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.
waste_audit_questionnaire-2021-0915-01-es-updatedbyac.pdf
Name of your entity:
Location(s):
- Square Footage of entire facility
- Square Footage of food preparation area
- Square Footage of back kitchen area
Nature of operation:
- Food Service Establishment
- Food Wholesaler
- Food Manufacturer
- Food Retail Store
- 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