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Waste Audit Overview

PENNSYLVANIA GREENGOV COUNCIL

Background Context The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania works to promote environmentally sustainable practices. Pennsylvania's GreenGov Council works to establish the government as an environmental steward of the state. As a part of this, it has a goal of reducing the amount of municipal waste sent to landfills and increasing recycling and waste diversion techniques.

The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling, and Waste Reduction Act (Act 101) of 1988 set the foundation for Pennsylvania’s waste management and recycling standards. The state of Pennsylvania aims to:

• Reduce the volume of waste generated.

• Increase access to recycling and expand recycling programs.

• Quantify and track progress towards waste reduction goals in an effort to increase waste management accountability.

Value of a Waste Audit

• A waste audit provides valuable data to the agency site and to the Commonwealth about waste generation, diversion strategies, and progress towards environmental goals.

• The importance of conducting waste audits includes:

• Identifying opportunities to reduce waste or increase diversion from landfill.

• Supporting state-wide sustainability goals and initiatives by providing accurate, reliable, and transparent waste data.

• Supporting compliance with state data requirements and regulations.

• Standardizing waste management and reporting practices across the

Commonwealth.

Available Resources

• Pennsylvania GreenGov Council Waste

Diversion Audit Plan

• Pennsylvania GreenGov Council Site

Waste Audit Form

Data Collection Guidance

Diversion Audit Plan

• What’s included:

• Audit flow, recommended schedule, and required steps

• Key considerations and guidance for each step of the audit process:

• Data collection

• Site interview

• Site audit

• Waste characterization

• Analysis

• How to present findings

• Pennsylvania GreenGov Council Site

Waste Audit Form

• In-depth structured guide to be filled out when conducting a waste audit

• What’s Included:

• Places to house data and information throughout each step of the process:

• Data collection

• Site interview questions

• Waste audit questions and considerations

• Waste characterization support

• Potential opportunity list

• Opportunity quantification process

Data Collection Guidance

• Guidance on how to provide waste data to the Commonwealth through the Waste Reporting Tool (survey)

• What’s Included:

• Required data to provide to the

Department of General Services

• Guidance on where to obtain or estimate data:

• Standardized procedures for estimating waste weights using general conversions, waste characterization data, or hauler information

• How to communicate data requests to haulers

Audit Completion

• The audit process is complete once the following has been finalized and delivered to the site:

• Development of an audit report.

• Completion of the Audit Form.

• Reporting of data to the DGS’s Waste Reporting Tool.

• All deliverables must be sent to the Pennsylvania GreenGov Council upon audit completion.