Guide to achieving resource efficiency improvements
If your business produces waste, then there is a good chance you are wasting money!
EPA has developed a set of guidelines surrounding good practice for resource efficiency.
These guidelines will help identify ways to improve business environmental performance while increasing productivity and reducing costs of production. Resource efficiency is often a cheap and fast way to solve problems as reducing waste will reduce the size and cost of any subsequent treatment process and/or disposal costs.
Your business can look forward to:
- Increased cost saving
- Process efficiency
- Improved Occupational Health and Safety management
- Enhanced shareholder relations
- Improved reputation.
Feel free to use these guidelines to improve your business environmental performance by selecting the guidelines that apply to your unique business situation.
- Guideline 1 – waste assessment
- Guideline 2 – improve purchasing
- Guideline 3 – improve storage
- Guideline 4 – conserve energy
- Guideline 5 – conserve water
- Guideline 6 – preserve waterways
- Guideline 7 – reduce waste
- Guideline 8 – reduce risk
- Guideline 9 – improve information
- Guideline 10 – improve systems
- Guideline 11 – reduce odour and air emissions
If you would like further information or a printed version of the guidelines, contact:
Business Sustainability Unit
EPA Victoria
Send an email
Telephone: (03) 9695 2722