Guide to Best Environmental Practices

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Advice and best practices for port operations which can influence the environment and people, involving companies operating in the port in environmental management. The objective is to change the attitudes of people working in the port and to achieve greater efficiency in procedures.

• 1. Factors leading to contamination.
  • Toxic waste.
  • Toxic waste treatment and disposal.
  • Sewage.
  • Gaseous emissions.
  • Noise pollution.
• 2. Offices.
  • Use of paper.
  • Energy Saving.
  • Recycling.
• 3. Workshops.
  • Storage.
  • Repairs, machine servicing and painting.
  • Cleaning, oil and other liquid changes, changes of filters and batteries.
• 4. Port Operations.
  • Maintenance and cleaning of dock areas and roads.
  • Loading unloading, storage and internal transport.