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A bund is designed to prevent a loss of containment of the liquid into stormwater, sewerage or soil.  A bunded space can be achieved in a variety of ways depending on your specific sites requirements.

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Bunding is a cost effective and efficient way to reduce the potential environmental impact in the event of a spill.  Please note that a spill may come from storing new fluids OR waste fluids – both should be bunded.

Bunding should be designed to hold at least 110% of the largest container or 25% of total volume of the stored product for facilities storing small containers (for example drums).  Considerations should also be made whether the bund is exposed to eg: rainwater and its impact on the bunded volume available.  Bund and drum covers can be used to reduce these impacts.

Disposing of these liquids or losing containment of them has serious environmental and potentially financial repercussions.  Even a small spill can create a significant environmental issue.  For example, one litre of oil disposed of incorrectly has the potential to contaminate one million litres of water!

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Containing both new and used fluids in a workshop is an item that can often be overlooked.  Both waste oil and waste coolant are Prescribed Industrial Waste fluids.

For cooling systems, where practicable cooling systems should be drained and that coolant reused.  This is particularly relevant when draining large systems and Tecalemit have designed a range of kits that can be used for draining, filtering and the refilling cooling systems.

In the event there is a spill it is important that your site has the proper equipment on hand to deal with the spill quickly and efficiently.  Tecalemit Spill Kits are specifically designed for use in cleaning up fuel, oil, petroleum and other similar liquids. Workshops all benefit from owning one of these kits as they contain:

Where it is not feasible to reuse coolant – no waste coolant or waste water containing coolant should be allowed to enter drained stormwater.  It should be stored and then disposed of appropriately.