How can manufacturing fabricated metal products affect the environment?
Businesses manufacturing fabricated metal products can have a number of impacts on the environment: • air emissions, for example from grit blasting, organic solvent cleaning, welding, adhesive use, painting and coating • land contamination, for example from the accidental spillage of solvents and oils and, potentially, the past use of the site • noise pollution, for example from the movement of materials, surface preparation and metal fabrication activities • waste disposal, such as off-cuts, spent welding rods, swarf, cutting oils, greases, paint containers and obsolete materials • water discharges, for example from grit blasting, equipment cooling and surface preparation.
