Why Municipalities Should Conduct a Waste Audit

Municipalities around the world are facing increasing pressure to find sustainable solutions to manage their waste. The growing population, increasing urbanization, and a surge in consumption are creating unprecedented waste management challenges for local governments. One of the most effective tools that municipalities can use to understand and tackle these challenges is conducting a waste audit. In this blog post, we’ll explore the reasons why municipalities should conduct a waste audit and why residual waste from their recycling programs is an essential component of this process.

Why a Property Manager Should Conduct a Waste Audit

As sustainability and environmental consciousness continue to grow in importance, property management companies should prioritize conducting a waste audit in their buildings. A waste audit is a thorough assessment of the waste stream generated by a building, including the amount, type, and disposal methods of waste. This assessment can help identify areas where waste reduction, reuse, and recycling efforts can be improved.

5 Tips on Conducting a Waste Audit

Build a team – It is important to build a collaborative team comprised of staff from key areas of your organization – management, procurement, facilities, building management, and waste management – who can show commitment to the waste audit process. Don’t announce the audit date – Plan ahead and decide on a date but the team should commit to keep audit date a secret. The auditing team can observe the real waste production of the organization if the audit is unknown to people who may change their behaviour if they know that a waste audit is going to happen.