Operations Service

Zero Waste Operations provides complete operational services, backed by the Zero Waste team’s decades of experience operating materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and conversion facilities. Our four-phased approach can be summarized as follows.

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Phase I: Pre-Operations

Develop Operating Parameters and Key Performance Indicators
Staffing needs and hiring process
Establish OSHA-Compliant Health and Safety Program
- Lockout/Tag out
- PPE
- Emergency plan
- Electrical safety
Implement ANSI and other Industry Best Practices for operations
- Traffic Plan
- Site-specific work rules, practices
- Develop training matrix
- Develop inspection program

Phase II: Start-up and Commissioning

Onsite for testing & dry-run
Employee training
Ensure recovery optimization protocol is developed
Collaborative operations and maintenance training
Implement programs from pre-operations

Phase III: Operations

System Optimization
Observe maintenance protocols
Measure employee performance and correct as needed
Real-time commodity recovery feedback system
Market and sale of commodities
Maintain characterization data and value of inbound supplies

Phase IV: Business Development

Deep knowledge of economics and market conditions
Optimize system to maintain marketability due to market or material
fluctuations
Incentivized to bring in additional materials, maximizing value of partnership
Evaluate business opportunities by characterization and prospective supply source analysis

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