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Industrial Waste Audit Checklist

A one-day audit for production sites and data centers, printable.

Prepare

  • ☐ 12 months of invoices and weight tickets collected
  • ☐ Contracts collected
  • ☐ Site map with container locations
  • ☐ List of streams from the hauler

On site

  • ☐ Photo of every container: content, contamination, fill level
  • ☐ Labels and signage checked
  • ☐ Storage areas: segregation, spill and fire controls, dates
  • ☐ Interviews with operators producing the main streams

Analyse

  • ☐ Tonnes, cost and revenue per stream
  • ☐ Invoices checked against contracts
  • ☐ Recyclables bundled in disposal fees identified
  • ☐ Material revenue benchmarked
  • ☐ Compliance records checked (registry, slips or manifests)

Act

  • ☐ Top 5 actions ranked by value
  • ☐ Owner and date per action
  • ☐ KPIs set: net cost per unit, diversion, revenue per tonne, anomalies, findings
  • ☐ Monthly review scheduled

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