If you’re completely new to workplace recycling, this step will help you work out what waste your business generates and what you might need from a recycling service.
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How to conduct a waste audit in Health and Social Care settings
A waste audit is a hands-on review of the different types of waste your business produces. It can be conducted at a high level, for example reviewing all waste for your business, or at a more detailed level, for example reviewing waste per site.
5 min readViewWhat happens if I can’t complete a standard Waste Audit?
If you can’t complete a full waste audit, you could opt for a visual bin audit instead. This is a simple and effective way to assess whether the bins in your setting are being used correctly. You simply look into each bin and report on what you can see at the top of it.
1 min readViewDeveloping a Waste Action Plan for Health and Social Care settings
Now that you’ve completed your waste audit, you’re ready to develop your Waste Action Plan. This will document what you want to achieve, how it will be done, by when, and who is responsible for each part of the plan. It also acts as a reference point to review your progress.
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More guidance for the health and social care sector
- About the Health and Social Care recycling guide
- Why your Health or Social Care organisation should recycle
- Calculating the collection cost of your Health and Social Care waste
- Setting up recycling for your Health and Social Care workplace
- Monitoring your recycling service in Health and Social Care settings