Aspects of Our Philadelphia Operations

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At the heart of any Environmental Management System are Environmental Aspects and Impacts, which can be thought of as the cause and effect of what we do and how it affects the environment.

EPA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Office
Aspect	Activity/Product/Service	Impact
Air Emissions	Flying Boating Cleaning Driving Fragrances Shipping Smoking Painting Printing Pesticides	Acidification Eutrophication Global Warming Increase in Ground Level Ozone
Electricity Used	Coffee Making Computers Copying Drinking Water Elevators Escalators Faxing Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Lighting Mass Transit Microwave Printing Refrigeration Vacuuming Vending	Acidification Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel) Eutrophication Global Warming
Gasoline Used	Flying Boating Driving Shipping	Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel)
Paper Used	Cleaning Copying Faxing Hand Drying Lavatory Printing Shipping	Depletion of Habitat Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel) Depletion of Natural Resources (Trees)
Steam Used	Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning	Acidification Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel) Eutrophication Global Warming
Materials Used	Coffee Making Batteries Binders/Supplies Boating CDs & Disks Cleaning Copying Dish Washing Disposable Plates/Cups Disposable Utensils Drinking Water Driving Food Hand Washing Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Lighting Packaging of Food Painting Pesticides Printing Shipping Software Vacuuming Vending Writing (Pens)	Depletion of Natural Resources (Chemicals) Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel) Depletion of Natural Resources (Trees) Increase in Ground Level Ozone
Water Used	Cleaning Drinking Water Hand Washing Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Lavatory Plants	Depletion of Natural Resources (Chemicals) Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel) Eutrophication Reduction of Baseflow of Delaware & Schuylkill Rivers
Waste Disposal	Coffee making Computers Copying Cleaning Disposable Plates/Cups Disposable Utensils Drinking Water Driving Food Food Packaging Hand Drying Hand Washing Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Lavatory Lighting Painting Pesticide Printing Shipping Vacuuming Vending	Contamination of Land Depletion of Natural Resources (Chemicals) Depletion of Natural Resources (Fossil Fuel)

Significant Aspects
Impacts of Our Philadelphia Operations

Revision History

Date of Action

Originally written August 2005

Author: EMS Team/EMS Coordinator
Reviewed and Approved: Senior Management

Review History

Reviewed January 2010

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