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Key Steps: Creating Green Teams in Your Facility
Step 4:
Developing a Baseline
If you don't know what your company's energy and water usage is and how much waste your company generates, then you don't have the information that you need to support your pollution prevention programs or celebrate your successes! Your team leader should oversee all data collection and management for quantifying specific waste streams, such as office paper, and determining energy and water usage to establish a baseline. A baseline will be used to identify opportunities for improvement and to assess progress of your action plan. A facility-wide audit may be necessary to identify how specific data is collected, and initiatives already underway.
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