Waste ManagementSolid waste management plan
Includes the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies, economic mechanisms.
Waste can be solid, liquid, or gaseous and each type has different methods of disposal and management. Waste management deals with all types of waste, including industrial, biological and household. In some cases, waste can pose a threat to human health. Health issues are associated throughout the entire process of waste management. Health issues can also arise indirectly or directly. Directly, through the handling of said waste, and indirectly through the consumption of water, soil and food. Waste is produced by human activity, for example, the extraction and processing of raw materials. Waste management is intended to reduce adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment , planetary resources and aesthetics.
Since 2020, BCS Solutions has been routinely helping customers save on waste management services. Here’s a snapshot of our process:
- Information Gathering & Analysis. Our professional waste consultants will gather pertinent information about your waste and recycling needs and determine ways to improve efficiency and slash your costs.
- Recommendations. Once we complete our analysis, we’ll provide you with a savings report showing all the available options for your business. Our expert representative will make recommendations that empower you to protect your bottom line—you are always in control of the process.
- Implementation. If you decide to entrust us as your waste management consultant, we’ll finalize the agreement and implement your custom-designed plan.
- Monitoring. We monitor your account to ensure vendor charges are accurate, and we intervene when needed.
Proper management of waste is important for building sustainable and liveable cities, but it remains a challenge for many developing countries and cities. A report found that effective waste management is relatively expensive, usually comprising 20%–50% of municipal budgets. Operating this essential municipal service requires integrated systems that are efficient, sustainable, and socially supported. A large portion of waste management practices deal with municipal solid waste (MSW) which is the bulk of the waste that is created by household, industrial, and commercial activity. Measures of waste management include measures for integrated techno-economic mechanisms of a circular economy, effective disposal facilities, export and import control and optimal sustainable design of products that are produced.
- Waste hierarchy
The waste hierarchy refers to the “3 Rs” Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, which classifies waste management strategies according to their desirability in terms of waste minimisation. The waste hierarchy is the cornerstone of most waste minimization strategies. The aim of the waste hierarchy is to extract the maximum practical benefits from products and to generate the minimum amount of end waste; see: resource recovery. The waste hierarchy is represented as a pyramid because the basic premise is that policies should promote measures to prevent the generation of waste. The next step or preferred action is to seek alternative uses for the waste that has been generated by re-use. The next is recycling which includes composting. Following this step is material recovery and waste-to-energy. The final action is disposal, in landfills or through incineration without energy recovery. This last step is the final resort for waste which has not been prevented, diverted or recovered. The waste hierarchy represents the progression of a product or material through the sequential stages of the pyramid of waste management. The hierarchy represents the latter parts of the life-cycle for each product. - Life-cycle of a product
The life-cycle begins with design, then proceeds through manufacture, distribution, and primary use and then follows through the waste hierarchy’s stages of reduce, reuse and recycle. Each stage in the life-cycle offers opportunities for policy intervention, to rethink the need for the product, to redesign to minimize waste potential, to extend its use. Product life-cycle analysis is a way to optimize the use of the world’s limited resources by avoiding the unnecessary generation of waste.
- Resource efficiency
Resource efficiency reflects the understanding that global economic growth and development can not be sustained at current production and consumption patterns. Globally, humanity extracts more resources to produce goods than the planet can replenish. Resource efficiency is the reduction of the environmental impact from the production and consumption of these goods, from final raw material extraction to the last use and disposal.
- Polluter-pays principle
The polluter-pays principle mandates that the polluting party pays for the impact on the environment. With respect to waste management, this generally refers to the requirement for a waste generator to pay for appropriate disposal of the unrecoverable material.
BCS, Lda understands the life cycle of products, urban development and strategic resources such as water and energy. This understanding allows us to take an integrated approach to the effective management of resources and waste.
We help clients rethink their use of finite resources through improved design and development of streamlined systems. We find better ways to prevent, reuse, recycle and recover energy from waste.
BCS delivers solutions through the entire waste lifecycle, from waste management strategies and waste servicing solutions, to designs for recycling and waste-to-energy facilities that are innovative, sustainable and affordable.
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It is a pleasure to work with BCS given its high professionalism, namely in technical knowledge and meeting deadlines. If I went back, I would choose exactly the same company. The work carried out is always of high quality and carried out with speed and agility, essential aspects nowadays, where everything happens so quickly!
