Environmental policy and environmental principles of the joint stock company "Navoiyazot"
Joint Stock Company "Navoiyazot" realizes the importance of a responsible approach to nature protection and considers environmental protection as one of its priority tasks and conditions necessary for the long-term development of the enterprise.
Environmental protection of the enterprise is based on the following fundamental principles:
- compliance with the requirements of environmental legislation, regulatory and other documents on environmental protection;
- development and implementation of measures for the rational use of natural and raw materials, to reduce emissions into the atmosphere, discharges of pollutants with wastewater, minimization and disposal of waste;
- cooperation in the field of environmental protection with interested organizations and the public, open information on the environmental activities of the enterprise;
- taking care of the health of employees of the enterprise by increasing the level of safety when organizing the work of preventing emergency situations, taking preventive measures;
- striving to minimize the environmental impact of our company's activities by adopting comprehensive environmental protection programs.
In its current and future activities, it undertakes to comply with the following rules:
- Recognize that all of our business activities can have an impact on the environment, and strive to minimize this impact through the adoption of comprehensive environmental programs.
- Prevent environmental risk and control accidental contamination to ensure the safety of personnel, property and the environment.
- In carrying out its activities, give priority to the requirements established by the "Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on nature protection". Act in accordance with the development of the legal framework.
- Introduce energy-saving technologies into production, reduce the consumption of natural resources and raw materials.
- Reduce the amount of waste and, if possible, recycle it.
- When developing the enterprise, use low-waste technologies that do not lead to an increase in the negative impact on the environment.
- Continuous analytical control of our emissions to contribute to the creation of national environmental monitoring.
- Conduct professional training and education of personnel on environmental protection.
- Strive to replace toxic and hazardous materials not only in our production but also in our suppliers.
- Be liable for damage caused by the company's activities.
- Support new developments, introduce innovations, create motivating conditions for submitting rationalization proposals in the field of environmental protection.
Environmental activity of the enterprise
In its activities, it conducts systematic purposeful work to reduce the harmful effects of the enterprise on the environment, guided by the current laws, decrees of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and higher organizations.
«Navoiyazot» JSC, which belongs to the enterprises of the I category of environmental risk, developed and agreed with the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on ecology and environmental protection regulatory documents regulating the release of pollutants into the atmosphere, waste water discharge and waste disposal.
All facilities under construction and reconstructed by «Navoiyazot» JSC undergo the procedure for assessing the impact on the environment in the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on ecology and environmental protection and are put into operation with a positive conclusion of the State Environmental Expertise.
Measures for environmental protection and rational use of natural resources are developed and implemented annually.
In 2019, the implementation costs amounted to 802.285 million sum, of which:
- 13 measures for the protection of water resources were carried out for a total amount of 262 940, 86 thousand sum;
- 27 measures for the protection of atmospheric air were carried out for a total amount of 221,961.99 thousand sum;
- to reduce the formation of industrial and household waste, 8 measures were taken for the amount of 177,061.77 thousand sum;
- 10 measures for the protection of land resources were carried out for 140 320.4 thousand sum.
In the first half of 2020, activities were carried out in the amount of 425,069.79 thousand sum, including:
- 16 measures for the protection of water resources were carried out for a total amount of 116,041.367 thousand sum;
- for the protection of atmospheric air, 17 measures were carried out for a total amount of 155 669.14 thousand sum;
- to reduce the formation of industrial and household waste, 6 measures were taken for the amount of 48,303.88 thousand sum;
- 8 measures for the protection of land resources were carried out for 66 738 thousand sum.
Financing of all activities related to improving the environmental situation and increasing environmental safety, «Navoiyazot» JSC carries out at its own expense.
«Navoiyazot» JSC constantly takes an active part in government programs to improve environmental protection:
- a program of comprehensive measures for environmental protection and rational use of natural resources for 2015-2020.
- action program for environmental protection for 2017-2021.
- action program for environmental protection and ecology of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of waste for 2018 - 2028.
On the balance sheet of «Navoiyazot» JSC there is a regional environmental protection facility - biochemical treatment facilities (BHO) of wastewater in Navoi and the Navoi region.
81% of the total volume of wastewater treated at the BHO is wastewater from the city of Navoi and the Navoi industrial hub. Treated wastewater after BHO is used by nearby farms for irrigation, which is important for the desert region.
The company operates an installation for demercurization of used fluorescent lamps, which are hazard class 1 waste. The demercurization unit makes it possible to solve the problem of disposal of used mercury lamps not only in «Navoiyazot» JSC, but also in the entire Navoi region.
There is a Permission from the State Committee for Ecology of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the disposal of mercury-containing products (registration number 04 / 1-14 of 12/24/2020) and an Ecological certificate for a demercurization unit (registration number EST.O'z.M.128.41743 of 04/06/2018) ...
In 2019, the installation processed 11,690 lamps, of which 4,803 were from third-party organizations.
In the system of State ecological certification of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the following are certified:
- production of sodium cyanide
- methanol production
- production of hydrochloric acid
- waste of ferrous and non-ferrous metal
- waste of used tires
- waste of stabilized sludge from sludge maps of the BHO
- soot sludge
- waste oil
The production of liquid chlorine, ammonium nitrate, NPU, ammonium chloride, hydrochloric acid, methanol, acrylic emulsion, gel-like polyacrylamide, liquid sodium cyanide solution and liquid ammonia are certified for compliance with the environmental management system requirements of the international standard ISO 14001: 2015.
Industrial and environmental control
Ecoanalytical (sanitary) laboratory of the enterprise carries out constant monitoring of the environment in the following areas:
- Air environment of the working area;
- Atmospheric air of the sanitary protection zone;
- Atmospheric air of Navoi city and nearby settlements;
- Gas emissions from the sources of the enterprise;
- Waste water of «Navoiyazot» JSC;
- Water in the river. Zeravshan before and after the discharge of «Navoiyazot» JSC;
- Groundwater (there is a network of observation wells).
Monitoring of wastewater discharged into the Zaravshan River, jointly with the Navoi Department of Environmental Pollution Monitoring, and with the LMZAV (laboratory for monitoring atmospheric air pollution), the composition of atmospheric air in nearby villages is being carried out.
Ecoanalytical (sanitary) laboratory of «Navoiyazot» JSC is accredited for technical competence in the national accreditation system of the Republic of Uzbekistan and has an accreditation certificate that certifies the presence of the necessary conditions for performing reliable analytical monitoring of soil pollution, natural and waste water, the state of the air environment, emissions of gas-air mixtures into the atmosphere from sources of emissions from shops and industries. The laboratory is equipped with the necessary instruments, staffed, and approved methods (accreditation certificate No. UZ.AMT.07.MAI.538 dated 05.05.2015).
The activities of «Navoiyazot» JSC are aimed at preventing and eliminating problems that can negatively affect the environmental load on the area where «Navoiyazot» JSC is located.
Ecoanalytical (sanitary) laboratory provides services to third-party organizations in the analysis of water and air, in accordance with the scope of accreditation. The activities of «Navoiyazot» JSC are aimed at preventing and eliminating problems that can negatively affect the environmental load on the area where «Navoiyazot» JSC is located.