Ecological performance indexes of Zaporizhstal JSC for the 1st quarter of 2010
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! Zaporizhstal JSC, being a socially conscious enterprise, carries out such policy with regard to ecological performance indexes too. Fulfilling ecological measures, introducing new technologies and environmental protection equipment, the Works takes care of the ecological well-being of the Zaporozhye region. Ecological monitoring of the operation of the environmental protection equipment, analysis of the process flows on basic and fuel consuming equipment allow to develop and introduce measures to reduce harmful influence on all the environment components. Presented data on emissions of harmful substances into atmosphere, discharge into water reservoirs and waste management for the 1st quarter of 2010 in comparison with the 1st quarter of 2009 in a table form. 
Reduction of actual emissions of harmful substances in the 1st quarter of 2010 in comparison with the similar period last year is connected with carrying out repairs and adjustment of gas cleaning equipment, ecological and heat engineering tests and adjustment of combustion procedure on fuel consuming equipment, reduction of production. 
Thanks to the realization of environmental measures and measures regarding rational use of water resources, repairs and preventive maintenance of the equipment, reconstruction and modernization of purification plants the operational personnel of the Works ensures continuous functioning of water protection facilities according to the design parameters. 
Production waste activity in the 1st quarter of 2010 in comparison with the similar period last year was characterized by the decrease in quantity of formed waste connected with the decrease of production. To reduce the quantity of buried waste the Works pursues a policy of maximum possible use of waste in its own production. On 13-16 April the XIII International Exhibition-Fair “Ecology-2010” took place in Kiev in Expocenter “NAUKA” of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The environmental protection stand of Zaporizhstal JSC has traditionally won the place of honour in the exhibition composition. The first Deputy Minister of environmental protection of Ukraine Nikolay Romanov opened the exhibition. Having got familiarized with the presented ecological performance indexes of Zaporizhstal JSC, he underlined: “… what the Works does, how much it spends on environmental protection measures, how it carries out the measures, all these are components of success regarding the city ecology and well-being of its inhabitants …”. The achievements of Zaporizhstal JSC have also been estimated by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Following the results of the exhibition Zaporizhstal JSC has been named winner and was awarded a diploma in the nomination “For introduction of ecological scientific research results”. | 
