Novara Environmental Statement 2007 English MEMC-NO ...

EXTERNAL TRANSPORTWith regards to the transportationof dangerous materials a controlprocedure has been adopted forthe transport vehicles (on enteringand leaving the site) and thequalifi cations of the driver (ADRregulations). The Novara site isa considerable contributor to theamount of traffi c in the area inwhich it is situated. (St. Agabio)Inside the organization in 2000an individual has been appointedas the person responsible for thecoordination of movements relatingto travel from home to work,including the planning of actionsto reduce the amount of polluntantemission, noise and vibrationproduced by transport.Every year, the above-mentionedCompany Manager checks the levelof achievement of the actionsplanned for the previous year,prepares a new traffi c improvementaction plan and sends saidplan to the relevant authorities.The following activities of an informativenature were completed aspart of the 2007 company mobilityimprovement plan:information was given to employeesby means of noticesplaced on the notice boardrelated to traffi c restrictionsplanned by Novara council,complete with detailed mapsshowing roads open to traffi cadjacent to the boundaries ofthe area concerned, availableparking spaces and shuttleservices to the city centre;participation in a training dayorganised by the province ofNovara and the Novara AutomobileClub for a sustainablemobility project and completionof a relative questionnaire preparedfor the preliminary stageof a survey of companies andscholastic institutions.Data was also collected in previousyears by means of employeequestionnaires. The followingconclusions have been drawnfrom the assessment of data collectedfrom 652 questionnaires:The fl eet of cars owned bycompany employees wasfound to be suffi ciently “modern”,more than 40% of thecars were classifi ed to Euro3;Cars are mainly used in urbanareas for daily family needsand much less frequently forlong-distance journeys;This makes it very diffi cult toencourage the use of car poolingor public transport;The use of alternative fuels topetrol and diesel is extremelylimited.The use of bicycles and car poolingwas found to be limited despitepast improvements made tothe cycle path in Viale Gherzi andthe company’s cycle store designedto encourage employees totravel by bicycle instead of usingthe car and a web site createdand advertised for the exchangeof information for car pooling (forjourneys between home and workmade by employees living in thesame area and for the organisationof trips to the Merano site).PROCESSING AND EMPLOY-MENT OF THE PRODUCTSUPPLIED BY MEMCFor the movement of the siliconwafers MEMC has reached anagreement with its main customersto send the product in aluminiumcases. All our customersalso have the opportunity to retrievethe plastic packages thatcontain the wafers so that theycan be reused for future consignments.MEMC’s customers operatein countries that are awareof the environment and they havegot the ISO 14001 certifi cate and/or EMAS registered. The MEMCsite is frequently audited by itsclients both on quality and environmentaspects. Since 2006MEMC has been selling waferstargeted for solar applications.35