Comprehensive Audit Guide

WASTE AUDIT GUIDETHE RESOURCE RECOVERY FUND BOARD1Waste Audit Guide1 INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE1.1 The Need for a Waste Audit GuideAll over the world, businesses and institutions are changing theway they deal with solid waste . Now, waste is increasingly§ regarded as a resource . Here in Nova Scotia, the process ofchange is being driven by the Nova Scotia Solid Waste-Resource§ Management Strategy and new provincial regulations. particular, Nova Scotia businesses and institutions will be § affected by a set of provincial bans on certain materials going § automotiveinto landfills and incinerators .batteries§ This Guide uses a waste audit approach to waste-resource§ Scrap tiresassessment and is an important first step towards a comprehensive§ Waste paint waste reduction program for your organization. It will help you and§ your organization assess your current generation of solid waste (automotiveand to plan the changes necessary to comply with the provincial§ Steel/tin foodregulations. A waste assessment can be an extremely valuableexperience to a forward-thinking business or institution. By§ Glass foodfollowing this visual estimate approach your organization will be in§ an excellent position to implement a sound Waste ReductionAction Plan and help Nova Scotia turn waste into resources.The Guide has been adapted from a document developed by § Halifax Regional Municipality for the Industrial, Commercial andInstitutional sectors (IC&I). The ...