Title Page

  • Organization Name

  • Conducted on (Date and Time)

  • Prepared by

  • Location

Current Waste Operations

Current Waste Operations

  • Name of Hauler:

  • List all collection points inside and outside the company:

  • Amount currently collected by weight:

  • Amount currently collected by volume:

  • Frequency of collection:

  • Average bill:

  • Billing Frequency:

  • Bills based on weight or volume?

  • Where waste is finally disposed:
  • List current recycling efforts:

  • Materials collected:

  • How they are collected:

  • Amounts of each material collected by weight:

  • Percentage of overall waste currently recycled:

  • Recycling revenue:

  • Recycling costs:

  • Avoided disposal costs (i.e., savings accrued by not paying for material to be hauled to final disposal facilities:

Identifying Wastes

Identifying Wastes

  • Estimated % in Waste Stream

  • Computer paper

  • • White ledger:

  • White form feed paper

  • White copy paper

  • White letterhead

  • White ledger pads

  • Cash register receipts

  • Adding machine tape

  • Envelopes

  • • Colored paper:

  • Copy paper

  • Yellow legal pads

  • Letterhead

  • Message pads

  • Spreadsheets

  • Newsprint

  • Corrugated cardboard

  • • Mixed waste paper:

  • Unsolicited mail

  • Coated stock

  • Windowed envelopes

  • Stick-on notes

  • Boxboard

  • • Used paper:

  • Paper plates/cups

  • Paper napkins/towels

  • Tissue

  • • Non-recyclable paper:

  • Wax-coated

  • Plastic-coated

  • Carbon paper

  • • Plastics:

  • PETE bottles

  • HDPE bottles, unpigmented

  • HDPE bottles, pigmented

  • HDPE film

  • LDPE film

  • Vinyl bottles

  • Polypropylene

  • Polystyrene foam

  • Rigid polystyrene

  • Other plastics

  • • Aluminum:

  • Cans

  • Foil

  • Other aluminum

  • • Steel cans:

  • Other ferrous materials (strapping)

  • Glass

  • Brown

  • Clear

  • Green

  • • Yard waste:

  • Grass clippings

  • Leaves and brush

  • Other materials

Quantifying Elements of the Waste Stream

  • Click + Waste Item

  • Waste Item
  • Item name

  • Photo/s:

  • (A) lbs. received monthly:

  • (B) lbs. not discarded i.e., retained in files or warehouse, mailed out

  • (C) lbs. recycled

  • (D) Total monthly discards A – (B+C) =

Completion

  • Comments / Recommendations

  • Name and Signature of Auditor

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