b'IntroductionSince Pollution Prevention Guidelines (PPG) were withdrawn in 2015, businesses in the UK have been required to comply with the Environment Agencys standard Pollution Prevention for Businesses advice.The guidance is promoted as best practice formaintenance, facilities, building and site organisations of any shape, size and sector.managers, while Group 2 consisted of SHEQ, However, there is no targeted advice for thecompliance and engineering managers. manufacturing sector, which is more proneBroadly speaking, Group 1 was made up to discharging trade effluentliquid wasteof roles involved in the buying of facilities generated from industrial or trade processes management and environmental services within into the sewer network. As such, the guidancethe manufacturing industry, while Group 2 was has faced criticism for putting responsibilitymade up of roles involved in environmental on businesses to produce their own rules andor health and safety within a manufacturing procedures to protect the environment.business. Now, new research has revealed thatThe research found almost two thirds (62%) within manufacturing, there is a disconnectare unaware of the steps they should be between the guidance and actual practicetaking to remedy pollution, with only 15% which may be putting the environment atof respondents aware of all the individual risk.guidelines their business is required to comply with. Additionally, the data shows that several In 2022, Metro Rod undertook researchmanufacturing sites across the UK are without with a cross section of people working atsome of the key processes required to minimise management level in manufacturing businessestheir impact on the environment. across the UK, to determine how informed the industry is of the role it plays in protecting the environment, and what action is needed toOnly 15%make improvements. Respondents were split into two groups:Aware of compliancerequirements.Group 1 consisted of procurement,'