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The annual awards recognise ongoing environmental
achievement within the concrete industry throughout NSW,
in particular focusing on concrete production and delivery,
and are initially judged by representatives from concrete
manufacturers with the final decision made by the
Department of Environment and Conservation.
The Environmental awards provide a significant opportunity
for Boral Concrete and others in the industry to benchmark
their environmental systems. By comparing processes and
results, companies such as Boral aim to continually improve
their environmental management systems – competing for
compliance and pushing the standards higher. Customers
then benefit by dealing with a supplier who can
demonstrate and apply best practice in environmental
technology.
“Boral Concrete has been rewarded for environmental
achievement by the CCAA over a number of years but our
challenge for 2006 was not only to maintain but improve
upon our success of the past.” Glyn Jackson,
Environmental Manager Boral Concrete (NSW) Metro.
Concrete plants are judged on their commitment to water
management, cement and aggregate handling systems,
waste handling and management, noise control and
aesthetics (visual impact). In addition, separate awards
recognise excellence in Water Management,
encompassing the plants re-cycled and water detention
systems with particular emphasis on the management of
natural water flows, ie.stormwater runoff; Waste
Management - awarded for industry best practise in the
efficient and environmentally responsible management of
waste materials, on and off site; Most Improved Plant and
Innovation.
In 2006 Boral won all three major plant award categories,
including high volume operations ie. Best Plant producing
in excess of 50,000 Cubic Metres per Annum - Boral
Concrete Prestons Plant, Best Plant producing between
20,000 and 50,000 Cubic Metres per Annum (focuses on
the larger country plants and outlying metropolitan
operations) – Boral Thornton Plant, and Best Plant
producing up to 20,000 Cubic Metres per Annum (aimed
at excellence in predominantly country operations) –
Boral Ballina Plant.
Boral Prestons Plant also won the Water Management
Award, Boral Enfield plant won the excellence in Waste
Management award and Boral Narooma plant was a joint
winner in the Most Improved category for plants that
have shown a continuing commitment to improving
existing environmental systems. Also of note was Boral
Concrete (Dallas key cement delivery system and
Particulate dust detection monitors) achieving runner up
in the Award for Innovation (a winner was not awarded
in 2006).
The NSW environmental plant awards have been such a
success over the last number of years the CCAA intend
to conduct the awards nationally in 2007. |
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