Tip Sheet #4

WASTE ORIGIN: Shop Cleanup
WASTE TYPES: Outdated Supplies, Dirty Rags, Sawdust, Alkaline Floor Cleaner, and Clarifier Sludges

WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING METHODS:

• Computerize inventory control; use first-in, first-out inventory management.
• Minimize storage quantities.
• Perform routine storage area inspections.
• Use good housekeeping measures to reduce leaks and spills.
• Lease rags from a laundry cleaning service.
• Use rags or other absorbents to their limit.
• Use good housekeeping incentives to reduce spills and leaks such as an award program for the worker with the cleanest bay.
• Use drip trays under leaking cars and removed parts.
• Properly store waste materials (use pallet/containment systems and install self-closing non- leak safety faucets on portable waste oil drums).
• Don't flush dust or floor sweepings to a clarifier unit.

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