Case study: Incitec Pivot Fertilisers
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers has a history of more than 100 years of making, storing and distributing fertiliser in South Australia.
Now it has begun operating at a new, $25-million storage and distribution centre in Port Adelaide.
The 17,000m3 Adelaide Primary Distribution Centre site at Ocean Steamers Road in Port Adelaide features state-of-the-art facilities for storing up to 50,000 tonnes of fertilisers with the best available environmental control technologies.
The new facility is being used to store and load fertiliser into trucks for distribution to agricultural customers, and it is expected that 160,000 tonnes of fertiliser will move through the facility every year.
EPA Compliance Team Leader David Vaughan says the engineering design and management approach is considered best practice in South Australia.
“Incitec Pivot has implemented control measures on site to minimise dust from the fertiliser loading and unloading, storage and blending facilities,” he said.
“This ensures that the impacts on any adjacent sensitive receivers, the River or other businesses in the Port Adelaide River Industrial Precinct are minimised.
“All fuels, chemicals and hazardous goods used at the site are stored in designated areas that limit the potential for their escape into the surrounding environment.
“Any servicing of vehicles or equipment is also undertaken in the designated wash and maintenance bay.
“All hazardous wastes, such as waste oil, oil filters and hydraulic fluids generated during the service, are removed from the site to a licensed facility.
“The investment made in this site demonstrates Incitec Pivot’s commitment to ensuring environmentally sustainable practices.”
IPF Interim President Jamie Crough said they were constantly looking to innovate in ways that enabled them to care for the community and the environment.
“The company is conscious of the environment in which we operate, and we are demonstrating that not only through the investment in our new product distribution centre, but also through product innovation,” he said.
For more case studies, read the 2018 Good for Environment, Good for Business report.
