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Waste Management Audit Checklist

by Mike Brook, from the Community

This waste management audit checklist helps manufacturing sites, especially corrugated packaging operations, assess and reduce waste across the production flow. Sections cover paper receipt, reel storage, corrugator practices, conversion setups, and finished goods handling. It guides checks on FIFO, quarantine areas, butt reel policies, tooling quality, and minimum waste practices during start-ups and cut-outs. It also prompts capture of key waste metrics, baled weights, obsolete stock and returns, and verifies the presence of SOPs, communication boards, and maintenance programs to prevent waste at source.

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Waste Audit Checklist
Use this waste audit template to standardize store waste controls and reviews. Confirm bins and waste cages are locked, assign a dedicated location for each area, and attach and check waste prints. Record waste against the correct lines such as out of code, damaged and general waste, and display prints on the shrink board. Capture training records for all colleagues booking waste and file waste download reports signed by management to evidence review. Align waste handling with company policy and prevent build up.
by Harvey Chatwal, from the Community
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Known Loss Audit
This detailed audit checklist provides a comprehensive framework for managing and monitoring retail store waste processes and known loss prevention. The guide covers essential areas including waste print documentation, security protocols for waste disposal, department-specific waste management procedures, and compliance checks. Key focus areas include waste documentation review, security measures for waste storage, department-specific controls, stock management, and general store cleanliness. The audit ensures proper waste handling across all departments including Fresh Food, Ambient, GM, Produce, Meat, and Bakery sections, while maintaining strict security protocols and management oversight. This tool helps stores maintain compliance, reduce shrinkage, and implement effective waste management practices.
by Kelly Tait-Nicholson, from the Community
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Grocery Store Waste Management Audit Checklist
Use this audit checklist to manage retail grocery waste handling and compliance. Items include locking and securing waste cages, signage differentiation for food and non-food waste, mobile waste processing station standards, frozen waste cage controls, designated waste areas for produce, dairy, meat, counters, bakery and GM, daily clearance in line with the waste cycle, repair not record procedures, cleaner waste tracking via PDA, donation submissions, reclassification practices, and prohibitions on unrecorded waste after 11 pm. It also covers documentation, meetings with SMART actions, receipt and transfer verification, use of clear liners and cage liners, chemical controls for cleaners, and manager accountability to describe the full waste process.
by Dan Williams, from the Community
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Waste Audit Checklist
Use this waste audit checklist to ensure an effective waste audit process for the organization. Use this to: determine the readiness of the waste audit team, prepare equipment needed during the audit, guide the team during sorting of waste, and come up with action plans.
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