Wagerup refinery is the most environmentally advanced alumina refinery in the world.
Wagerup refinery is committed to continuously improve its environmental performance, reduce environmental impacts and develop more sustainable operating practices.
The refinery’s environmental management system is focussed on these key areas:
- Air quality management
- Greenhouse gas reduction and energy efficiency
- Noise management
- Water management and conservation
- Land stewardship and visual amenity
- Waste management
For more detail on Alcoa’s environment management, click here.
Read our Environmental Improvement Plan.
Air Quality Management
The management of air quality from Alcoa’s Wagerup refinery receives close community and government scrutiny and we are committed to ongoing improvement in this area. In recent years Alcoa has worked with scientists from the DoE, Chemistry Centre of Western Australia (CCWA), the CSIRO and community representatives to better understand and manage air quality at Wagerup. This work has contributed to a number of successful emission reductions projects which have resulted in significant improvements in key areas. Outcomes of detailed monitoring and modelling work conducted in 2005 show the air quality around the Wagerup refinery is typical of a rural Australian environment in terms of the nature and quantity of chemicals found. It also found the refinery contributes only a small amount of chemical compounds to local air.
