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Summary: Best Available Techniques (BAT)

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There are different practices and policies that are being implemented to control and prevent

emissions from the industries globally. The reason for controlling this emission is to ensure that a

high level of human and environmental health is protected. Among these inherent policies is the

BAT (Best Available Techniques). Bat has grown to be a significant concept and the critical

element that sets the limit of emissions to control industrial emissions. Implementing the

concepts of BAT requires a high level of resources. Therefore, it has become important for the

OECD member countries to share knowledge and experience over the issue of the application of

BAT. A healthy environment is a requirement that every country globally is interested in because

it touches the health of its people.

Maintaining and developing strategies for managing industrial emissions should be the

priority in preventing pollution. I prefer using this technique because they are real, and

ultimately, they work well for human health. Preservation of nature and living in a serene

environment are aspirations that I have always yearned for. With BAT, I feel it is the best way

for me to go (Guseva, T., Shchelchkov, K., Sanzharovskiy, A., & Molchanova, Y. (2019). From

the video, the methods provided to industries can transform the world into a better place for all if

well adapted and utilized. The techniques that are displayed, if implemented, will see the

industries managing their emissions in a manner that does not pollute either water, air, or soil.

The other reason I choose the best available techniques, as indicated in the video, is based on

facts. Before any techniques are put at work, research has to be conducted. And many facts are

put on the table before coming up with the best technique. This confirms that the techniques are

scientific and can be proved.

Most of the large industrial and agro-industrial installations have been responsible for an

outstanding share of human environmental impacts. These industries use large amounts of

energy, water, chemicals, and other materials. They also emit large amounts of pollutants to

waters, air, and soil as they consume these products. These pollutants emitted generate a good

share of both hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Controlling these emissions has therefore

been a challenge to many countries. In trying to find a solution to the increasing pollution

problem, the OECD came up with a framework of BAT that has, since its establishment in 2013,

attracted membership from different countries in the world. A uniform establishment of

environment limits for each member country has been a challenge to the regulatory officials.

This challenge has been attributed to some countries' frameworks that operate at local levels.

However, they do not have experience dealing with multiple installations of the same kind

(Maffini, A., Morando, M., Saba, A., Bonvicini, G., & Fabiano, B. (2021).

Best Available Techniques are advanced and capable of preventing and controlling

emissions from industries and the entire environmental impact caused by industrial installations.

Many member countries have adapted BAT techniques in managing industrial wastes and

effluents. The BAT techniques include the technology used and how the installation's design is

done, operated, and commissioned. The available techniques in this context mean the already

developed ones and on a large scale. These available techniques allow implementation in those

relevant industrial sectors but under economically and technically working conditions. Before

implementing the available techniques, an industry has to ensure that it will manage the

techniques because they involve cash input. The environmental performance in many countries is

derived from the framework of BAT. Under this program, countries can plan on what they

expect from the industries regarding preserving the environment. Implementing the best
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available techniques has been found to express awe-inspiring results (Jafarinejad, S. (2017).

Also, environmental performances can be used together with BAT depending on a country's

policy to give even much better results.

Some countries, however, apply BAT in a different perspective. Such countries impose a

ban on using materials and chemicals in the industries. For some years, most member countries

have put a barn on plastic use, which was a significant threat to marine life and the blue

economy. Although most countries have also adopted the ban on plastics, several countries are

using a recycling technique instead of disposing of them. These countries prevent plastic waste

from entering rivers and oceans, causing water pollution. Extensively, BAT is also applied in

policy areas that contribute to progress towards sustainable development goals. In a move to

develop a working BAT in member countries, they must have standard methods of preventing

pollution and making the environment healthy. At local levels, each country should educate its

people on the need to conserve the environment by adapting BAT.

It is also impressing to understand that when countries choose a technique to use, the

country itself and its industries become collective ambassadors of addressing the impacts of

pollution on the environment. The inclusivity involved with coming up with BAT is a pillar of

strength to the techniques. Making all the stakeholders join a program that safeguards the

environment makes the members proud if implementing it in their respective countries. Water,

air, and soil pollution have been increasing with industrialization. Therefore, there is a need to

ensure that as countries are applying technology in production, they should also manage the

waste from the industries. By doing so, they will be preserving the health of our environment

(Blake, C. E., Frongillo, E. A., Warren, A. M., Constantinides, S. V., Rampalli, K. K., &

Bhandari, S. (2021). The pollution of the environment not only affects environmental health.
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Water pollution jeopardizes marine life, which is also a potential economic source for countries.

Agriculture is a significant source of food globally. If industries do not manage their emissions,

the future of our agriculture could be at risk. But with the adoption of BAT, there is hope that the

soil will remain productive.

In conclusion, policies are made to regulate the extent to which humankind can explore in

its application of technology. Although it is through technology that life has been made easy, it is

through the same technology that our environment is under threat. Without sensitization and

drafting of policies to govern BAT, there could be no hope for the future of our environment.

Protecting the health of our environment is not a one countries responsibility. BAT is a wake-up

call to all nations to realize that the world is a global village. Therefore, in the future, I would

prefer that BAT be made compulsory in every country in the world. Also, I would like to see

more policies to govern how the environment should be conserved. All countries should be

guided by new policies that strictly prohibit industries from mismanaging their emissions.
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