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A walk-through involves touring your organization's facility, observing
different function areas or departments' activities, and talking
with employees and managers about waste-producing, activities and
equipment. A walk-through is a relatively quick way to examine a
organization's waste-generating practices. Specifically, a walk-through
will enable the team to:
- Observe the types and relative amounts of waste produced.
- Identify waste-producing activities and equipment.
- Detect inefficiencies in operations or in the way waste moves
through the organization.
- Observe the layout and operations of various departments.
- Assess existing space and equipment that can be used for storage,
processing recyclables, and other activities.
- Assess current waste reduction efforts.
- Collect additional information through interviews with supervisors
and employees.
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Facility
Walk-Through Worksheet
Excel Spreadsheet
Click to open or right click to download and save to your
computer.
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Instructions
for Completion
PDF (1 page, 41 KB)
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Use the Walk-Through Worksheet above to record the types of
wastes produced, estimated quantities of waste generated,
the source of the wastes, and any current waste reduction
efforts. In addition, identify all materials that could be
targeted by your waste reduction program and brainstorm ways
to reduce, reuse, or recycle these products or materials.
Make sure to indicate units of waste observed (i.e., pounds,
tons), identify the time period for which you are capturing
data, and determine how many of those time periods there are
in a year.
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Strengths
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Limitations
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• Requires less time and effort than
waste sorts
• Allows first-hand examination of facility operations
• Provides qualitative information about major waste
components and waste-generating processes
• Reveals waste reduction opportunities
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• Might not identify all wastes generated
• Might not be representative if only conducted once
• Relies on estimates of waste generation
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