Waste Management

Managing waste is about controlling resources, materials and costs. The initial benchmarking process will identify the key actions that are necessary for waste successful waste management.

For an organisation to be truly sustainable, it is critical that personnel who have an impact on waste levels have ownership of the implementation of the waste management plan.

Through benchmarking, an organisation will be able to:

• Understand the necessity of managing waste
• Manage resources, particular those staff that have an input into waste arisings and its management
• Devise and implement a waste management plan
• Develop concise waste segregation principles: clarity, responsibility, targets, deadlines
• Monitor performance
• Adopt a waste minimisation policy
• Foster commitment from staff and management