Manager’s strategies on waste prevention and reduction

Manager’s strategies on waste prevention and reduction

Waste prevention is the act of using less material to get a job done. To ensure waste prevention and reductions, managers should employ the following strategies:

Managers should establish waste prevention programs. The role of these programs will be targeting to educate employees on different methods to ensure waste prevention and reduction. These programs will also ensure employees have a clear perception of what is meant by waste prevention, as some may not have a clear perception of what is meant by waste prevention and reduction. By establishing these programs, the employees will be able to understand the various method of waste prevention, for example, reduction reusing and recycling.

Managers should develop waste prevention and reduction policies. This strategy will ensure the organization has policies that guide the employees’ performance on waste prevention and reduction (Johansson, & Corvellec, 2018). These policies may include certain materials that should be reused in the company before they are dumped. The plans also may consist of some products or materials that should be ordered from the recycled product or refurbished materials. This will ensure the company motivates those who are making efforts to refurbish products to prevent waste.

Managers should consider developing a waste prevention plan. Managers should consider involving several stakeholders to come up with a lasting plan for waste prevention. This strategy may involve customer’s ideas on waste prevention, company employees, various benchmarking programs, and also some governmental organizations responsible for waste control in organizations. This strategy will be fundamental as it will give managers several ideas on what measures to put in place to ensure materials waste in an organization is prevented or reduced.

If managers are going to put in place the above strategies, I am very sure that they are going to succeed in waste prevention and reduction. This will be a big win for the managers as if they successfully reduce or prevent waste; they will be using lass material, which will reduce cost resulting in increased profits in the organizations.

References

Johansson, N., & Corvellec, H. (2018). Waste policies have gone soft: An analysis of European and Swedish waste prevention plans. Waste Management, 77, 322-332.