Section 2 i) Initial Research Work - Gewerbliche Schule Ravensburg

Looking at TOX, we found that very few of their waste materials could be recycled orreused. They have regular meetings to monitor and work on solutions for the amountof waste being produced. Again, they had a significant amount of materialcontaminated with oil which could not be effectively disposed of.Our visit to RPC Containers suggested a very well structuredenvironmental policy and strictly implemented plan. A veryhigh percentage of their waste was recycled or reused, andenergy usage had been greatly reduced in recent years. Aproblem for this company was the high use of compressed air,which has very high energy consumption.At GE, there is an employee led environmental team whichdeals with everyday environmental issues, as well as longterm solutions. There is intelligent lighting, upgradedextraction systems, air leak monitors, heating efficient doorsand recycling schemes across the site. GE has employed anoutside agency to monitor and report on their energyconsumption. Oil contaminated goods are the major problemfor them on site.As can be seen from the report, the results we achieved contained a wide range ofdata concerning the main aspects of the environmental issues relevant today. Withour planned questions and strong project outline, we were able to directly comparewhat we learned from each company and come up with some interesting contrasts.48