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Foreword
The EPA launched the Cleaner Greener Production Programme
(CGPP) in 2001 as a grant scheme to encourage Irish
organisations to implement cleaner greener practices The
programmes ethos is that prevention is better than cure.
Cleaner greener practices give rise to effective use of
resources and reduced costs. Other advantages include
increased competitiveness and the promotion of innovation.
There is an ever-increasing demand for environmentally sound
products and services in the EU and international markets and
as a result environment has become a marketing tool.
In this brochure, we aim to demonstrate what has been
achieved under phase 1 of the CGPP. Twenty-nine projects
were successfully completed and EPA is happy to have been
able to support these success stories. Many of the participant
organisations to date have found that not only are they being
environmentally friendly but also that they save money doing
so compared to prior work practices.
We hope that other businesses will learn from and build on
these success stories and that we will work towards CGPPs
tagline objective: Better Business in a Better Ireland.
Mary Kelly
Director General
Tech Group installed lagging jackets and intelligent motor controllers on injection moulding
equipment, making considerable energy savings. The manufacturer of the equipment is now
offering this innovation to other companies.
CBL developed a new machine that significantly improves the recovery of meat from crab
processing. This new technology is now available to crab processing operators.
Service sector organisations can also benefit from cleaner greener production
Renvyle House Hotel
CGPP2004/20
Renvyle House Hotel, proving that you do not need to be big to benefit, undertook many different
small changes: in lighting, water use, waste segregation, avoidance of disposable materials
saving money and the environment.
RTE
CGPP2004/22
RTE put in place a systematic waste segregation and management system, laying the foundations
to introduce other improvements and to address the environmental impacts of their operations.
Manders, who manufacture inks, and IFP, a packaging company that uses these inks, together
developed water-based inks suitable for use on plastic packaging. This saved money, eliminated
solvent emissions and reduced safety risks.
Waterford Chamber of Commerce piloted the Value Green Construction Scheme with three
construction companies. By benchmarking their performance and introducing simple measures
such as better ordering and materials management, they reduced their costs and avoided waste
going to landfill.
The NWHB undertook a major awareness raising and communication exercise at Sligo General
Hospital. They found staff were very receptive to learning, to making suggestions and
implementing changes to reduce waste generation and disposal.
The staff and students of the Furniture College in Letterfrack examined their activities and the
associated environmental impacts. Together they modified their courses and practices, integrating
environmental considerations into the design and manufacture of furniture.
FDT Ltd.
CGPP2004/8
FDT, a project engineering company, piloted the use of membranes to recover caustic from
cleaning in place (CIP) solutions in the Diageo Brewery. This technology, now going to full-scale,
could be used on similar CIP applications in other industrial sectors.
NN Euroball Ltd.
CGPP2004/16
NN Euroball installed an evaporator so that they could recycle their purified wastewater back into
their factory, reducing their use of fresh water and reducing the costs of waste disposal. This
technology could be widely applied where there are dilute, inorganic waste streams.
Glanbia introduced a monitoring and targeting system that provided user-defined reports in realtime allowing the setting of measurable targets and intervention if there were variances.
Lakeland installed acid dosing meters that allowed them to avoid mistakes, making substantial
savings and reducing effluent.
Tayto expected that the major loss point for their cooking oil was to air. When they investigated
this, they realised losses were to water and associated with washing equipment. They avoided
unnecessary investment and converted a waste into a by-product.
Oran realised that the cause of errors in precast slab manufacture was the potential for human
error in marking out. They installed a computerised inking machine, directly linked to their design
software, thus reducing their error rate to zero and preventing this waste from going to landfill.
Waterford Metal made major changes to their process, hugely reducing their emissions to sewer
and to air. Product quality improved as well as saving costs on raw materials and improving the
work and external environments.
Seaborn, a fish processing company in inner city Dublin, introduced an advanced smoking
system which has virtually eliminated nuisance emissions of smoke and fish odours to the
external environment. Product quality has proven to be enhanced as a result of introducing the
cleaner greener practices.
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NUI Maynooth
& St. Patrick's
College Maynooth
North Western
Health Board
NN Euroball
Musgraves
Micro-Bio
Lakeland Dairies
Irish Sugar
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Renvyle
House Hotel
The drive for a greener future
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Ring-a-link
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RTE
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Seaborn
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Tayto
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Tech Group
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Tretorn Sport
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Waterford Metal
Industries Ltd.
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Wexport
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10
CGPP
2004/
Index
GMIT-Letterfrack
Glanbia
FDT
Envirotech
Cork County
Council
Connaught
Electronics Ltd.
CBL Ltd.
Building Contractor
Training Network
Atlanfish
Alert Packaging
Project Title
Irish Flexible
Packaging/Manders
Coatings & Inks Irl
Organisation
to case studies
in this brochure
Chemicals
Fish
Food
Metals
Other
Printing
Service
Chemical recovery
Energy efficiency
Improved technology
Membrane process
Metal recovery
Solvent substitution
Reduced packaging
Sustainable EMS
Transport efficiency
Eco label
SECTOR CATEGORY
Construction
Waste recovery
Water efficiency
CGPP2004/1
CGPP2004/2
Atlanfish Ltd.,
Station House, Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
CGPP2004/3
CGPP2004/4
Increasing profits by
preventing and minimising
construction waste
Machine cost
70,000
Payback
65 days
Prototype system
Materials rescue in action
CGPP2004/5
CGPP2004/6
CEL
Dunmore Road, Tuam, Co. Galway
Development Section,
Cork County Council, County Hall, Cork.
Macroom E charter
Shipping tote
CGPP2004/7
CGPP2004/8
Envirotech
Ballycurreen Ind Est, Kinsale Road, Cork
CGPP2004/9
CGPP2004/10
Improving environmental
performance at the Furniture
College, Letterfrack
Glanbia Meats
Carrig, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Water meter you can not control what you can not measure
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CGPP2004/11
CGPP2004/12
Development of water-based
inks for printing of bread and
confectionary wrapping
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CGPP2004/13
CGPP2004/14
Lakeland Dairies
Co-Operative Society Ltd.
Killeshandra, Co. Cavan
% Reduction
Volume
TDS
Chloride
Sulphate
53
76
80
87
Annual Tonnage
Reduction
10,000
1,000
650
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Chlorate Decomposer
CGPP2004/15
CGPP2004/16
Reduction of wastewater
generation through reuse
within the plant.
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CGPP2004/17
CGPP2004/18
NWHB,
Technical Services Department,
Waterfront House, Bridge Street, Sligo
Buildings Office
NUI Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
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CGPP2004/19
CGPP2004/20
Hollowcore flooring
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CGPP2004/21
CGPP2004/22
Ring a Link
Unit 2, Abbey Business Centre,
Abbey Street, Kilkenny
R.T.E.
Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
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CGPP2004/23
CGPP2004/24
Upgrading of existing
surface treatment plant by
the elimination of waste paint
and solvent emissions
Seaborn Ltd.
75-78 Cork Street, Dublin 8.
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CGPP2004/25
CGPP2004/26
Tayto Ltd.
Greencastle Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
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CGPP2004/27
CGPP2004/28
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CGPP2004/29
Production of ethanol (96%) EP
(European Pharmacopoeia) and
approval for use in the
Tinzaparin process
Wexport Ltd.
Little Island, Cork
Distillation column
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FREAGRACHTA
T rimse leathan dualgas agus cumhachta reachtla
ag an EPA faoin Acht fn nGnomhaireacht um
Chaomhn Comhshaoil. Chomh maith leis sin, t
curtha le hacmhainn an EPA maidir le forfheidhmi le
cumhachta san Acht um Chaomhn an Chomhshaoil
2003. irtear orthu seo a leanas promhfhreagrachta
an EPA:
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CLEANER GREENER
PRODUCTION IS
the application of integrated preventive environmental strategies
to processes, products and services to increase overall efficiency
and reduce risks to humans and the environment.
Better efficiency
Better business
Better environmental protection
Lower costs
Less waste
Less emissions
Less resource consumption
PROGRAMME MANAGERS:
The Clean Technology Centre (CTC) at Cork Institute of
Technology was appointed to manage the programme in
association with OSullivan Public Relations Ltd and Energy
Transport Actions Ltd (ENTRAC).
The CTC was established in 1991 and is now nationally and
internationally regarded as a centre of excellence in cleaner
production, environmental management and eco-innovation
across a range of industrial sectors.
www.epa.ie
The Cleaner Greener Production Programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2000-2006.
It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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CLEANER GREENER
PRODUCTION REQUIRES