Community Waste Audit
Organize a Community Waste Audit
Organize a Community Waste Audit
Check if a Waste Audit Has Already Happened
Check if a Waste Audit Has Already Happened
Step 1. Check with your solid waste manager to see if a Community Waste Audit has already happened in your town/city. Read about what's happening in New Hampshire in the Northeast Resource Recovery Association's 2020 Annual Report.
Study Dumpsters 5-Step Checklist
Study Dumpsters 5-Step Checklist
Step 2. Study the Dumpsters 5-Step Checklist for How to Plan a Waste Audit (written for business, but it applies)
Study Top Global Polluters
Study Top Global Polluters
Step 3. Study the 2020 Top Global Polluters list from Green Matters or read the Break Free From Plastic 2021 Audit Report.
Convene Interested Others
Convene Interested Others
Step 4. Join an existing group or organize a first clean-up day:
collaborate with a school class, civic club, or scout group
document kinds of trash and identify main sources Example: a particular restaurant chain or coffee shop
Resources
Resources