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Focus

Beyond food, the cafeteria FM functions
is also a space where workers
can have a seat, take a break Iron ore may end up being
and involve themselves in Safety spilled during transport and
leisure activities like watching In a steel production facility, handling; scrap metal from an
television. This small break safety is critical. Every single part industrial process may accumate.
from work can help them of the factory area is covered and By collecting and reusing these
improve their productivity in the has to be compliant with the no- fragments, input material can be
second half of the workday. reduced. FM can thus directly
harm policy. The FM team plays contribute to the profits of the
an integral role in making sure that steel manufacturer.
Office spaces every square inch of the steelworks
While one may expect the campus is safety compliant.
office areas of a steel production
facility to be quite basic, facility Waste management Campus-wide
managers can take it to the next While handling the plant
level by ensuring that all areas production waste is not in the
of the office – conference rooms purview of facility management, all cleaning
and demonstration rooms to other streams of waste generated
washrooms and pantry areas – from the campus need to be Dust control
are maintained at a consistently managed well and converted into Unless the plant is attended to
high level.
usable materials on-site. This on an hourly basis, there is bound
includes e-waste, canteen waste and to be accumulation or piling up of
Green campus all other non-industrial streams. dirt and dust. This can impair the
FM is responsible for productivity of the plant.
looking after the green cover Wastewater Dust which settles on the shop
of the entire campus. A certain management floor needs to be collected and
percentage of the total area reused in the manufacturing process;
of the steelworks is mandated FM plays a central role in we function on a zero-waste model.
to be a green belt. Apart from recycling wastewater to maintain All byproducts of the production
making the campus aesthetically the status of a steelworks campus process, including waste gases, are
pleasant, landscaping and as a zero water discharge facility. stored and used for other processes.
horticulture als helps in Wastewater from the industrial
controlling and absorbing dust process is collected in a central Green chemicals
and noise pollution generated pond or tank, and recycled for use
from steel production. in horticulture and washrooms (for Eco-friendly chemicals should be
flushing). used as much as possible, especially
Other areas in areas frequented by people. Some
(but not all) green chemicals can be
Visitor management, Waste to wealth as effective or more effective than
security, safety training centers, Slag, which is the main process conventional cleaning chemicals.
large halls like auditoriums, waste of steelmaking, is reused for Although they may be more
demonstration centres and various purposes like making roads, expensive than the latter, smaller
experience centers for customers pavements, tiles and paver blocks. In volumes are needed for efficacious
also need to be maintained in short, no waste is allowed to leave cleaning; overall, green chemicals
optimum condition. the campus in the form of waste. are cost-effective. I expect to see

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