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Algeria publishes a practical tool developed to reduce industrial activities' pollution

With the advent of modern industrialisation, the negative impact of human activity on the environment has taken on a new dimension. Growing public awareness of the consequences of industrial pollution for the environment, and even more so on the future of mankind, have led governments to develop policies and actions designed to protect the environment and humans from pollution. In this article, we will learn about a practical tool developed by Algeria to reduce the pollution produced by industrial activities.

Based on their type of business activity, certain types of industries need to have a special permit to operate. These are mainly industrial companies that produce pollution and negative impacts on the environment in the course of their business activities. In order to ensure that the activities of these companies comply with environmental regulations, Algeria has implemented a law requiring companies to name an environmental correspondent. The National Centre for Production Technologies (CNTPP) has produced a handbook whose purpose is to show those correspondents their role and responsibilities, as well as methods for fulfilling them.

The main tasks of the environmental correspondents are creating an inventory of the types of pollution and their impacts, the implementation of environmental regulatory obligations and making personal at their company environmentally aware, along with internal and external communication. In addition to explaining their jobs in detail, the handbook is provided to the correspondents with a set of tools to help perform their tasks, such as a list of environmental laws or a brief guide to environmental indicators for the company, along with other practical information sheets.

‘The third edition of the handbook includes new concepts, such as sustainable means of consumption and production (MCPD), monitoring or information about the regulatory framework in terms of health and safety in the workplace.’

The handbook has been a great success and is now in its third publication. Since its first publication, the CNTPP has held more than 80 training workshops and more than 2,000 people have been trained in how to use it. The CNTPP is planning to train 1,500 to 2,000 people in the next three years.

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