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Examining records can provide insight into your organization's
waste generation and removal patterns. The types of records you
might find useful include:
- Purchasing, inventory, maintenance, and operating logs.
- Supply, equipment, and raw material invoices.
- Waste hauling and disposal records and contracts.
- Contracts with recycling facilities and earned revenues from
recycling.
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Records
Examination Worksheet
Excel Spreadheet
Click to open or right click to download and save to your
computer.
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Instructions
for Completion
PDF (3 pages, 61 KB)
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The worksheet above will help the team document background
information regarding your organization's current waste collection
and removal practices. The tables and formulas will enable
the team to estimate your organization's annual waste generation
and the costs of collecting and removing it for disposal,
regardless of whether your organization is charged for the
waste removal by weight, volume, or through a flat fee. In
this way, the team can compile important baseline data against
which potential waste reduction options can be measured.
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Strengths
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Limitations
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• Provides weights or volumes of waste
generated
• Tracks major potential waste from the point of origin
• Identifies the most expensive or valuable components
of an organization's waste
• Documents financial benefits of reuse and recycling
including total revenues and avoided disposal costs
• Requires less time and effort than other approaches
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• Might not provide quantitative data
about specific waste components
• Does not provide qualitative data on how or why wastes
are generated
• Might require substantial effort to collect and analyze
data
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