Sustainable Environmental Systems Ltd services

All processes will produce some waste, the challenge is to minimize that waste and to reap the rewards. In many cases there are simple solutions that will bring about major cost savings, once those costs have been identified. In other instances machines can be re-engineered and retrofitted with high efficiency, computer controlled drive systems that save material wastage, increase throughput and reduce energy consumption.

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) are designed to help organisations reduce environmental impacts, increase compliance with legislation, and reduce wastage of resources. An EMS helps to develop, implement, manage, coordinate and monitor environmental policies by providing traceablility throughout a manufacturing lifecycle and enabling accounting techniques to be used to keep track of inputs, outputs, energy and water consumption. emissions and wastage.

The EU ETS is the cornerstone of the European Union’s drive to reduce its emissions of man-made greenhouse gases. The aim is to stop the growth in emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 at the latest and then reduce them sharply - by at least half of 1990 levels by 2050, and more after that. The EU ETS is the world’s biggest emissions trading market, accounting for over three-quarters of international carbon trading. The EU ETS covers more than 11,000 power stations and manufacturing plants across the 28 EU member states. Aviation operators flying within and between most of these countries are also covered. In total, around 45% of total EU emissions are limited by the EU ETS. From 2018 shipping will also come under the auspices of the EU ETS. This will apply to ships of all nationalities from their last non-EU port of call, through EU waters and on to their first non-EU port of call. It is estimated that this will account for circa 90% of all EU maritime emissions.