatory (joint industry and
government delivery) and voluntary.
To date, there are no mandatory schemes under the Act (the only
mandatory product stewardship scheme in Australia is used by oil,
which is covered by its own legislation). There is one co-
regulatory scheme (TVs and computers) and two accredited
voluntary arrangements (MobileMuster and FluoroCycle). Several
other voluntary schemes exist but have not been accredited,
including schemes for tyres, agricultural chemical containers,
paint, PVC and newspapers.
+) Product stewardship needs the Commonwealth Government to
act, and to act deliberately. It cannot be delivered on a state-by-
state basis. We have a good National Waste Policy, we have a
 Department of Environment and Energy that wants to deliver
more, and we have the legislative underpinnings of a solid system.
And we’ve seen it in play for five years. We know that it can do
better. We need to nudge the Commonwealth Parliament to drive it
harder and to be accountable for the outcomes.
Assignment Activity 2 :
Identify an environmental area of your current workplace where the
business would need to seek professional advice from a suitable
qualified and experienced environmental consultant . Find a suitable
consultant or business that could perform this consultancy and give their
details.
If you are not currently employed , then you will need to choose a local
business as your case study.
 Business type of Current workplace : Restaurant
 Environmental issues will be affected : Because of the business
type is restaurant,so there are three problems :
+) Kitchen Smoke
+) Water Pollution
+) Water Supply
 The requirement for choosing a consultant based on two issues in
the left :
+) Have experience in consulting and help the restaurant to control
the amount of water used.
+) Experienced in consulting and helping restaurant waste water
treatment.
+) There is good company certificate and achieve many
achievements, prestige, knowledge of the law of water use, know
what it will happen and how to fix it.
+) Have experience in consulting and using the waste treatment
system and offer many remedies for the smoke-free.
  Choose the consulting company: Sai Gon Green
Why? “ Because it meets all the needs that the restaurant needs “
Information :
+) Name : Saigon Green Laboratory of Environmental and
Contruction Joint Stock Company .
+) Website : https://saigongreen.vn/en/saigon-envigreen/saigon-
green-environment-constructions-co-ltd-saigon-envigreen/
+) Contact : Email: support@saigongreen.vn,
Fax: 028 6267 5811
Tel: 0906 418 954
+) Add: 83 Truong Vinh Ky, Tan Thanh Ward, Tan Phu District,
Ho Chi Minh City.
+) Review : - Odor treatment is the process of separation of
volatile compounds that cause unwanted odor from the air flow,
ensuring airflow before discharge into the environment.
- Modern processing technology, equipment are
imported from advanced countries in the world. Odor treatment
system is designed and manufactured by Green Sai Gon Company
with almost thorough treatment efficiency (about 95 - 98%).
Designed with many different capacities, specialized in each
industry and depending on customer requirements.
- There are many good reviews, which have helped
many factories handle the modern technology.

Assignment Activity 3 :
To complete this assignment , you will need to access information from
a business or your home .Speak to the management at your workplace
and seek access to details about your energy use .
Show the use of electricity used in your business for a one month period
and show what the source of this information . Include any calculations
you made to get to the use of the one month .
 If you are not able to access this information in your workplace , then
use the information from your home and make the same calculations .
This will at least show that you are able to do the calculations and
understand the method .
-The total cost of the electricity for 90 days : $337.64
-1 Month : $337.64 ÷ 3 months = $112.546
and Electric used : 8.25 kWh × 30 days = 247.7 kWh/month
-1 Day : $112.546 ÷ 30 days = $3.75
-1 Hour : $3.75 ÷ 24 hours = $0.156
Assignment Activity 4 :
This is the same as activity 6 on the next page , but we want you to
include the results in the assignment as a form of assessment .
Choose at tap or water source at your business and check the flow rate in
litres per minute give the details of the experiment.
a) Put 2 buckets under 2 taps
b) Turn on the 2 taps and press the clock at the same time for 1
minute
c) Measure 2 taps
 Tap 1 : 6 liters /1 mins
 Tap 2 : 5.518 liters /1 mins
 Tap 1 and Tap 2 out from 1 source but tap 1 first flow so the tap 1
flows more strongly than tap 2 .
Assignment Activity 5 :
Research and find a local depot to recycle e-waste such as old
computers, TVs and printers in your local area. Is there a cost involved ?
Give details of the recycling services they offer .
1. Company name: Vietnamese Australia Environment Joint Stock
Company VINAUSEN
a) Add :- Headquarters: 389 Le Dai Hanh, Ward 11, District 11,
Ho Chi Minh City .
-Transaction office: 180B An Ton, Ward 6, Q. Tan Binh, Ho
Chi Minh City.
- Factory: Lot B4-B21, B5-B20, Street 9, Le Minh Xuan
Industrial Park, Ho Chi Minh City.
b) Tel: 028-3971 8680 - Fax: 028-3971 8979
c) Email: vae@vinausen.com - Website: www.vinausen.com
d) Recycling is an efficient and environmentally friendly treatment.
Therefore, VINAUSEN is constantly researching to come up
with recycling treatment options to thoroughly recover the
recyclable waste.
*Procedure :
+) Hydrometallurgy : With this technique, electronic waste is
embedded in acids or organic solvents to convert metals into a
solution. The metal is then recovered through the chemical
process or through the electrical phase.
+) The main method used is to burn and use Hydrometallurgy to
recycle a few metal products.
+) Fire : The main equipment used in this method is the
incinerator – usually specially designed to ensure for 2
combustion phases. The process of operating the furnace is
controlled automatically. In this method, people are interested in
the withdrawal of ferrous metals, precious metals-mainly in
circuits, telephones (used as a conductor). Metals such as iron,
copper are burned to molten, while some precious metals such as
gold are not yet molten at that temperature. Ash is recorded from
that to revert to precious metals. Exhaust smoke can be
processed or recovered for heat. Slag from the incinerator can be
 recycled again or placed into specific processing, such used in
brick production or cement.
e) Cost for recycling service:
- Charge per kg of the amount of waste need to be recycling
and a minimum is 1m3 .
2. Company name : Reverse Logistics Group
a) Add : Reverse Logistics Vietnam 8th Floor, 57-59 Ho Tung
Mau. Ben Nghe Ward, District 1 ,Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
b) PHONE: + 84 (28) 62876377
Fax: + 84 28 6287 6378
Hotline: + 84 933882205
Website : https://www.rlgvietnam.com/vi
c) RLG Vietnam is a member of a strong corporation built on a
solid foundation of expertise. Here are our advantages:
* Natural sourcing as a logistics and recycling service provider
according to international standards.
* Transparency and compliance with regulations on hazardous
waste disposal
* IT solutions developed by the Company to accurately report
the output as well as effective order management
  * Integrating materials and outputs to reduce costs and increase
revenue, Providing solutions and services that securely erase or
destroy data for IT devices.
d) How to recyle :
+) All removed electronic devices will be shipped in special
order means to be transferred to a signed and licensed treatment
facility, Where it will be scrapped professionally to protect the
precious environment of Vietnam.
+) All partners are required to undergo approval verification,
proving their compliance with respect to the strict health
standards, local and international safety and environment. In
 addition, their downstream processing chains are periodically
considered.
+) All recovered material will be routed according to a
designated downstream process plan to specialized treatment
facilities for further treatmen.
*Scope of Services:
+) Professional Recycling
+) Certificate of Destruction
+)Complimentary Data Erasure Service
+) Pick-up
e) Cost for recycling service:
- Charge per kg of the amount of waste need to be recycling and
a minimum is 1m3 .