CHAPTER 1.

2: POLLUTION
PREVENTION AND WASTE
MINIMISATION

CHAPTER 1: POLLUTION PREVENTION, WASTE MINIMISATION AND WASTE

MANAGEMENT
 Course Outcomes
1. Explain the impacts of the generated wastes from the major sectors of oil and gas
industry to the environment and human health.

2. Discuss the benefits of pollution prevention and waste management techniques

in oil and gas industry according to the three P’s of sustainability (People,
Planet, Profit).

3. Justify the choice of appropriate pollution control measures based on the type of
waste as well as adhering to the Environmental Quality Act (2012) and its related
regulations.

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 Learning outcomes for Chapter 1

1. Explain the concepts of pollution prevention, waste minimisation

and waste management and its application in oil and gas industry.

2. Explain the connection of carbon tax, carbon footprint and

managing energy towards reducing pollution level.

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 Contents for Chapter 1

1. True costs of waste

2. Pollution prevention
3. Waste minimisation
4. Waste management
5. Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
6. Sustainable development
7. Carbon tax and carbon footprint
8. Managing energy in oil and gas industry
9. Regulatory framework

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 Definition: Pollution Prevention

Definition (EPA)
Pollution prevention is reducing or eliminating waste
at the source by (1) modifying production processes,
(2) promoting the use of nontoxic or less toxic
substances, (3) implementing conservation
techniques, and (4) reusing materials rather than
putting them into the waste stream.

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 Definition: Waste Minimization

Definition (EPA)
Waste Minimization refers to the use of source
reduction and/or environmentally sound recycling
methods prior to energy recovery, treatment, or
disposal of wastes.
Waste minimization does not include waste treatment,
that is, any process designed to change the physical,
chemical, or biological composition of waste streams
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 Pollution
Prevention/
Waste
Minimisation
Hierarchy

Source: http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/resources_from_waste.htm
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 Steps of Developing Pollution Prevention Steps

Source: http://www.labtrain.noaa.gov/ppguide/ffpp_14.htm

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 Case History

Source: Pollution Prevention Best Management Practices for the New Mexico Oil and Gas Industry
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 Case History

Source: Pollution Prevention Best Management Practices for the New Mexico Oil and Gas Industry
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 How can P2 and waste
minimization activities
improve business?
Discussion
Include in your
discussion the benefits
to the triple bottom line.

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