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„Environmental comparision of the transport of waste to the incinerator plant in the city of Thun (Switzerland)(Transport by train and by lorries), based on ISO 14031and ISO 14040“

ISO/TC 207 Member workshop: Environmental Performance

BangkokJune, 25 th, 2012

PD Dr. Peter Gresch, SNV, ISO/TC 207, SC 4

Switzerland

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The central role of ISO 14031(Environmental Performance Evaluation) in the context of the ISO 14000 standards

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Content

Part 1: Fundamentals of ISO 14031

Part 2: The example of the comparision of the transport ofwaste by railway or by lorries

Part 3: Conclusions

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Part 1: Fundamentals of ISO 14031

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ISO 14031; Introduction, item 4:

Data and information generated by EPE can be used by an organization to implement other management tools and techniques in a coherent, transparent and cost effective way, for example standards in the ISO 14000 series such as: Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001), Environmental Declarations (ISO 14025), EnvironmentalLabelling (ISO 14024) and Life Cyle Assessment (ISO 14040, 14044). ....ISO 14031 may also be used independently.

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ISO 14031; 4.1.2 Indicators for EPE

Two categories of indicators for EPE:i. Environmental condiction indicators (ECIs):

> provide information about the condition of the environment which could be impacted by the organzation.

ii. Environmental performance indicators (EPIs):a) Management performance indicators (MPIs): > provide information about management efforts to influence the environmental performance of the organziation‘s operations.b) Operational performance indicators (OPIs):> provide information about the environmental performance of the organizations operations.

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ISO 14031; 4.1.2; Fig 1: Interrelationships among anorganization‘s management, operations and the condition of the environment

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Part 2: Case study

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Comparative LCAWaste transport

Waste treament AVAG Ltd, Thun (Switzerland)

Environmental Management

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KVA Thun: Transport of waste actually: Railway between Wimmis and Thun(Scheme)

Incinerator plant (KVA Thun)

Zweisimmen

Emmenmatt

Wimmis

Interlaken

Saanen

Frutigen

Brienz

Collecting locations

reloading for railway transport

Transport by railway

Transport by lorry

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Railway Wimmis-Thun

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Case study: functional unit: transport of one waste container

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Case study: Data set OPI for the present transport with railway

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Case study: Env. Condition Indicator (ECI): NOx-Immissions

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Case study: Env. Condition Indicator (ECI): PM10-Immissions

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Case study: Data set OPI for the OPTION ‚lorry‘

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Case study: Comparison of the data sets: actual situation and OPTION ‚lorry‘

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Process 1: Transport of waste between Wimmis and Thun

Proposal:Based on the comparative LCA for the process 1 'transport of waste' betweenWimmis and Thun the following proposal is given:changing the combined transport (railway/lorry) to a pure lorry transport.

Reason:Per functional unit the reduction of emissions are: for NOx: 0.727 kg, for PM10:0.1893 kg and for CO2: 28.61 kg.

Case study: Proposal for the future transport of waste

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Part 3 Conclusions

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ISO 14031; Introduction, item 4:

Data and information generated by EPE can be used by an organization to implement other management tools and techniques in a coherent, transparent and cost effective way, for example standards in the ISO 14000 series such as: Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001), Environmental Declarations (ISO 14025), EnvironmentalLabelling (ISO 14024) and Life Cyle Assessment (ISO 14040, 14044). ....ISO 14031 may also be used independently.