Διαχείριση επικίνδυνων αποβλήτων στην Πολεμική Αεροπορία
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Abstract
Hazardous waste and its management are nowadays one of the most substantial global problems due to the many and negative consequences to public health and the environment.
The problem of the production of hazardous waste has arisen as a result of the industrial revolution and the enormous increase of the earth's population over the past 200 years. However, it started to become disconcerting and part of the global agenda only the last 40 to 50 years.
The promising side is that the modern world has at its disposal all the means (knowledge, technology) required in order to control and limit this problem. However, everyone in society, including governments, industries and scientists, need to be sensitized and to act in this direction. This direction involves nothing else but the development and implementation of appropriate, modern systems for the management of hazardous waste.
At a global level, the aviation industry contributes significantly to the production of hazardous waste, due to its immense development in the last few years. This work focuses on one of the representatives of this industry in Greece, the Hellenic Air Force.
In this context, the first chapter of this thesis includes basic definitions and terminologies, related to hazardous waste, as well as, the properties, categories, main producers and prospects for their production. Thereinafter, the steps that constitute a modern management system and the benefits that arise from their implementation are identified. The chapter concludes with a description of the situation in the EU and Greece regarding the production and management of hazardous waste.
The second chapter focuses on the aviation industry and the hazardous waste generated from its activities. Extensive reference is made to aircraft maintenance and the equipment used. In addition, measures for the limitation of the production of hazardous waste and their effects on public health and the environment are described, for each of these operations.
The third chapter refers to the environmental policy of the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense and Hellenic Armed Forces. The areas of environmental interest of the Ministry are outlined, including the issue of waste management and the strategy that has been designed for the implementation of this policy. The chapter completes with the description of the hazardous waste generated from activities of the Hellenic Air Forces and the actions undertaken concerning the management of this issue.
The last chapter of this thesis concerns the study of the hazardous activities and the management systems of two specific Units of the Hellenic Air Forces, the State Aircraft Factory (SAF) and the Telecommunications- Electronic Means Plant. In the last part of this chapter, practical solutions, which, according to the author's estimation, could improve the existing management systems, not only for the aforementioned units but generally for the Hellenic Air Forces, are proposed.
Postgraduate Studies Programme
MBA TQM International - Ευρωπαϊκό Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών στη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων – Ολική Ποιότητα με διεθνή προσανατολισμό (MBA TQM Int)Department
Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Οργάνωσης και Διοίκησης ΕπιχειρήσεωνNumber of pages
194Language
GreekCollections
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