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Accepta Newsletter: Issue 15

Welcome to issue 15; this month we feature a number of excellent articles including new research concerning Legionella and domestic heating systems, a new and innovative biological odour treatment, a simple guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations; plus a very useful guide on reducing water and effluent costs in the brewing industry.

If you find our newsletter useful please pass it on to friends and colleagues. And if there are any subjects you'd like to see included in future issues please e-mail me at sdooner@accepta.com.

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In this issue:

Brewing Industry Guide: Reducing Water and Effluent Costs.
Legionella and Domestic Heating Systems - New Research Findings.
Business Skills: How to Deal with Conflict.
Innovation - New Biological Odour Control.
Business Skills: Leadership Test.
Euro Focus - A Simple Guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations.

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Brewing Industry Guide

Reducing Water & Effluent Costs

The UK brewing industry uses an estimated 34 million m3/year of water - enough water to supply everyone living in the city of Edinburgh for a year. However, the cost of supplying water to a brewery is only the beginning. Most breweries discharge over 70% of supplied water as trade effluent and, in many cases, trade effluent costs are higher than water supply costs. In most breweries, the total cost of water supply and trade effluent disposal is about the same as the site’s energy bill. If you add pumping, water treatment and effluent treatment costs, the bill is even higher. Wasting cold liquor, for example, also wastes the time and cost of treating the water.

Like energy costs, you can take action to control and reduce your water and effluent costs. A typical water saving programme can produce savings of over 20% for little or no cost. Further savings of at least 20% can be achieved by projects with a payback period of less than two years.

Breweries need to ask themselves the following questions:

Has your brewery implemented a water management programme? If not, you could save 20% of your costs through good housekeeping and low-cost measures.
Check your most recent water bill. Is the volume of water used more than 3.4 times the volume of beer brewed over the same period? If it is, you could do better - other breweries have.
Check your trade effluent bill. Is the average chemical oxygen demand (COD) of your effluent more than 2 000 mg/litre? If it is, you could do better.

This Good Practice Guide describes a range of cost-effective measures to reduce water use and effluent generation in breweries......

For your complimentary copy of this excellent guide please e-mail sdooner@accepta.com quoting the full title of the document.

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Legionella and Domestic Heating Systems

New Research Findings

New research from the US has identified home hot water pipes and domestic hot water systems as a common source of Legionnaires disease. Although more often associated with the air conditioning systems fitted to hospitals and large office buildings, Janet Stout, a microbiologist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Pittsburgh said "The evidence suggests that the residential water system is an under appreciated source of Legionnaires disease".

Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia and is named after an outbreak of severe pneumonia, which affected a meeting of the American Legion in 1976. The germ, which causes Legionnaires' disease, is a bacterium called Legionella pneumophila. People catch Legionnaires' disease by inhaling small droplets of water suspended in the air, which contain the Legionella bacterium.

This latest research, combined with earlier studies, now suggests the responsible bacteria often grow in the biological slime lining residential hot water pipes and domestic heating systems, and that home water may be responsible for up to......

To read the full article click here.

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Business Skills

How to Deal with Conflict

To handle conflict among your team members:

Ask those who disagree to paraphrase one another's comments. This may help them learn if they really understand one another.

Work out a compromise. Agree on the underlying source of conflict, then engage in give-and-take and finally agree on a solution.

Ask each member to list what the other side should do. Exchange lists, select a compromise all are willing to accept, and test the compromise to see if it meshes with team goals.

Have the sides each write 10 questions for their opponents. This will allow them to signal their major concerns about the other side's position. And the answers may lead to a compromise.

Convince team members they sometimes they may have to admit they're wrong. Help them save face by convincing them that changing a position may well show strength.

Respect the experts on the team. Give their opinions more weight when the conflict involves their expertise, but don't rule out conflicting opinions.

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Innovation: New Biological Odour Control

Accepta 7140 is an innovative biological odour control agent and odor neutralizer developed specifically for use in hotels, restaurants, leisure, institutional, commercial and industrial environments, providing a powerful combination of:

Fast-acting neutraliser for immediate odor relief - it eradicates odours by attacking and degrading the organic source of the odours.
Selectively adapted bacteria for degradation of malodorous organic compounds.
Proprietary ingredients, which stimulate microbial activity.

Accepta 7140 is active against an array of sulphur and nitrogen-containing compounds that are usually associated with waste odours, including amines, ammonia, mercaptans, and hydrogen sulphide.

The accelerated biodegradation of odorous organic compounds is enhanced by the selectively adapted strains found in Accepta 7140, and is assisted by specially formulated microbial growth stimulating ingredients......

To read the full article click here.

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Business Skills: Leadership Test

To find out if you're a true leader, see if you possess these qualities:

Leaders start projects by asking, "What has to be done?" instead of "What do I need?"

Leaders next ask, "What do I have to make a real contribution?" The answer best suits the leaders strengths and the needs of the project.

Leaders continually ask, "What are my organisations purposes and objectives?" and "What qualifies as acceptable performance and adds to the bottom line?"

Leaders don't want clones of themselves as employees. They never ask, "Do I like or dislike this employee?" But they won't tolerate poor performance.

Leaders aren't threatened by others who have strengths they lack.

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Euro Focus

A Simple Guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations

If you make biocidal products or the active substances that go into them, or place either on the British market, you should read this document. It introduces the new Biocidal Products Regulations (BPR). These regulations implement the Biocidal Products Directive whose aim is to ensure that all biocidal products on sale are safe when used properly and can be freely traded within the European Union (EU). BPR applies in Great Britain, and also offshore. There are separate regulations in Northern Ireland.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is producing more detailed information about BPR; details of the guidance and where to obtain it are listed at the end of this leaflet.

BPR aims to:

provide a high level of protection for humans, animals and the environment; and
contribute to the harmonisation of the European market for biocidal products and their active substances.

Who has duties under BPR?

Anyone who supplies biocidal products or active substances to the British market whether in return for payment or not. Users of products also have duties and separate guidance will be available for them.

What is a biocidal product?

Biocidal products are any chemicals or micro-organisms, or mixtures of either or both, intended to control unwanted organisms, such as animals, insects, bacteria, viruses and fungi......

To read the full article click here.

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	Accepta Newsletter: Issue 15 Welcome to issue 15; this month we feature a number of excellent articles including new research concerning Legionella and domestic heating systems, a new and innovative biological odour treatment, a simple guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations; plus a very useful guide on reducing water and effluent costs in the brewing industry. If you find our newsletter useful please pass it on to friends and colleagues. And if there are any subjects you'd like to see included in future issues please e-mail me at sdooner@accepta.com. ********************
	In this issue: Brewing Industry Guide: Reducing Water and Effluent Costs. Legionella and Domestic Heating Systems - New Research Findings. Business Skills: How to Deal with Conflict. Innovation - New Biological Odour Control. Business Skills: Leadership Test. Euro Focus - A Simple Guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations. ****************** Brewing Industry Guide Reducing Water & Effluent Costs The UK brewing industry uses an estimated 34 million m3/year of water - enough water to supply everyone living in the city of Edinburgh for a year. However, the cost of supplying water to a brewery is only the beginning. Most breweries discharge over 70% of supplied water as trade effluent and, in many cases, trade effluent costs are higher than water supply costs. In most breweries, the total cost of water supply and trade effluent disposal is about the same as the site’s energy bill. If you add pumping, water treatment and effluent treatment costs, the bill is even higher. Wasting cold liquor, for example, also wastes the time and cost of treating the water. Like energy costs, you can take action to control and reduce your water and effluent costs. A typical water saving programme can produce savings of over 20% for little or no cost. Further savings of at least 20% can be achieved by projects with a payback period of less than two years. Breweries need to ask themselves the following questions: Has your brewery implemented a water management programme? If not, you could save 20% of your costs through good housekeeping and low-cost measures. Check your most recent water bill. Is the volume of water used more than 3.4 times the volume of beer brewed over the same period? If it is, you could do better - other breweries have. Check your trade effluent bill. Is the average chemical oxygen demand (COD) of your effluent more than 2 000 mg/litre? If it is, you could do better. This Good Practice Guide describes a range of cost-effective measures to reduce water use and effluent generation in breweries...... For your complimentary copy of this excellent guide please e-mail sdooner@accepta.com quoting the full title of the document. **************** Legionella and Domestic Heating Systems New Research Findings New research from the US has identified home hot water pipes and domestic hot water systems as a common source of Legionnaires disease. Although more often associated with the air conditioning systems fitted to hospitals and large office buildings, Janet Stout, a microbiologist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Pittsburgh said "The evidence suggests that the residential water system is an under appreciated source of Legionnaires disease". Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia and is named after an outbreak of severe pneumonia, which affected a meeting of the American Legion in 1976. The germ, which causes Legionnaires' disease, is a bacterium called Legionella pneumophila. People catch Legionnaires' disease by inhaling small droplets of water suspended in the air, which contain the Legionella bacterium. This latest research, combined with earlier studies, now suggests the responsible bacteria often grow in the biological slime lining residential hot water pipes and domestic heating systems, and that home water may be responsible for up to...... To read the full article click here. **************** Business Skills How to Deal with Conflict To handle conflict among your team members: Ask those who disagree to paraphrase one another's comments. This may help them learn if they really understand one another. Work out a compromise. Agree on the underlying source of conflict, then engage in give-and-take and finally agree on a solution. Ask each member to list what the other side should do. Exchange lists, select a compromise all are willing to accept, and test the compromise to see if it meshes with team goals. Have the sides each write 10 questions for their opponents. This will allow them to signal their major concerns about the other side's position. And the answers may lead to a compromise. Convince team members they sometimes they may have to admit they're wrong. Help them save face by convincing them that changing a position may well show strength. Respect the experts on the team. Give their opinions more weight when the conflict involves their expertise, but don't rule out conflicting opinions. **************** Innovation: New Biological Odour Control Accepta 7140 is an innovative biological odour control agent and odor neutralizer developed specifically for use in hotels, restaurants, leisure, institutional, commercial and industrial environments, providing a powerful combination of: Fast-acting neutraliser for immediate odor relief - it eradicates odours by attacking and degrading the organic source of the odours. Selectively adapted bacteria for degradation of malodorous organic compounds. Proprietary ingredients, which stimulate microbial activity. Accepta 7140 is active against an array of sulphur and nitrogen-containing compounds that are usually associated with waste odours, including amines, ammonia, mercaptans, and hydrogen sulphide. The accelerated biodegradation of odorous organic compounds is enhanced by the selectively adapted strains found in Accepta 7140, and is assisted by specially formulated microbial growth stimulating ingredients...... To read the full article click here. **************** Business Skills: Leadership Test To find out if you're a true leader, see if you possess these qualities: Leaders start projects by asking, "What has to be done?" instead of "What do I need?" Leaders next ask, "What do I have to make a real contribution?" The answer best suits the leaders strengths and the needs of the project. Leaders continually ask, "What are my organisations purposes and objectives?" and "What qualifies as acceptable performance and adds to the bottom line?" Leaders don't want clones of themselves as employees. They never ask, "Do I like or dislike this employee?" But they won't tolerate poor performance. Leaders aren't threatened by others who have strengths they lack. **************** Euro Focus A Simple Guide to the Biocidal Products Regulations If you make biocidal products or the active substances that go into them, or place either on the British market, you should read this document. It introduces the new Biocidal Products Regulations (BPR). These regulations implement the Biocidal Products Directive whose aim is to ensure that all biocidal products on sale are safe when used properly and can be freely traded within the European Union (EU). BPR applies in Great Britain, and also offshore. There are separate regulations in Northern Ireland. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is producing more detailed information about BPR; details of the guidance and where to obtain it are listed at the end of this leaflet. BPR aims to: provide a high level of protection for humans, animals and the environment; and contribute to the harmonisation of the European market for biocidal products and their active substances. Who has duties under BPR? Anyone who supplies biocidal products or active substances to the British market whether in return for payment or not. Users of products also have duties and separate guidance will be available for them. What is a biocidal product? Biocidal products are any chemicals or micro-organisms, or mixtures of either or both, intended to control unwanted organisms, such as animals, insects, bacteria, viruses and fungi...... To read the full article click here. ******************
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