This guidance is for businesses that manufacture rubber and plastic products, for example for use in the construction and automotive industries, electrical and electronics manufacturing or packaging production.
You will find this guidance useful if your business:
- manufactures finished articles from polymers and elastomers
- processes monomers and pre-polymers, including polymerisation and compounding where these are part of the manufacturing process.
Environmental impacts of rubber and plastics products businesses
If you manufacture rubber and plastic products, your business can have a number of impacts on the environment. For example:
- air emissions causing air pollution from the release of di-isocyanates and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during manufacturing
- land contamination from chemical storage areas
- noise pollution from equipment and machinery
- waste disposal, such as by-products from your processes and contaminated chemical containers
- water pollution from accidental spills or from contaminated water used for equipment cleaning.
How can NetRegs help you?
Our guidance could help you to:
- avoid prosecution and receive fewer visits from environmental regulators
- increase efficiency and productivity
- reduce your operating costs
- be more likely to obtain business from government bodies and large businesses that require their business partners to manage their environmental impacts effectively
- improve your reputation amongst staff, customers and the public
- increase the chance of securing funding to expand your business by demonstrating that your environmental impacts are well managed.
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