Environmental Resource Efficiency Improvement Plan

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CERTIFICATES IV IN COMMERCIAL COOKERY
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Course
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Part A
A. Legislation and sources of information for resources and initiatives
1. There are a number of environmental regulations that apply in Australian Local
government area and they include the following; Approval of all activities in the local
government so as to ensure a great impact of protecting the environment. The activities
include the following, clearing of the environment, changing or destruction of water flow and
many others1. The Australian EPBC Act provides the basic information regarding laws and
regulations of all environmental activities. In addition, the Australia Biodiversity
conservation and Environment Protection Act of 1999 considers it an offense for anyone who
takes an action that is likely to cause an impact on the environment, unless an approval is
obtained from the Ministry of Environment.
2. In Australia, there are a number of initiatives and resources that have been put in
place to help businesses reduce their waste and use resources more efficiently. In addition,
the initiatives help in identifying and improving the environment by reducing costs and
improving productivity. To note, the efficiency of resources is often the fast and cheap way
of solving environmental problems as minimizing waste will reduce costs and size of
disposal. The resources and initiatives implemented in Australia include the following;
Improve storage, this involves making an evaluation to determine the business needs to
implement the environmental waste reduction processes or improve the current programs. In
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this case, assessment of water is a tool that is used to determine the stream of wastes. In
addition, the assessment of wastes provides a clear idea of how much and what is going to be
discarded and how the disposal should be done. Therefore, waste assessment information
provides the basic ways of planning to reduce wastes and improve the practices of managing
wastes in a business.
Environmental conservation, this involves the reducing energy use in households that
range from simple equipment to extensive materials. The initiative is aimed at protecting the
areas environment and saving utility bills. The initiatives involve the adjustment of daily
behaviors so as to reduce the consumption of energy in homes2.
Reducing air and Odor emissions, this initiative involves closing windows and doors the
business premises in case odorous materials are being used. In addition, it also involves the
reduction of solvent quantities and volatile materials that are used in the business. In order to
effectively work with odorous materials and solvents, the business should use spray booth or
fume so as to limit the number of vapors that are exposed to the area.
3. The initiative that can be used in the Tourism, Hospitality and Event industry is
preserving waterways. The initiative involves monitoring of all the waterways so as to
ensure that there is no flooding in the area which might affect the tourism industry.
Therefore, the initiative has very many resources and they include the following;
 Prevention of sediments forms different construction area that enters storm water drains.
 Identification of storm water drains with an intention of reducing discharge to a nearby
creek.
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 Ensuring that the water streams such as wash pads, filter separators, and many others are
not joined to drains of storm water.
B. Measuring current consumption and identifying existing procedures of work
practices and purchasing
1. Water meter
Quarterl
y Period
Variance
Water
Use
kL/period
Aver
Daily
Use
Cost of
Water
per kL
Sewage
Disposal
Costs
Connectio
n Fees
Target Variance
1 month 120 80 $0.234 $0.100 $0.108 $0.300 $0.250
2 month 150 100 $0.234 $0.250 $0.200 $0.650 $0.600
Electricity
Month Invoice
#
Amount Peak
Off
Peak Total Total
for
Month
Target Variance
Jan 200 $0.345 300 400 800 1600 $0.350 $0.800
Feb 500 $0.550 350 500 850 1900 $0.350 $1.200
Gas reading