Hello: the property has been tracking recyclables since 2011 in support of their ISO14001 program. So I have monthly data going back since Jan 2011. A 24-hour period does not make sense to them. Glass is only picked up once or twice per year, cardboard twice a week, others, as needed. 24-hours would not be representative but looking at the last two years and preparing an average, would be. Thoughts?
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Barry Giles
Founder & CEO, LEED Fellow, BREEAM FellowBuildingWise LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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May 31, 2014 - 6:39 pm
Nate, As before a good narrative is essential. The main reason for the audit is to track what is going to recycle, what's going to trash and what could be moved from one component part to another.....so it has nothing to do with 'pick up'. The credit is a snap short of what is being generated in each building. Are the recycles going in the right bin....is there anything going in the trash that could be recycled...etc etc and gaining quantifiable numbers for each component. Those results you have are perfect for 'ongoing', especially if this was a re-certification at the two year mark
Nate Gillette
DirectorNatura Architectural Consulting, LLC
June 2, 2014 - 4:37 pm
Thank you Barry. As always, your responses are helpful. We will definitely include a good narrative, but I just wanted to verify, before I put the work into it, that using the last two years would be good. All the comments I read indicated as such, but we wanted to be sure. THANK YOU!
Nate Gillette
DirectorNatura Architectural Consulting, LLC
June 2, 2014 - 4:39 pm
Point of clarification Barry: Do you think I can use this info to demonstrate what is produced as well as recycled versus landfill?
Thanks!
Barry Giles
Founder & CEO, LEED Fellow, BREEAM FellowBuildingWise LLC
LEEDuser Expert
338 thumbs up
June 5, 2014 - 3:09 am
Nate, I may be missing your point with .."..demonstrate what is produced as well as recycled". The waste audit, being a snap shot looks at what the building 'produces' as a waste item, a recycled item and all points in between. The 'results' then tell you how well you are doing, what could be recycled (and may require better examples on each recycle bin) and what could be changed in the purchasing of materials coming into the building. An example could be that the waste audit shows that there is a large quantity of solid block polystyrene. By investigative analysis you may be able to find out what tenant or team of tenants is throwing those blocks in the waste stream. Together you may find that there is an alternative packing material available from a manufacturer that would replace these blocks and be better to recycle. After all if you can work out a method to stop any non-recycles entering the building then, theoretically, there would no waste only recycles coming out of the building. I hope that helps to answer both questions.
Nate Gillette
DirectorNatura Architectural Consulting, LLC
June 6, 2014 - 7:29 pm
Thank you Barry. After reviewing more information, I suggested they go ahead and so a traditional audit where I assist them. Thank you!