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Self-Assessment

This is a guide that will help to give you some idea of how proactive you are in waste management and what your company’s current attitude toward waste is. The guide may highlight how much (or how little) you have achieved so far in your approach to the waste issue. It may also indicate how efficient you are in waste minimisation and utilisation, and what further options may exist to improve (if any, or appropriate).

Read through each statement and deside whether you agree or disagree - this will help you decide the starting point for your waste minimisation strategy.
(You may also find that different people in your organisation believe the company is at a different point from the one you have identified.)

Introductory Step - Waste is not an issue
	Waste is not an important issue facing my company	true false
	We are not concerned about waste as it does not cost us very much	true false
	We are too busy with no spare time to look into the waste issue	true false
	Waste is not an issue discussed at board or management meetings	true false

Step 1 - The waste disposal issue
	Our main concern relating to waste are the disposal costs	true false
	Our concern is finding the easiest method of disposal	true false

Step 2 - Waste is a cost and regulatory issue
	Compliance with regulations is board level responsibility	true false
	We know all the likely effects of waste regulation	true false
	We know the full cost of waste	true false
	We know waste costs the company (£) per year	true false

Step 3 - Waste planning and reduction
	We know all the main sources of waste and their costs	true false
	We have set target reductions for each source	true false
	We will move beyond compliance for waste minimisation	true false
	We plan to save (£) per year	true false

Step 4 - Waste measuring and monitoring
	There is a manager or member of staff responsible for waste	true false
	Waste is monitored as % production or % costs	true false
	Waste performance is tracked over time	true false
	Waste information is communicated regularly	true false

Step 5 - Reducing waste throughout operations
	Some of the best ideas come from the workforce	true false
	We are modifying processes and procedures to reduce waste	true false
	We have cross-functional teams working to reduce waste	true false

Step 6 - Optimising processes and achieving significant cost reductions
	We now understand our processes from trial and experiments	true false
	We use Statistical Process Control (SPC) to improve process control	true false
	We are looking at all stages of the process	true false

Step 7 - Changing technology to eliminate waste
	All source reduction opportunities have been implemented	true false
	All processes have been studied and improvements made	true false
	Further waste reduction would require changes in technology	true false

Step 8 - Zero waste
	We have re-engineered our process to eliminate waste	true false