Course Overview
In the 21st century, sustainable waste management is as much about resource management and recovery, as it is about safe and effective disposal specially for oil & gas industry. This course helps participants who either produce waste or handle waste to use information gained to develop a more sustainable and cost-effective way of managing waste in both a industrial and national context. It follows the principles of the waste management hierarchy to underpin good practice in waste management, in a way that recognizes waste as a resource. This will both help to protect the environment and maximize profit. Participants will learn to use a range of tools to explore opportunities in waste prevention, re-use and recycling; and in so doing, reduce management costs and create commercial opportunities. Opportunities for energy generation from biological waste, including food waste, will also be identified.
Course Aims and Objectives:
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Explain the use of the waste management hierarchy in the sustainable management of waste and its role in the circular economy for manufacturing plan and oil producers.
- Use the principles of sustainable waste management in a Middle East context
- Identify opportunities in waste prevention for cost-efficient waste management
- Explore re-use and recycling opportunities in waste management, and manage waste-related environmental risks through a risk-based approach
- Use principles of waste recovery to explore opportunities for energy generation through anaerobic digestion and energy from waste incineration
- Examine the potential impacts of waste disposal to land (landfill) and identify more sustainable alternatives where appropriate
Training Methodology
This dynamic training course is highly-interactive & encourages delegate participation through a combination of lectures, group discussion, practical exercise, case studies, and breakout session designed to reinforce new skills. The comprehensive course manual has been designed to be practical, easy to use and facilitate learning. In order to help with establishing individual and business concerns, delegates will be asked to fill pre-course questionnaire.
The course will allow participants to use the knowledge they gained to implement their skills in waste management related to syndicate work.
Who Should Attend?
The course is highly recommended and designed for:
- Industrial Waste managers and supervisors, including managers and supervisors in all waste-producing industries (e.g. including manufacturing and retail)
- It is also ideal for municipal waste managers, waste planners (private and public sector)
- Employees in environmental departments at energy companies, observers, environmental inspectors as well as those interested in modern techniques and methods to protect the environment
- Workers in recycling projects and environmentally friendly industrial projects at oil & gas sector
- Anyone who wishes to explore opportunities in the management of waste in the 21st century.
- Operations technicians
- Consulting engineers
- Maintenance assistant/supervisor
- Wastewater engineers, operators & managers
- Facilities Management and staff
- Plants & environment operators
- Oil & gas sector, manufacturing and construction
- Federal agencies and military bases
- Wastewater equipment manufacturers
- HSE staff and supervisor
Target Competencies
Waste prevention & HSE Team leaders
- Sustainable waste management
- Waste recovery & waste disposal
- Commercial & Technical managers
- Superintendents & engineers
- Business Development Managers
- Improve return on investment in recycling project
- Financial officers & logistics executives
- Apply advanced technologies to maintain a sustainable environment for oil & gas industry.
Course Outline
Sustainable Waste Management: An International Context
- Waste management at industry policy for the 21st Century
- Principles of sustainable waste management
- Sustainable waste management and the circular economy
- Sustainable waste management: A Middle East perspective
- Environmental risks and their management and control
- Pollution linkages and their use in managing environmental risks
- Good practice in municipal waste management
- Sustainable options for different waste types
Waste Prevention
- Commercial ‘drivers’ and good practice examples
- The true cost of waste
- Use of simple tools:
- Flow diagrams
- Scope to save
- Process mapping
- Mass balance
- SMART objectives
- Cause and effect diagrams, Decision matrices
Waste Re-use and Recycling
- The value of waste as resources
- The role of Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs)
- ‘Clean’ MRFs and ‘Dirty’ MRFs: How they work
- The role of transfer stations and The science of composting
- Good practice in open windrow composting
- Good practice in ‘In-Vessel Composting’ (IVC)
- IVC for food waste
Waste Recovery
- Anaerobic Digestion (AD): an old science with new opportunities
- The science of AD: summary
- AD of food waste
- AD for energy generation
- Good practice in the management of food waste
- Waste incineration with energy recovery
- Good practice in Energy from Waste Incineration (EFW)
- EFW for municipal waste
Waste Disposal on Land
- Landfill: Hazards and risks
- Principles of sustainable landfill
- Landfill: Engineering considerations
- Regional (including climate and geological) influences on good practice
- Co-disposal landfill
- Long-term storage of waste
- Waste management in 2050
- Predicting the future: potential commercial opportunities in waste management
Industrial Treatment Considerations
– Industrial wastewater characteristics
– Pretreatment options
– Fracking water and other waste streams
Wastewater Treatment Costs
– Estimating project capital costs, O&M costs
– customers charges and rates
– Benchmarks, examples, factors that affect cost
Plant Operations
– Meeting discharge permits
– Standard operating procedures, O&M manuals, asset data
– Instrumentation and control
– Operations management and troubleshooting
Design Workshop and Exercises:
Participant can examine treatment plant scenarios, perform calculations, identify alternatives, and discuss solutions.
Corporate/Site Visit
Corporate & site visit to one of UK’ organizations will be arranged to enable participants exchange experience with UK professionals with regards to waste management concerns. Also, it would be great chance for professional networking and building up connections in UK. The visits are confirmed prior to the course.
Site Visit 1: Allerton Waste Recovery Park
Site Visit 2: SUEZ Recycling and recovery UK
Key Features include:
– Personalized Learning Exercises — before delivering the training, we shall contact participants to conduct phone interviews. Participants will fill in customization form to help identify personal & organizational training needs.
– Gaining a holistic understanding of your corporate challenges will enable us to assess your strengths and weaknesses, identify issues that require attention and help you develop a personalized action plan.
– We do our best to make you ready to implement a plan that improves your department approach and increase your performance effectiveness.
– Pre-course questionnaires to establish your individual and business concerns
– Case Study to be customized to meet the participants’ training needs.