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21Waste audit of Council's offices, depots and customer service centres

Progress

On time
  • Not started
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Continuous

  • OBJECTIVE

    Understand waste profile and waste separation behaviours relating to Council's corporate waste and identify emission reduction opportunities.

  • IMPACT

    Low

    Important to assist in driving other waste opportunities.

Waste audits will help us understand the waste profile and separation behaviours at our offices, depots and customer service centres.

Waste audits will help identify improvement areas to reduce waste to landfill and associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Outsource waste auditing services to assess waste habits at Council's buildings (by staff and cleaners).

Tasks

What's left to do?

  • Todo30/06/2024

    Create waste audit register to keep track of waste audits

  • Todo30/06/2024

    Conduct initial waste audit of Council's offices, depots and customer service centres

    The audit serves to:

    1. Understand waste profile and separation behaviours
    2. Identify improvement areas to reduce emissions

    Waste audit data can be stored in Trellis as part of emissions tracking.

    - Offices

    Beechworth (The Pines), Yackandandah

    - Depots

    Beechworth, Chiltern, Rutherglen, Yackandandah

    - Customer Service Centres/Library’s

    Beechworth (Ford St), Rutherglen Library, Chiltern Hub, Yackandandah Library

    Process/Methodology

    • Audit bins day before waste/recycling collection day
    • Tip contents of bins out and visually inspect providing percentage separation of volume
    • Create audit register and report
    • Look at solutions to implement better separation
    • Staff engagement sessions
    • Cleaner engagement session
    • Potential changes to bin infrastructure
    • Follow up audit to monitor behaviour change

    Stakeholders

    • Council staff
    • Halve Waste Education officer
    • Service provider/s
    • Cleaner/s
    • Council's Communications & Engagement team
    • Council's Waste team
  • Todo31/07/2024

    Follow-up review and action of audit results

    Waste audit results will identify key opportunities for improvement in strategies and behaviours that support reduction of waste to landfill.

Related actions

Indicators

Waste audits of Council's facilities

Timeline

01/06/2024 → Continuous → 31/12/2035

Target audience

Responsible organisations

Emissions Scope

Theme

  • Indicative costs

    Assume $20,000

  • Indicative savings

    Consider economies of scale by having multiple buildings targeted by the audit.

Information updated 03/18/2024

How this action contributes to the outcome