{"id":14773,"date":"2025-03-10T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/green-office.com\/?p=14773"},"modified":"2025-03-10T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:33:36","slug":"how-do-you-manage-waste-in-companies-and-local-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/green-office.com\/en\/blog\/how-do-you-manage-waste-in-companies-and-local-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you manage waste in companies and local authorities?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To help you manage your waste more effectively, we can draw up a waste management plan for your business or local authority. This is a strategy used to eliminate, reduce, reuse and prevent waste. Waste elimination methods include recycling, composting, incineration, landfill, bioremediation, energy recovery and reduction at source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waste management covers all the measures taken to manage your company’s waste throughout its life cycle, from production to disposal or recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you create a waste management plan?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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To draw it up, you need to start by obtaining the input and support of the project’s stakeholders. Ask for suggestions on how to be more environmentally friendly, how to improve the efficiency of waste treatment and how to raise employee awareness of the management plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carry out audits:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Next, assess the effectiveness of the current system by carrying out audits on your waste. For example, what type of waste do you produce? How many tonnes of waste overall and the percentage of each type of waste in the total (this is just an example, the analysis needs to be much more thorough to be as effective as possible). After reviewing the results of the audit, identify the development needs, the available budget included or desired, the estimated waste composition, and the current rates of waste reduction and generation. This may be complicated to understand at first, but it is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of your future waste management plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting targets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To ensure that your waste management plan can be implemented, adopt a realistic perspective when setting objectives. These objectives should be \u2018SMART\u2019 (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the objectives of the waste management plan have been finalised, carry out the following steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.<\/strong> Determine the resources required (containers, vehicles, etc.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2.<\/strong> Designate a reference person and specify his\/her responsibilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> Prepare an implementation schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During implementation, remember to document everything and involve everyone in the company. Keep the results of audits, document waste disposal and the day-to-day use of the organisation’s resources. Also provide everyone with the tools they need to participate effectively in waste management in your company, such as training, awareness campaigns, group discussions and digital checklists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The waste management checklist.<\/h2>\n\n\n
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1. Initial waste assessment.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n