Do you have a company that generates tons of waste each month? Are you an ambitious manager who wants to introduce new rules minimizing the amount of waste in the company? Read the text below and you will see how to reduce the number of waste generated in a few steps and … use it again.
HOW TO DO IT?
Remember that if you’re a manager, you have to start making changes from yourself. Be an authority that will lead everyone to more efficient savings.
Below are a few ways to minimize the amount of waste in the company. Perhaps not all can be applied to your company. Nevertheless, even if one of them is implemented, the number of waste generated will drop anyway.
1. SAVE IN THE WAREHOUSE
Introduce modern waste compactors to your company. Baling presses will save you up to 50 percent of the warehouse space. In addition, the cost of garbage disposal will be reduced, even several times.
2. TAKE CARE OF TRAINING
Think about how your employees can reduce the amount of waste generated. Take care of training and information materials that will bring them closer to this problem. Implement new habits of saving materials and raw materials, ranging from white-collar workers to physical ones.
3. THINK ABOUT ENTRANCE IN NEW E-REALITY
Keeping paper documentation not only consumes a lot of space, but above all generates a lot of unnecessary waste (especially after the expiration of documents). Consider the implementation of a modern network architecture (based on the cloud), thanks to which you will store everything in a digital form.
4. VIEW others, BUT YOUR INNOVATION
In the implementation of processes related to the reduction of the amount of waste in the company, you do not have to be original. Understand how the solutions affect other companies. At the same time modify them, adapting to the company’s own profile.
5. START SORTING THE LITTLE
Sorting garbage is essential if we want to reduce the amount of waste generated. The division into specific sorts, is put to a higher recycling rate, reaching even 80 percent!
6. TAKE CARE OF PURCHASING WINDOWS
Think about introducing special slots for which employees will be able to throw in segregated rubbish. Waste falling directly into containers does not require additional work, which is put on lower costs and more efficient work.
7. INTRODUCE THE PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM USE OF THE MATERIALS
If you run a production company, take care of the efficient use of materials by you and your employees. Get rid of only what you do not need.
8. IMPROVE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES
Take care of equipment that will generate much less waste. Look for companies that collect specific waste and process it into other raw materials. Finally, implement new procedures in the company that will generate even less waste.
9. WELCOME EMPLOYEES
Create a reward program for employees for specific achievements in the field of waste reduction. Skilful and effective minimization of the amount of waste in the company should be rewarded. Maybe a good solution would be to introduce a special program?
10. THINK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
Use waste to help others. A good example here are caps from beverages, collected by those in need. Extract their collection points and help, while gaining on your own public relations.
Summing up, implementation of new solutions to minimize the amount of generated waste is possible. It is up to you to decide if you decide to take this step.
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