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EBOM-2009 MRc6:Solid Waste Management—Waste Stream Audit

Bathroom Waste

Hi, I have a client who is concerned about going through bathroom waste and would like to earn this credit by sorting and weighing all other waste except bathroom waste. Does anyone have experience earning this credit while not sorting bathroom waste?

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Barry Giles
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Thu, 03/14/2013 - 16:00

Jubilee. A question to start off with. Why are you 'sorting' bathroom waste? Surely there is only paper towels in the bin and this would be bagged separately and weighed as a single bagged item. Either those bags are going to trash, or compost, or other designated local use. Let us know, Thanks

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 16:13

Sorry for not being more clear. Yes the client would like to just bag and weigh the bathroom waste (and assume that it is all paper towels without actually sorting through this waste stream). Without actually dumping the bathroom waste and looking through, we of course cant 100% guarantee that it is only paper towel waste. Does assuming that bathroom waste is 100% paper towels waste seen Ok to you?
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Thu, 03/14/2013 - 16:22

Jubilee. Thank you, that's a relief. Yes in practice no-one that I've every worked with sorts bathroom waste...we just weigh based on the closed bags. Now, you are quite right, contamination can be a problem. We find that education in the building, signage on each of the towel dispensers, monitoring of the waste bins (in-case you can catch a 'contaminator' in the act), etc, can go a long way to getting a 100% paper towel only bag. If the towels are going to compost then a compostable bag would be a great advantage, but agreed that these can cost.

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