Marking the facility maps where the equipment and
containers go will proceed much faster if performed on an off-shift or during
a weekend. If not, the questions and defensive behavior from everyone who sees
you with a floor plan would make your trip through the facility next to
impossible to complete. Your survey could create a lot of needless explaining
from managers who may not have yet been informed about your program. The
assistance of your facility's Floor Space Planner would be a good source of
information for this tour. The planner will be aware of planned or on-going
changes to the facility that should be considered as part of your container
placement plans.
After you decide what commodities you want to capture from
a given area, let the workers in that area provide input as to where the
containers need to be placed. Their ownership of these bins will support
your efforts and ensure better program participation.
Of the two collection methods listed, the source
separation method is the more successful of the two.
Persons with mental and physical disabilities are often an
under utilized labor resource. Rockwell facilities are usually located a
short distance from a local rehabilitation center that supports these
individuals. If so, this labor option should be considered. These facilities
are usually looking for clean sorting/packaging jobs to use as training
opportunities for their clients. In most Rockwell manufacturing facilities,
there are enough expensive items that could be reused to warrant having a
sorting/repackaging line set up. This waste avoidance program has the
ability to provide clean, multitask jobs for these people and an opportunity
to be trained into more productive, self-sufficient jobs. This is such a
win/win opportunity for the program by involving these agencies.
The revenues to cover the expense of this sorting service
are usually created from the money saved by not purchasing new items. The
savings and the expense are usually a wash. Using this option provides an
opportunity to save the landfill expense, the landfill volume, and provide
an opportunity for the underutilized citizens of your community to become
useful.
