Environmental audit was introduced in India to minimize generation of wastes and pollution. Auditing has become an increasingly popular tool to assess the environmental policies, quality of implementation, compliance with national law and regulation, etc. Auditing has also been widely used in India, especially in industries. The most popular audits that are carried out in India are energy audits followed by environmental management systems audits of which a waste minimization audit is an integral part
In general, there are three different approaches for conducting a solid waste audit, namely 19
the back end approach, which measures the material generated by the entire facility, i.e., no attempt is made to assess the manner in which the wastes and recyclables are generated within the facility
the activities approach, which tracks the waste and recyclables as they are generated throughout the facility, by performing waste audits within each activity area, e.g., an office, warehouse, or cafeteria
the input/output approach, which tracks the material input and output associated with each activity area.
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