Waste audit guide

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waste auditguideWhakatepea te loo, kia kotahi We’re in it together 09 379 4420 WWW.ARC.GOVT.NZIn assessing waste generation in the industrial sector is becoming do you know the common practice to carry out a waste minimisation audit. This is an analytical tool designed to assure industrial managers that their total cost of your organisation is operating in an environmentally safe and economically company’s waste efficient manner. It is used to document the types and quantities of waste generated by an organisation. It provides a systematic approach disposal? to identify and evaluate different waste reduction options. The Audit will examine production methods to check:● efficienciesdo you know ● costs● wasteswhere the waste is generated in your In most cases the introduction of waste minimisation practices within a company does reduce costs.company?In order to implement successful waste minimisation practices you need to:a set corporate goals for waste minimisation with specific percentages and timetablesb allocate responsibility, time and financial support for the entire waste minimisation programmec involve all employees at all levels of the organisationWaste Minimisation Audit ProcessWhat to look fora look at the types and quantities of waste produced;b look for changes in the operations that could reduce the production of wastes;c look for materials that could be reduced or recycled or recycled within the companyNote: there are ...

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• Langue: English

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waste   audit guide

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do you know the total cost of your company’s waste disposal?

do you know where the waste is generated in your company?

Inassessingwastegenerationintheindustrialsectorisbecoming   commonpracticetocarryoutawasteminimisationaudit.Thisis   ananalyticaltooldesignedtoassureindustrialmanagersthattheir   organisationisoperatinginanenvironmentallysafeandeconomically efficientmanner.Itisusedtodocumentthetypesandquantitiesof   wastegeneratedbyanorganisation.Itprovidesasystematicapproach   toidentifyandevaluatedifferentwastereductionoptions.TheAuditwill   examineproductionmethodstocheck:

efficiencies ● ● costs wastes ●

Inmostcasestheintroductionofwasteminimisationpracticeswithina   companydoesreducecosts. Inordertoimplementsuccessfulwasteminimisationpracticesyou   needto: asetcorporategoalsforwasteminimisationwithspecific percentagesandtimetables ballocateresponsibility,timeandfinancialsupportfortheentire   wasteminimisationprogramme cinvolveallemployeesatalllevelsoftheorganisation

WasteMinimisationAuditProcess

Whattolookfor alookatthetypesandquantitiesofwasteproduced; blookontiucodprenisehthcregnafodecuehtcuodlronsthatoperati ofwastes; clookformaterialsthatcouldbereducedorrecycledorrecycled withinthecompany

Note:therearerecyclingsystemsavailablefor:paper,glass,aluminium,metal andsomecategoriesofplastic.RingEnviroline093662070forindustry   contacts.

Wheretolook Lookateveryactivityinyourcompany ainbuildingandmaintenanceoperations binofficeandadministrationareas cinwarehousingandstorageareas dinreceivinganddistributionareas erpehtnicessprotionoduc finaioterecfaanosaerparetiraforpod

Howtolook aateachareaask‘whatisbeingdone?’   bwhattypeofoperationisthis? chowdoesthisoperationgeneratewaste? dwhatisthecostofdisposal? edfoathhotweiosmetmhiswastedispose?nt fisthiswastegenerationnormaloranaccidentalamount? g isthiswastetotal?m/nohtyl/yewkeylodetareliadaneng hdoesthno?otassesemonasyravorfaweets Iisanyofthiswastestored? jiskbeteppasetera?tildoucd?xemietsaweht kcouldwedosomethingwiththiswaste?

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in plant survey - where to start

factors to evaluate

drawadiagramoftheplantlayout

show: sewerslayout locationofalldrainsandrubbishbins stormwaterdrains finaldischargepointsforeffluent tradewastesewer flowdiagramofallmaterials storageareasforbulkmaterialsincoming dangerousgoodsstorage nubngdiorfropctteoinfosoterdamterials

checkcompanyrecordsforthefollowing: purchasingordersforrawmaterials/machineryplant waterandsewercosts solidandhazardouswastemanagementcosts costsofoperatingonsitetreatmentunits productionrecords waterusagerates materialsafetydatasheets manifestsannualreports environemnlatmrepsti

Stage1-humanfactors

allstafffromtopmanagementdownshouldbeawareandcommitted toreducingwaste

trainedstaffmakeresponsiblewastemanagementdecisions

doyouhaveaprogrammetomakeyouremployeesawareofwaste   managementgoals? areyourwastemanagementpersonnelfullytrained? doyouknowthecostoftrainingpersonneltomanagehazardous waste? doyoufeelthatyouremployeesknowthingsaboutyourplantthatyou   couldtakeadvantageof? doyoulookonregulatoryrequirementssolelyasburdens?haveyou   triedtoreducethecostofcompliancebychangesinmanagement   strategies?

Stage2-plantlayoutandwastesegregation

bykeepingwastesseparatetheyareeasiertoprocessandrecycle

doyouknowthelocationofalldrainsandrubbishbins?doyouknow   binremovalschedulesanddestinations? wheredodrainslead?isaccesscontrolled–orcouldsomeoneuse   oneforaconvenientdump? canyoudrawaprocessflowdiagramshowingrawmaterialsand   energyin,productout,by-productsout,andreturnflows? areby-products(whichcanbereused)mixedtogetherorsegregated? canyoufindtheend-pointofeachby-productoutput? doyouknowcharacteristicsandvaluesofeachby-product separately?

Stage3-wateruseandreuse

washdownwaterfromvehicles,machineryorcontainerscancontain oil,grit,dirt,concrete,dustorchemicals.Thesematerialsshouldnot   getintostormwatergrates.

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