dimanche 2 avril 2017

How And Why Do You Need To Conduct Waste Audit

By Anna Morris


The society is growing increasingly sensitive about what is thrown away and how garbage is disposed. In a factory or organizational setting, discarded materials can be substantial and even affect your budget. This is why it is advisable to conduct a waste audit from time to time to establish your performance and find the best ways to deal with it.

And why should you go through garbage that is supposed to be disposed off? The main reason for this action is to establish the amount and nature or composition of this garbage. It gives you an idea of the level of efficiency of your organization since you can gauge the raw materials purchased and garbage produced. You will also develop ways to prevent wastage in your daily operations.

Having established what is useful and what turns into garbage, you will adjust your budgets and utilization to reduce wastage. This leads to financial saving for your organization. This is an opportunity to evaluate your systems and establish the level of efficiency. In this way, you will tighten the systems in order to improve utilization of materials and substances ordered.

When the auditing results are shared with everyone in the organization, the level of awareness about wastage and utilization of resources is raised. All arms or departments in your organization should be notified. They become conscious and establish their contribution towards wastage or efficiency. This promotes prudent utilization of resources as statistics are glaring on the face of all people involved. It leads to reduction in carbon footprint and raises the profile of your company or organization externally.

There are simple steps to follow when auditing your waste. You need a team made up of representatives from each department. Involvement of health and safety personnel is crucial because they directly handle this garbage. Finance department should also be involved since it is in charge of resource allocation. You will be evaluating garbage accumulated over three days. Label the garbage indicating the stream, date of collection and source.

Ensure that you have the safety equipment required to handle the materials being audited. Apart from papers and containers to handle the discarded materials, carry protective clothing like gloves, safety shoes, overalls and eye protectors. Carry a checklist and camera for documentation purposes. The protective clothing used depends on the danger presented by these materials. Use disposed materials for a normal day other than days when there are events or occasions.

It is time to go through the garbage and classify it based on whether it is biodegradable or not, among other categories. Weigh different categories and record your findings. Indicate both the location and stream of each package you go through. Note the level of contamination and the elements causing decomposition. This will be important when preparing your report.

The ultimate goal of collecting this data is to calculate the deviation rate. It is obtained when you divide the weight of recycled garbage with the total of recycled and overall garbage. You will need a percentage figure. Thus, you multiply the result by 100. The results must be communicated and shared with all workers and departments. It will make each one aware of wastage and therefore improve efficiency.




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