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- Waste planning steps
- Waste prevention
- Resource recovery
- Waste processing options
The premise of all waste being a resource guides event waste management planning.
At-event waste logistics are considered a resource recovery exercise.
Waste Hierarchy
- Avoidance - Prevent waste in the first place.
- Re-use/Re-purpose - Use ‘as-is’ or repurpose into new stuff.
- Recycle/Compost - Use waste as inputs for new material
- Recovery - Extract energy from waste.
- Disposal - Dispose without recovery.
Waste Planning Steps
- What waste may be created?
- What waste processes at the venue
- Waste processing facilities locally
- Set objectives and plans
- Waste avoidance/prevention
- Influence waste creation to suit
- At-event waste segregation
- Communications & engagement
- Compliance & reporting
- Celebrate success
What Can Facilities Do?
- Audit waste and look for lost resources
- Segregate maximum waste streams
- Match onsite systems with waste facilities
- Match procurement to waste system
- Engage participants, caterers, hirers
- Ensure signage is effective and adequate
- Group bins – all options, always available
- Compact waste onsite
- Collect compostable waste
- Onsite composting
- Re-usuable cup program
- Water refill stations
- Catering packaging reductions
What Can Venue Users Do?
- Choose a venue with great waste processes
- Set a ‘Towards Zero Waste’ objective for your event
- Engage participants into your goals
- Adjust procurement and processes to ensure they match venue waste processes
- Encourage/require participants use refillable water bottles
- Request waste creation measurement from the venue
What Can Temporary Events Do?
- Segregate maximum waste streams
- Match onsite systems with waste facilities
- Match procurement to waste system
- Engage participants, caterers, hirers
- Ensure signage is effective and adequate
- Group bins – all options, always available
- Compact waste onsite
- Collect compostable waste
- Re-useable cup program
- Water refill stations
- Catering packaging reductions
- Encourage/require participants use refillable water bottles.
- Measure & report waste
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