With over one million peristaltic pumps designed, manufactured and sold around the world Watson-Marlow has identified the importance of its environmental aspects and impacts. The company aims to continually improve its environmental performance in the design, development, manufacture and in-house repair of peristaltic pumps and accessories, the supply of associated products and development and manufacture of tubing.
To achieve improvement we operate an Environmental Management System that as a minimum meets the requirements of ISO14001 and have set the following general aims:
Identify the significant environmental impacts of our company's activities.
Aim to continually improve the environmental performance of our company by setting environmental objectives, targets and processes.
Promote optimum and efficient use of resources and energy.
Work towards the reduction or elimination of any potential or actual pollution.
Raise the awareness and understanding of all staff about the company's environmental policy and maintain awareness of environmental issues and related matters.
Provide interested parties with relevant and appropriate information and establish open and on-going dialogue.
Ensure these aims are achieved by the use of appropriate processes that will be monitored, audited, reviewed and improved if necessary.
It is the responsibility of directors and managers to be aware of environmental risks and regulations and to identify and implement best practice.
The Operations Manager has specific responsibility to monitor and implement our environment system.
Specifically ...
Legislation
We meet or, where practical, exceed all UK legislative, regulatory and other requirements appropriate to our business.
Product design
We select materials to eliminate hazardous substances (RoHS), ensure resource saving and make continual improvement in energy efficiency, keeping 'end of life' in mind.
Manufacturing
Ensuring efficient processes we reduce material use, minimise waste and emissions and ensure energy efficiency within our processes.
Use
Our designs ensure controllability to reduce energy consumption and our increased tube life and controlled waste minimises risk of contamination throughout the world.
Applications
Environmental applications, Water treatment, Control of hazardous substances. Contributing to a cleaner environment.
End of Life
Where practical Watson-Marlow pumps are produced from recyclable materials and simple disassembly ensures end of life issues are minimised.
Managing Director, Watson-Marlow Bredel Issue 6 September 2007
