To calculate your Waste Generated in Operations emissions, you will need to see what data your organisation has available and choose a calculation method accordingly, however, all rely on someone measuring the weight of your operational waste.
Production waste
Data on leftover materials and unsold textiles can be acquired through inventory management systems. Waste management systems can also measure textile waste generated during the production process. Additionally, supplier reports can provide valuable insights into upstream waste, detailing fabric scraps, defective items, and excess inventory from production stages, along with information on how this waste is managed.
Facility waste
Office waste data can be collected by your cleaning team (often via your Operations team) or an office Green team.
Below are some tips for getting started with collecting waste data on a facility level:
Reach out to the cleaning staff/company to see if there is a collaboration opportunity where they can measure your company’s waste each time upon waste collection.
If the cleaning staff are not available to help, mobilise your internal team and start a pilot project.
Weigh the waste of each type at a frequency of your choice.
Allocate and track your team’s responsibilities through a self-reporting sheet displayed in the office/facility waste area:
Example: Data collection sheet - waste tracking in the XX Office
Date of waste collection | Time | Who | Plastic waste (kg) | Paper waste (kg) | Residual Waste (kg) | Glass waste (kg) | Organic waste (kg) |
01/03/2022 | 17:10 | David | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
05/03/2022 | 18:30 | Ella | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
Step 6 (optional): Extrapolate your waste data from the observed month for the rest of the year. Of course, you must decide how long the project lasts to come up with a representative average number.
If you can't access data in the required formats, or have data for waste types not captured in our templates, please take a look at our advice here.
National averages
When specific data is unavailable, National Averages can be used to calculate emissions. National Averages represent the average values for a given type of activity data within a specific country.
National Averages will be shown automatically when you have uploaded Organisational Data and haven't uploaded any data for Waste Generated in Operations.
If you don’t want to use National Averages to calculate emissions you can upload a template with the value set to 0 for the respective time and facility.