Gain a better understanding of the environment and how awareness can positively impact water and air quality.
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to identify, understand, and discuss the following:
- Ways your awareness can reduce the environmental impact of various processes and tasks
- Process of designing and implementing an environmental management system (EMS)
- Overall goals of waste minimization and pollution prevention programs
- Primary reasons for developing an environmental policy
- Common situations in which your environmental awareness can positively impact water and air quality
- Ways to protect the environment when handling solid and hazardous waste, petroleum products and substances such as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and asbestos
- Stages involved in the development of an environmental management system
- Common benefits of waste minimization and pollution prevention programs
- Purpose of the National Waste Minimization Program