Presentation

Benny W. Jakobsen

Biologist 22 years of experience in environmentel protection

Tools:

Danish legislation and local rules

Case:

Leo Pharma, a pharmaceutical plant in Ballerup

Waste water – Municipality of Ballerup

•20 companies with environmental approval•80 companies with other regulation•80 companies regulated by branch •Xxxx companies with other impact

≈ 2500 companies

≈ 38.000 jobs

≈ 5 mill m3 waste water

Case – Leo Pharma

• Leo Pharma, a pharmaceutical plant in Ballerup• Established 1948 – still developint / growth• 1400 jobs, > 25 different buildings • 120.000 m3 waste water / year• 5 major sites with very poluted waste water• Intense use of technics and hazardius chemicals

• Environmental approvement (part 5) in 1995• Special waste water approval since (part 4) in 1988

Chemical zyntese - headlines

• 17 productions ≈ 74 m3 pr. day• - 4 productions production stop• 13 productions was given chemical survey• - 3 productions chemical waste• 10 productions was given waste water approval• - 1 production missed ecotox chemical waste• 9 productions was critical ABC-evaluated• - 2 productions production stop• 7 productions was given new ABC – lab. Tests• - 2 productions production stop• ONLY 5 of 17 productions was given w.w. permit

Main topics in daily control

1. Cleaner technology ≈ BAT

2. Hazardious chemicals special treatment

3. Other reduction of waste water volume

4. Reducing waste water inhibitation

5. Reducing specific chemicals

Starting survey

• At the fence or inside the factory?

• Descriebe main production facillities– Look at all production lines– Look at all machinery and pipelines etc.– Look at all operating units– Look at all chemicals used in the produktion kg/hour– Look at all chemical emission to air, water, ground and product– Look at alle activities to reduce waste.

Back in the office

• Focus on processes where there are emission or waste• Focus on detected major use of hazardius chemicals

• Classified the chemicals in use• In Denmark we use:

• A class chemicals: Not alloved in waste water

• B class chemicals: Limited emission to waste vater

• C class chemicals: Degradebel in recipient.

– This classification is based on fx. Toxicologi or degradability

Regulations in a waste water permit

There will normaly be demands to:

• Limit to the volume• Some technical demands• Chemical limitations to specific chemicals• Self-messurament and analyses• Statistical acceptence• Report and data-presentation