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4.4 Production Related Environmental Standards /Manufacturing RSL (MRSL)
In line with PUMA’s PUMA’s environmental environmental policy and the PUMA.Vision, production production related related standards standards for for the the protection protection of of the
environment supplement our Restricted Substances List (RSL) policy and PUMA’s own environmental efforts. This part
of the manual is also referred to as Manufacturing or (M) RSL which can be consulted in
in the Handbook for
Environmental Standards Volume 2- Chemical Management.
Management
4.4.1 .1 Soil and ground water protection
Wastewater, chemicals, oils or other toxic liquid substances represent a risk of contaminating minating the soil and ground water.
It is important to avoid migration of any of these liquids into the ground (see Figure 12) 12 or the aquatic environment.
Those hazardous and toxic substances must be stored in a secondary containment. Factories must ensure that storage
areas and containers are designed and operated to minimize minimi e the risk of any releases. To achieve this safeguard, storage
areas should be located away from watercourses and sensitive boundaries, as well as avoid being adjacent to areas of
public use and they should be protected against vandalism. These storage areas areas should be clearly marked, marked
signed and
containers should be clearly labelled. All factories are urged to to not not exceed the maximum storage capacity capacity of of their
their
storage areas. It is important that containers be regularly inspected. The whole storage area should be built as a
secondary containment, for for example example by using using special special paint paint to to make make the floor impermeable and building building surrounding
surrounding
bund walls. Alternatively, when hen secondary containment installations are not possible, protection trays may be used for
all containers. It It is the the producer’s obligation to have emergency emergency plans plans ready ready in in the the event of of accidents accidents or cases of
of
damaged or leaking containers.
The storage of open containers, even if empty, in an outside area should be avoided. Otherwise rainwater might mix
with the the rest rest of of the the chemicals chemicals and and contaminate contaminate the the soil, ground water or adjacent adjacent water-bodies. water
Any storage must be
bounded and sealed, as explained above.
Figure 12: Migration of f toxic toxic substances substances into into the groundwater, prevention through through secondary containment
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