About
What is a
waste audit?
A waste health check (or waste audit) is the first step to setting up a good waste management plan. It aims to reveal resource recovery opportunities that can be brought to life through additional waste streams and waste education, as well as identifying ways to reduce your landfill volumes.
Our audit service can include a practical waste assessment, where we visit your site and assess whether your current waste streams are the best solution for your business, along with identifying ways to improve waste management practices by understanding your needs and workforce demographics. We can also offer more detailed audits, where we undertake real-time analysis of your bin contents, using this data to help optimise your waste management and resource recovery outcomes.
General waste and recycling audits
Understand what’s going into landfill vs what could be recovered - including food waste. Ideal for those looking to reduce waste to landfill.
Commercial and industrial waste audits
Tailored assessments for warehouses, retail, offices and factories to support operational efficiency, coupled with waste station and source separation advice.
Our services
The benefits of a waste health check
Set up a service that matches your business needs
Through our review we’ll help recommend the best solution to meet your volumes, waste types and servicing requirements. We will work with you to set your business up for success with clear waste education and internal/external bin system guidance.
Improve resource recovery outcomes
Waste audits help provide insight on your current waste setup and identify ways to decrease contamination and improve resource recovery potential.
Potential to optimise waste management costs
Through identification of potential new ways to source separate, waste sent to landfill could reduce and may lower waste management costs.
Set up your employees for success
After reviewing your organisation’s needs and providing a tailored waste management solution, we'll showcase a range of waste education tools that will help build waste management confidence amongst employees, working collectively as one to best support your sustainability goals.
Expertise
How the audit process works
We work with you to define the goals and scope of the audit - whether it be a single site or multiple locations, one stream or total waste profile.
Based on your audit requirements, our experienced team will attend your site to assess your current waste profile. On some occasions this will involve a physical audit of bin contents or may just be a walk through.
If an in-depth physical audit is requested it will involve selected waste streams being sorted by material type, weighed, and recorded for analysis.
You will receive a report, including waste composition, contaminants, and practical improvement strategies.
We can support the implementation of new waste management systems and education and can also look to re-audit periodically to measure improvement.
Process
Talk to us about how to get started
For Cleanaway customers
If you’re already a Cleanaway customer, please speak to your account manager about the type of waste audit and level of detail you need. Please note, deep dive inspections may incur a project management fee and other associated costs, which will be outlined in the service proposal.
For new customers
Call 13 13 39 to chat with a Cleanaway team member and take the next step toward more efficient, sustainable waste management.
Our promise
Why choose Cleanaway
A one-stop solution
We offer an expansive range of services, custom waste solutions and expert support to meet the waste management and resource recovery needs of Australian businesses, councils and industries of any size.
Optimised waste management solutions
Our team of resource recovery professionals work closely with you to find the best waste management solution for your business, helping you achieve potential cost savings towards meeting your sustainability goals.
Market-leading infrastructure
Our licensed, state-of-the-art facilities enable safe, efficient waste processing and resource recovery at scale.
Making a sustainable future possible together
We’re leading the way in sustainable waste management and resource recovery, helping Australia to transition to a circular economy and investing in lasting solutions for the benefit of all Australians – now and into the future.
Working to reach net zero
We’re committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, and helping our customers do the same.
Data-driven insights
Our tracking systems and reports identify opportunities for landfill diversion and ensure collection efficiencies.
Education that drives results
Our expert-led education programs empower your employees to improve recycling outcomes through simple, actionable behaviour change.