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Food Waste and General Waste Audit


Analyze your waste generation to reduce waste and increase recycling.  Below are general questions and categories to start the process of analyzing your waste – where created, how much recycled, cost of disposal, and efforts to reduce waste.  Patriot Organics will conduct this audit with and for you and specify waste reduction strategies.  Lastly, Patriot will provide the analytics to determine whether an on-site food waste digestor (liquefier or dry process) is right for you.

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Name of your entity:

Location(s):

  1. Square Footage of entire facility
  2. Square Footage of food preparation area
  3. Square Footage of back kitchen area
 
Nature of operation:

  1. Food Service Establishment
  2. Food Wholesaler
  3. Food Manufacturer
  4. Food Retail Store
  5. Other/Hybrid of above
 
Number of employees at location:
 
Current waste operations

         a.       Name of hauler

         b.      List or collection points inside and outside the company

         c.       Amount currently collected by weight

         d.      Amount currently collected by volume

         e.       Frequency of collection

         f.       Average bill

         g.      Billing frequency

         h.      Bills based on weight

         i.       Bills based on volume

         j.       Where waste is finally disposed (landfilled)
 
List current recycling efforts

         a.       Materials collected
         b.      How recyclables collected

         c.       Amount of each material collected by weight

         d.      Percentage of overall waste currently recycled

         e.       Recycling revenue

         f.       Recycling costs

         g.      Avoided disposal costs i.e. savings accrued by landfill diversion

         h.      Identifying wastes

         i.       Estimated percent in waste stream
 
Waste and Recyclable Categories

         a.       Food waste

                  Where generated


                           Food preparation
 
For retail sale
For consumption on-premises

                           Food not consumed
 
From on-premises consumption
From spoilage/not sold
 
                           Post-consumer food scraps
 
                  Where and how is food waste disposed?
 
                  Is food waste separated on-premises?
                  Is food waste co-mingled with general waste?
 
         b.      Compost
 
                  Does your facility compost?
 
                  Windrow composting?
                  In-vessel composting?

If in vessel, manufacturer?
                 
                  What materials are composted?
 
Food Waste
Paper
Manure
Straw
Liquids
 
c.       Paper
 
         Computer paper

                  White ledger

                  White copy paper

                  White letterhead

                  White ledger pads

                  Cash register receipts

                  Adding machine tape

                  Envelopes

                  Colored paper

                  Copy paper

                  Yellow legal pads

                  Letterhead

                  Message pads

                  Spreadsheets
         Newsprint

                  Boxboard

                  Mixed wastepaper

                  Unsolicited mail

                  Coated stock

                  Windowed envelopes

                  Stick-on notes

                  Cardboard

                  Used paper

                  Paper plates and cups

                  Paper napkins and towels

                  Tissue
 
d.      Non-recyclable paper

         Wax coated

         Plastic coated

         Carbon paper

         e.       Plastics

                  PETE bottles

                  HDPE bottles unpigmented

                  HDPE bottles pigmented
                  HDPE film

                  LDPE film

                  Vinyl bottles

                  Propylene
        
                  Polystyrene Foam

                  Rigid polystyrene

                  Other plastics
 
f.       Aluminum

         Cans

         Foil

         Other aluminum

         g.      Steel cans

                  Other Ferris materials i.e. strapping


h.      Glass

         Brown glass

         Clear glass

         Green glass
        
i.       Yard waste
 
Grass clippings

         Leaves and brush
Other materials
Please call for pricing or leasing information for the wet or dry digesters:  (844) Reuse Food  (844) 738-7336              Copyright 2022 Patriot Organics
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