A building-specific Waste Reduction Work Plan that covers the following:

• Responsible parties, including the building team’s training Requirements

• Standard operating procedures (SOP) for waste collection

• Identify the waste streams generated at the building, covering the following:

  • • Recyclables, such as paper (general, mixed and confidential shredded paper), metal cans, glass, plastics (rigid or soft), cardboard etc.

    • Food and organics, such as food waste, coffee pods, grease/cooking oil, containers, cutlery, etc.

    • Electronic waste (e-waste), batteries, printer cartridges etc.

    • Waste (or garbage)

    • Construction and renovation (skids, light bulbs, etc.)

    • Furniture, equipment

    • Miscellaneous

    • Treatment of contaminated waste

    • Hazardous

    • Tenant-managed waste

• Describe each stream’s waste removal strategy, such as:

  • • Identify the different waste streams collected at the building (at least two streams (garbage, mixed or paper recycling)

    • How waste is collected within the building and site (describe the on-site source separation strategies)

    • Who collects each of the current waste streams from the building and site

    • [Optional] Determine if there any waste streams that represent >15% of the total waste stream (as measured in the waste audit sample) and separate collection is not yet set up at the building

    • Waste hauling destination

    • Frequency of collection

• Outcomes and recommendations from the most recent waste assessment

• Clear outline of the waste reduction plan for the next 12-24 months

• Program must be signed by the building manager, dated within the past 12 months