To answer cost and success
issues first and leading, but also in an ECO-responsible approach, the majority
of companies have long elected for controlled and optimized management of their
waste. Need to improve the organization in place? To rethink it? To envisage
it? Here’s what to base it on.
Beyond the interests they seek
to derive from it, companies also manage their waste to meet duties or restraints
which come from regulatory texts (laws, prefectural orders, etc.) or
certifications (ISO, MASE, etc.). They must manipulate between these limitations
and requirements and the life of the company which influences the nature and
quantity of their waste. A changing volume of activity, the addition or removal
of supplies, the adding, deletion or modification of manufacture…. are so all
reasons for companies to remain watchful and to be forward-looking regarding
the waste management.
As a notice, “E-Waste
Management Authorization” generally epitomizes any activity joining in
the organization of the control of waste from its manufacture to its final handling.
The main objective is to decrease waste and at the same time its possessions on
the environment. Among the different types of waste, we find hazardous waste,
non-hazardous waste, inert waste, waste from economic activities and Bio waste
Corporate responsibility: What does it imply?
The company is accountable for
the waste it produces or holds until their recovery or final. Please note, this
responsibility is shared between all successive holders of the waste. In other
words, when your service breadwinner is required to transport your waste in
order to remove or recycle it, it is also responsible for this waste (“No, you
are not alone!”).
I produce waste, yes but which ones?
First of all, the company must
found a non-exhaustive list of the waste it produces on a daily or occasional
basis. For this, no magic recipe, it is better to employ referents dispersed in
each business activity / department of the company. They will be responsible
for reassembling the list of waste produced, knowing that their association of
the pole or service must agreement a faithful and precise inventory.
Once this list has been drawn
up, the company can try to group the waste into large families: clean or
soiled, environmental or not, paper, cardboard, wood, metal, plastic … All this
work will serve as a basis for considering the best solutions with service benefactors
who will be in charge of E-Waste
Management, especially when drafting specifications.
Contract your E-waste management with a service provider
Your waste providers are the most able to
provide you with information on this subject. Your goal is to buy as much waste
as possible to compensate for the rental of the collection bins they will enforce
on you as well as the costs of removal. The costs of treating contaminated and
/ or non-recoverable waste are also offset. For example, seek to obtain a
systematically free provision of recoverable waste bins.
It is therefore better to
involve them in defining the storage locations and conditions. They are, for
example, the most capable of preventing possible directional problems, which
could eventually inspire them to charge you additional costs. Above all, they
will be able to indorse the storage settings to best preserve the quality of
your waste for redemption and more generally limit the additional costs. For
example, taking charge of non-recycled saturated waste will necessarily cost
you more since invoicing refers to the weight of waste in the bucket.
The volume of collection bins
and the frequency of removal must also be seen with them according to the
volumes that you estimate to produce at first, technical constraints … Remember
to be vigilant and make a point after a few months to readjust service if
necessary.
Waste management: mandatory documents
The company has the obligation
to issue a BSD or Waste Monitoring Form when it produces hazardous waste.
These BSDs guarantee the
traceability and proper treatment of waste. They must be kept for at least 5
years. In practice, your provider will provide it to you. Remember to claim it!
Then, all companies must have
and keep up to date a waste tracking register to keep for at least 3 years. As
part of the ISO 14001 certification audit, you are likely to be asked to show
these documents.
Think prevention!
Raising awareness among your
staff via displays, training, talks… will gradually change their daily internal
habits. The goal is to get their involvement and rigor in the collection and
sorting of waste.
The better the waste is
collected and properly stored (plastics and compacted cartons, closed buckets
…) and the better they are sorted, the more their value increases for
recoverable waste and the more their treatment costs decrease for others.
Sensitizing your employees to these issues and to the benefits for the company
and obtaining their adhesion is therefore essential. For newly installed
management, remember to rely on regular audits to see changes and compare them
to your processing costs,
In addition to winning over
costs and profitability, companies have to gain from the image they give to
their customers. Indeed, optimized and well thought out waste management shows
the company’s commitment to the environment and sustainable development. By
following all these tips, you will have all the keys in hand to become, if you
wish, an “Eco-responsible” company.
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