Department

Area

Possible waste

Incoming materials

Loading docks, pipelines, receiving areas

Packaging/containers

Off-spec deliveries

Damaged containers

Spill residue

Cleaning rags, etc

Pallets (non-returnable)

Gloves, overalls, etc

Storage (raw materials, parts, final products)

Tanks, silos, warehouse, drum storage, yards, storerooms

Tank bottoms

Off-spec materials

Excess materials

Damaged containers

Empty containers

Leaks from pumps/valves/pipes

Out-of-date materials

No-longer-used materials

Damaged products

Production

Melting, curing, baking, distilling, washing, coating, forming, machining

Washwater

Solvents evaporating

Still bottoms in tanks

Off-spec product rejects

Catalysts

Empty containers

Sweepings

Ductwork clearout

Additives

Oil

Process solution dumps

Rinsewater

Excess materials

Filters

Leaks from tanks/pipes/valves

Spill residue

Swarf/off-cuts

Sludge

Drag-out from baths

Packaging of dispatched goods

Support services

Laboratories, maintenance shops, garages, offices

Chemicals

Samples and containers

Solvents

Cleaning agents

Degreasing sludges

Sand blasting waste

Lubricating oils and greases

Scrap metal

Caustics

Filters

Acids

Batteries

Office paper, etc

Energy

Building, processes, boiler plant and plant distribution system

High temperatures

Lights left on

Taps left running

Doors left open

Air leaks from compressor lines

Heat loss through roof/doors/windows

Money wasted through buying electricity, gas and water at high tariffs

Discharge lamps beyond economic life

Poorly controlled or inefficient heating/hot water systems

Electric motors over five years old

Process heat not re-used

Water

Processes, toilets, kitchens

Urinals flushing continually

Underground leaks

Taps left running

Wasteful wash-downs.

Other

Consumables

Detergents

Overalls

Gloves