NOVENEX Toolbox Talk — Waste Segregation and the Site Environment
Housekeeping & Environment · ±5 minutes · novenex.tech/toolbox-talks
Environmental incidents carry fines, licence risk and community anger that outlast any production win. The controls are unglamorous — bins, bunds and discipline — and they live or die at the point where waste is created.
Segregate at source
- •Colour-coded streams: general, scrap metal, hazardous (oily rags, filters, chemicals), recyclables — no mixing 'just this once'.
- •Oily waste and used filters to sealed containers; a wet oily rag pile can self-ignite.
- •Fluorescent tubes, batteries and e-waste are hazardous — never to general skip.
Protect the drains
- •Nothing but rainwater to storm drains — no wash-water, no coolant, no 'diluted' anything.
- •Refuel and decant over drip trays; bund integrity checked and drained through the oil trap only.
- •Spill kits stationed at fuel points, and used contents replaced same day.
Discussion — ask the crew
- Trace where our storm drains discharge — does everyone know?
- Which waste stream gets contaminated most often here, and why?
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Equip this talk
Requisition the recycling bins and related equipment from the Supply Register.