Determine Visual Audit Material Categories
Before conducting your visual audit walkthrough, you need to create a list of what materials categories you plan to quantify through the audit. Also, if you have recycling, decide whether to include contamination estimates in the audit. Contamination refers to the amount of non-recyclables in a recycling receptacle or vice versa, the amount of recyclables in a waste receptacle.
A table of common material categories are included in the table below. This is an example list meant to help brainstorm what could be included in your audit, you don’t need all of these categories in your audit. In addition, there could be categories specific to your organization’s operations that you choose to include that are not listed below.
Visual Audit Potential Categories
Landfill
Non-recyclable plastic
Non-recyclable glass
Non-recyclable metal
Non-recyclable paper
Food Scraps
Recycling
Reuse/Third-Party Recycling
As a reminder, always check with your local recycler and/or compost service to confirm what is accepted when choosing your categories.
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