Assess the Scope and Goals
H. Marchello Arcelay
Sustainability Analyst ╿ Environmental Compliance ╿Air Quality ╽ Waste-To-Energy ╿Regulatory Compliance ╽Compliance Management ╿Waste Management ╽Circular Economy ╿Waste Prevention ╿ Emissions Control
𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
Before starting any waste management project, it’s crucial to assess its scope and goals and align them with your budget and resources. This involves asking key questions such as:
𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝖠𝗍 𝖢𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖬𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗌𝗂𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖡𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄 & 𝖣𝖾𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋, 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍’𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 & 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝖶𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝟨𝟢%, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗒𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌. 𝖲𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝗈𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌 & 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗒, 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆.
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝖨𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗅, 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒-𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅-𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝗌 𝗎𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗅 𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾𝗌, 𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
𝖡𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 & 𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝗈𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍’𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖡𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗐𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗒 𝗉𝗈𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝖽𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗄𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄.
𝗘𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖱𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖻𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍’𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌. 𝖴𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 & 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌.
𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝖤𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗅𝗎𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅-𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌. 𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗐𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗏𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗌 & 𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗒 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗉𝗎𝗍, 𝖺𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺-𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆
𝖫𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖼𝖾𝗌 & 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾, 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍, 𝗐𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖼 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗆𝗒, & 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌.
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𝖡𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍’𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝖺𝗅𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌. 𝖢𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗈𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌, 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌.
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5moBefore starting any waste management project, it’s crucial to assess its scope and goals and align them with your budget and resources. This involves asking key questions such as: 👉🏾 What are the main objectives and outcomes of the project? 👉🏾 What are the legal and regulatory requirements? 👉🏾 What are the potential risks and challenges? 👉🏾 How much time and money do you have available?