Sites should consider their context and external circumstances when determining the most adequate containment method.

Examples of external circumstances are natural disasters and sabotage.

Containment should be:

The spill prevention and emergency response procedures for hazardous materials should:

List of hazardous materials present or used on the site.

Records of employee training on the spill prevention and emergency response procedures.

List of hazardous materials present or used on the site.

Employees have been trained on the spill prevention and emergency response procedures.

Cross-check during employees’ interviews.

Through site inspection:

The adequacy of a treatment depends on the types of chemicals found in the effluent, such as heavy metals, organic compounds, acids and bases.

Based on the above characteristics, examples of treatments that might be used are:

Presence of treatment method for effluents containing chemicals.

Through site inspection the presence of a treatment method for effluents containing chemicals.

Documentation confirming land-based facilities treat effluents.

Including verification that the facility captures copper in its effluent treatment, if applicable.

Documentation confirming land-based facilities treat effluents.

An appropriate effluent treatment should be able to eliminate or reduce to acceptable levels the discharge of (amongst others):

An effluent monitoring plan appropriate for the type and amount of processing effluent discharged.

Including the parameters, frequency of monitoring and acceptable limits.

Analysis results of the parameters included in the effluent monitoring plan.

Corrective actions when analysis results exceed acceptable levels.

Effluent monitoring plan has been developed and implemented.

This includes monitoring analysis results.

Corrective actions taken when analysis results exceed acceptable levels.

V. Venugopal, A. Sasidharan (2021). Seafood industry effluents: Environmental hazards, treatment and resource recovery. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

Pesticides: The Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC) defines pesticides as chemicals used to destroy, prevent, or control pests, including vectors of human or animal disease, and unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the production, processing, storage, transport, or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood, and wood products or animal feedstuffs.

Biocides: The Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR, Regulation (EU) 528/2012) defines biocides as any substance or mixture, in the form in which it is supplied to the user, consisting of, containing or generating one or more active substances, with the intention of destroying, deterring, rendering harmless, preventing the action of, or otherwise exerting a controlling effect on, any harmful organism by any means other than mere physical or mechanical action.

List of pesticides and biocides used by the site.

Including purchase records.

Copy of the list of banned or restricted pesticides by the conventions or organisations stated by the indicator.

Copy of the list of biocides approved by local regulations in either Australia, the European Union, Japan or the United States of America.

Pesticides used by the site are not on the list of banned or restricted pesticides by the conventions or organisations stated by the indicator.

Biocides used by the site are not on the list of net antifouling agents containing biocides approved by local regulations in either Australia, the European Union, Japan or the United States of America.

REGULATION (EU) No 528/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products.

Sites should identify and classify waste based on where it will be disposed of. This includes the following types of waste:

Based on the classification, sites should determine the facilities to use for waste disposal, for example:

Identification and classification of waste.

Records confirming that waste is disposed of in appropriate facilities according to its classification and the legality of those facilities.

The site:

Filters or screen barriers installed in the effluent pipe/channel prior to discharge are examples of methods for capturing non-biological solid waste.

Based on their context, sites should identify and assess non-biological solid waste that could end up in the effluent to determine the most appropriate method for its capture.

Identification (e.g. a list) of non-biological solid waste generated at the site.

An assessment of the characteristics of non-biological solid waste to determine the most appropriate method for capturing it in case it ends up in the effluent.

Records of maintenance of the method used to capture non-biological solid waste (if applicable, e.g. filter or screen barriers).

The site has identified and assessed non-biological solid waste generated.

Through site inspection, the method to capture non-biological solid waste prior to effluent discharges and its suitability.