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Reasonal measures to prevent any pollution or degradation of the environment

Reasonable measures imply that a business plan or management programme must be prepared that is incorporated into existing other general business management programmes. Typical actions that will be implemented in the preparation and implementation of such a management programme will be the following:
    Investigate, assess and evaluate the impact on the environment
    Inform and educate employees about the environmental risks of their work and the manner in which their tasks must be performed in order to avoid causing significant pollution or degradation of the environment.
    Cease, modify or control any act, activity or process causing the pollution or degradation
    Contain or prevent the movement of pollutants or the causant of degradation
    Eliminate any source of the pollution or degradation
    Remedy the effects of the pollution or degradation

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