Egger UK Ltd
Anick Grange Road
Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 4JS
Some facts...
:: There has been a chipboard factory on the Anick Road site in Sandhoe parish since the 1950s.
:: The factory is prominently visible when approaching Hexham town from the east.
:: The current chimneys produce output 24 hours a day, every day.
:: The plume is visible from the surrounding countryside
:: A Google search on the keywords "formaldehyde" and "asthma" returns over 498,000 references
:: Egger is alleged to have not entirely complied with a previous Section 108 planning agreement on tree planting
:: The existing road infrastructure is poor for the current volume of traffic generated by the site.
:: The plant generates a significant amount of noise which is quite intrusive to local residents.
:: The new development includes the construction of a new 53 metre high chimney with a pollution abatement system, but no evidence of a change to the plume of emission.
:: The higher chimney distributes emissions over a larger area.
:: Egger are not thought to be claiming any significant increase in employment as a result of this proposal.
Egger - Environmental Statement |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Aug 18 2007 at 2:43 pm |
Environmental Statement
[http://www.egger.com/co-uk-eng/about-us-environmental-policy_co-uk-about-us-environment-statement.htm]
Egger (UK) Limited are committed to protecting the environment through investing in the latest manufacturing technology and processes to help meet our legislative requirements. It is our aim to continually improve our environmental performance through the implementation of ISO 14001 and its integration into our other management policies and practises. It is the duty of every Manager within the company to recognise and communicate to the people under their control the importance of environmental quality at both local and global levels and to incorporate Environmental factors into all business decisions.
Egger (UK) Limited are committed to keep emissions to air, land and water not just in line with, but below statutory levels and to adhere to the stringent Integrated Pollution Prevention Control regulations laid down by the Government.
The products we manufacture under the Quality Management System ISO 9000: 2000 are environmentally friendly alternatives to imported hardwoods. Our main raw material is roundwood timber and co-products purchased and primarily sourced from renewable UK forests and managed on a sustainable yield basis. A considerable amount of our roundwood material is harvested from woodland within the catchment areas of our UK plants through our subsidiary Egger Forestry Products Limited.
Egger Forestry Products has been accredited to ISO 14001 since August 2000 and has as one of its main objectives to source all timber from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified Forests.
The Forest Stewardship Council sets standards for forest management and promotes ‘environmentally appropriate, socially beneficially and economically viable management of the world’s forests’. Egger (UK) Limited has fully embraced these beliefs and manufactures its products under the FSC chain of custody accreditation scheme. This provides independent accreditation that the wood used in the Egger (UK) plants is sourced from well-managed, sustainable forests.
The Management of the UK forest resource is well documented and stringently regulated by the appropriate government body – the Forestry Commission, by either licence or full management plan. This includes environmental assessment, landscape considerations and water management guidelines. Plans and licenses are only granted after full consultation procedure with local planning authorities. UK law under the Forestry Acts controls the replanting of felled woodland and management operations. Our production process ensures the maximum use of wood co-products from UK sawmills and recycled wood fibre. In this Egger (UK) Limited is committed to developing new ways of reclaiming and recycling the materials used in the production of our products. To help achieve this, the company has established a subsidiary company Timberpak Limited, responsible for sourcing and managing our recycled timber material.
We believe that Timberpak is making a valuable contribution to improving the environment through its recycling processes and service to best utilise all timber waste material as the recycling of timber waste creates a market for what otherwise would be burnt or sent to landfill.
The resins used in our products have low free formaldehyde properties and are produced and developed primarily through our sister company Campact Limited. Campact Limited is a top-tier COMAH and Integrated Pollution Control site. They currently operate under the Quality Management System ISO9000: 2000 and a Safety Management System based on OH SAS 18001. It is the company philosophy that we develop all our products, co-operating and developing with our subsidiaries and customers without detriment to the environment. Our Environmental Policy and objectives are freely distributed to our Customers on request and is made public through the regular Egger Liaison Meetings we hold with elected councillors and Council Officers of Tynedale. A small team of qualified environmental auditors carries out internal audits of our system. Once we have full certification the certifying body will carry out external audits annually.
Our environmental objective is and has always been to produce quality products that are fit for our customers purpose on a sustained basis with as little impact as possible on the Environment, especially in terms of waste, pollution and energy usage.
Specific targets for 2006 are:
1) To install and fully implement ISO14001 with certification for Egger (UK) during 2006.
2) Reduce the offsite disposal of solid waste through recycling and waste minimisation.
3) Reduce all energy use in line with the Climate Change Levy Agreement through the implementation of an energy management system.
4) Provide environmental awareness training at all levels within the organisation.
Signed the Board of Directors Egger (UK) Limited
Simon Dotlinger – Technical Director
Bernd Steinlechner – Financial Director
Bob Livesey – Commercial Director
