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Waste In The Workplace
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
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Keep America Beautiful
• National, nonprofit organization
• More than 580 local, state and international affiliates
• Mission: engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving community environment
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The Issue:
• 230 million tons of trash are created each year in the U.S.
• Commercial waste is almost ½ of MSW
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What Can We Do?
The answer is in: Waste In The
Workplace• Small business waste
audit guide• Developed with the
assistance of the solid waste community
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Why Minimize Your Waste?
3 Good Reasons:1. Good for the
Environment 2. Good for Your
Bottom Line3. Good for Public
Relations
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The Bottom Line:
Waste minimization will make your business more efficient and competitive.
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The KAB Way
• Get the Facts• Involve the People• Develop a Plan• Focus on Results• Provide Positive
Reinforcement
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Get the Facts
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Involve the People
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Develop a Plan
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Focus on Results
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Provide Positive Reinforcement
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Waste In The Workplace:The Guide
Commercial Waste OverviewChapter 1: Conducting a Waste
AuditChapter 2: Implementing a Waste
Minimization PlanAppendices
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Chapter 1:Conducting A Waste
AuditSelect a waste audit team to begin collecting background information about your current waste status.
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Select A Waste Audit Team
• Represent all areas of your business• Team size will vary
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The Waste Audit Team• Maintenance• Cleaning• Mailroom• Purchasing• Building Manager• Clerical• Management• Production Line
Include representatives from each area of your business.
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Top Management
• Top management must be involved
• Need decision-making authority
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The Walk-throughProfile 1
• Inspect where, how and how much materials are being received.
• What is thrown away in each area?
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The Trash Sort Profile 2
Sort through the waste generated in one day:
• Spread out a large plastic sheet
• Dump the day’s waste on it • Estimate the % of each
category in the waste stream• Clean up afterwards
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Materials Quantification
Profile 2• Identify Waste • Determine the % of the waste
stream represented by each type of waste
• Conduct a trash sort• If waste changes over time, you
may need to repeat the trash sort
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Materials Quantification
Profiles 3A & 3B
Purchasing records will help• What products are ordered?• What is used?• What is recycled?• What is left to throw away?
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You do the Math
+ Material received
– Material not discarded
– Amount recycled
= Amount of material discarded
(waste you PAY to have disposed)
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MSW
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Chapter 2:Implementing A Waste
Minimization Plan
Analyze Waste Audit Results• Evaluate source reduction options first• Consider largest % of the waste stream• After considering reduction and reuse
options then, look at recycling options• Start with simple reduction goals
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Developing the Plan
• Identify expectations• Identify responsibilities• Establish a timetable• Gather data• Analyze results• Make recommendations
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Work Systematically
Consider:• Quantity generated• Probability of success• Regulations or state laws and • Economics (which will cost you the
least to recycle)
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Waste reduction is a company-wide effort.
Educate and Inform: all employees, including management, of the plan and its goals.
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Ways to raise employee awareness:
Continuous Education • Small Division Meetings• Trainings (production line, copier,
etc.)• Updates • Posters • Mascot
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Focus on Results
• Keep good records• Conduct periodic samplings• Measure the waste being diverted
from disposal
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Celebrate Your Success
Reward those who make the plan work
• Give recognition to the audit team • Reward suggestions and/or actions • Offer financial incentives
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Have a party!
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Waste Minimization Tips
• Educate all employees• Gain upper management support• Organize an audit task force • Establish a baseline to measure
progress• Commit to accurate waste accounting • Incorporate a source reduction ethic
into corporate culture • Evaluate the program
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Source Reduction and Reuse
The three R’s:•Reduce•Reuse•Recycle•Recycling should be the last of the
three that you do.
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Before you commit to a recycling program:
Are you willing to:• Accept initial and on-going costs?• Assign staff to oversee the program
on a long-term basis?• Join forces with a neighboring office
or business, if needed?
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Recycling Considerations
Appendix A• Markets• Volume• Security• Equipment• Compostin
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Commercial Recycling Tips
• Educate and involve all employees• Conduct a Waste Audit• Research Markets (Appendix B)• Identify and contact hauler • Determine space, container, equipment
needs (Appendix C)• Publicize revenues and costs• Purchase materials that can be recycled
locally • Purchase materials that contain recycled
content (Appendix D)
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Keys to Success
PERSISTENCE
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