Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify waste drivers
- Identify opportunities to avoid waste at source or reduce the quantity of waste generated
- Discuss waste driver and environmental and energy efficiency policies and procedures with interested parties to determine possible alternative processes, products or practices
- Discuss impacts on waste with suppliers and customers to determine their input
- Develop a list of actions or alternatives that could be implemented to avoid waste for each waste identified and to avoid unnecessary energy consumption
- Apply the waste/resource management hierarchy in the evaluation of alternative options
- Discuss alternatives with internal support personnel such as quality assurance, OHS, engineering, sales and marketing and purchasing
- Ensure alternatives comply with corporate regulations and policies and applicable legislation
- Evaluate alternatives identified
- Prioritise alternatives in order of greatest waste avoidance potential and most appropriate environmental energy efficiency methods
- Undertake cost-benefit and feasibility analyses of alternatives
- Identify any alternative with associated increased environmental impacts e.g. increased energy use
- Determine resource or any other issues associated with implementation of alternatives
- Rank alternatives based on consultation with stakeholders, feasibility analysis and resource requirements
- Submit alternatives for approval