Environment

The emission of pollutants from industrial activities changes the composition of the atmosphere and degrades air quality. The control of gaseous pollutant emissions into the atmosphere has become a major issue for the protection of human health and the environment.
To prevent these risks, regulations have defined discharge limits for certain polluting substances and impose periodic controls.

Contaminated soils constitute a risk to human health and the environment, as well as a devaluation of the value of the contaminated land. The decontamination or remediation of soil and groundwater restores the quality of the affected land in order to reduce contaminants to acceptable risk levels. 

Ensuring air quality and measuring pollutant emissions requires perfectly calibrated measuring devices. These devices not only measure atmospheric emissions but also continuously measure the oxygen concentration in the flue gases of boilers and industrial furnaces for combustion control and optimisation.
Pollutants are measured by certified analysers using reference methods. The monitoring methods are adapted according to the expected pollutant levels (fixed measurements, indicative measurements, modelling, objective estimation, etc.).

Any industrial activity that generates an atmospheric pollutant that is not channeled must undergo an atmospheric immission control, also known as diffuse emissions. This type of monitoring makes it possible to determine the concentration of pollutants at ground level that can affect people, animals, vegetation or materials.

The protection of the environment and the health of employees and local residents is an important issue that companies must take into account when using, storing or handling chemical or hazardous materials in the course of their business.

Industrial pollution originates from discharges of potentially toxic substances released by industries, as well as water discharged from factories.

To limit pollution caused by the discharge of polluting materials into water, the law has established a strict system of controls with which companies must comply.

The dispersion of pollutants is a major problem for the preservation of the environment, whether they are atmospheric or at ground level: modelling the dispersion of pollutants emitted by an installation into the atmosphere makes it possible to quantitatively assess the impact on air quality of an industrial project or an existing activity and to evaluate the risks in the event of a large-scale release of pollutants. 

Its objectives are, on the one hand, to map the average concentrations and deposition of pollutants emitted and, on the other hand, to check compliance with regulatory standards.

Asbestos is a major public and occupational health problem: this multi-talented material, massively used until it was banned, has proven to be highly toxic. Legislative requirements are changing, with the recent addition of the obligation for municipalities to carry out a census of asbestos installations and sites and to draw up a plan for its removal, for example. Training requirements have also been established to ensure the safety of workers handling asbestos.

More and more legal requirements are sometimes neglected or difficult to apply, especially in the areas of environment, occupational risk prevention or industrial safety.
Eurocontrol manages the process and obligations that your organisation must follow to comply with these regulatory requirements.
To do this, Eurocontrol provides you with a digital management system for real-time access to legal data, current procedures and other documents related to these areas, so that your company will be sure to have the security of having the update of each administrative regulation according to specific criteria.