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Course Overview

Waste Management Tools and Techniques

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Course Content

The course covers the following topics:

  • Business and environmental cost of waste
  • Waste management hierarchy
  • Duty of Care for waste – your essential actions
  • Waste Minimisation – the real business benefits
  • Implementing a waste minimisation strategy – tools and techniques
  • Waste minimisation case studies
  • Your waste minimisation action plan

Overview

As the cost of waste disposal increases and the environmental impact of waste is more readily recognised, more and more organisations are looking to manage wastes in a more effective way.

This course provides delegates with a sound introduction to waste management practices and forms a foundation upon which to build a waste minimisation programme.

Please note that this course is ideal for delivery 'in-house' for your organisation’s waste management personnel.

Objectives

By the end of the course, delegates will:

  • Understand the environmental and business costs associated with waste production
  • Understand the main legislative controls governing the management of wastes within business
  • Appreciate the principles of the waste management hierarchy
  • Understand how to implement a waste management and minimisation strategy within their businesses

Who should attend

This course is designed for any person with responsibilities for waste management at either management or supervisory level.

If you want to find out more about waste legislation and how to reduce waste within your business, then this course is for you.

Duration

This is a one day course

Preparation

No preparation is required.

Materials

Each delegate receives a comprehensive set of course materials, including handouts, notes and references for further information.

Certification

Each delegate who successfully completes the course receives an EDP Certificate of Attendance.