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Mid America Paper Recycling - Survey Audit
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1.
Address
(Required.)
Name
Company
Address
City/Town
State/Province
ZIP/Postal Code
Country
Email Address
Phone Number
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2.
Who will be working with us through the audit process and what is their email address?
(Required.)
Name:
Email:
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3.
What year were you founded?
(Required.)
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4.
How many employees do you have?
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5.
How many sites do you have?
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6.
What is the square footage of this/these building?
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7.
Your company's recycling effectiveness (Your overall percentage to have zero waste)
(Required.)
100%
>75%
>50%
>25%
0%
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8.
What is the current frequency of materials that are being moved through a compactor (not baler) weekly?
(Required.)
2x / month
1x/week
2x/week
3x/week
>4x/week
Not using a compactor
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9.
What materials are generally disposed of in the compactor?
(Required.)
None
Trash
Loose recycling
All
Not using a compactor
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10.
What materials are generally disposed of in your dumpster?
(Required.)
None
Trash
Recycling with no value
All
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11.
How is everyone in the company tied into recycling objectives?
(Required.)
Monetary incentives
Goals
Documented objectives
No formal program
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12.
Do you have drop trailers or live load trailer currently?
(Required.)
Drop trailer
live load
No logistics plan
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13.
Are you currently moving your product to a mill, to a processor, or unknown?
(Required.)
Mill
Processor
Don't know
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14.
Who owns the recycling logistics inside your facility?
(Required.)
Everyone
C-Suite
Directors
Shipping
No one specific, everyone chips in
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15.
How are you currently informed of your trailer pickups?
(Required.)
Dashboard
Electronically
Email/phone
None
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16.
Do you have documented loading patterns? (how the trailers are to be loaded)
(Required.)
Yes
No
Unknown
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17.
Are your loads weighed prior to leaving the premises?
(Required.)
Yes, scaled
No, receive afterwards from processor
No Weights given or received
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18.
How often are you receiving recycling reports from your recycling vendor (e.g. pickups, tonnage, revenue)?
(Required.)
1x/mo.
1x/quarter
3-6 months
>6 months
Never
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19.
How many tons of waste are shipped out per week?
(Required.)
Greater than 60
40 - 60
10 - 39
Less than 10
Less than 5
Less than 2
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20.
Is the waste baled, loose, skidded, all the above?
(Required.)
Baled
Loose in gaylords or tubs
Skids
All of the above
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21.
Are there any products that you do not feel are worth recycling?
(Required.)
No
Yes
Don't know
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22.
What is the primary source of your recycled material currently?
(Required.)
Byproduct
Shipping waste
Don't know
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23.
What product has been the most challenging to recycle?
(Required.)
None
Primary Product
Secondary product
All products
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24.
Do you have any equipment in house to manage your recycling?
(Required.)
Horizontal baler with cyclone system
Horizontal baler with cart tipper
Downstroke baler
Baler/gaylords/tubs
Gaylords/tubs
None
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25.
Do you segregate the grades of material?
(Required.)
Yes
Sometimes
No
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26.
Is there a process that waste material goes through in your facility from start to finish?
(Required.)
Yes, well defined
Yes, but not well defined
No
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27.
How familiar is your personnel on the various grades of paper stock?
(Required.)
Very knowledgeable
Somewhat knowledgeable
Neither knowledgeable nor Unknowledgeable
Unknowledgeable
Unknown
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28.
What are the financial goals of the organization regarding recycling?
(Required.)
Revenue source
Save money from landfill
None
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29.
Are your loads labeled or tagged in the recycling paperwork with proper reporting with said grades being linked?
(Required.)
Yes
Sometimes
No
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30.
Do you regularly consider your costs and gains from your recycling efforts?
(Required.)
Yes, often
No, rarely
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31.
Is the service you are receiving what you would expect?
(Required.)
Yes
Sometimes
No, rarely
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32.
Does your recycling service provide you with a dedicated customer service person currently?
(Required.)
Yes
Yes, but shared with several CSRs
No
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33.
What level of service are you receiving?
(Required.)
Excellent
Good
Average
Poor
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34.
Which best describes your current service and pay levels?
(Required.)
Excellent service/pay
Good service/pay
Moderate service/pay
Slow payments
Poor service
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35.
Is there a continuous improvement plan that is currently being followed?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Don't know
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36.
When visited by your recycling vendor, what value do they bring?
(Required.)
Analyze our waste stream
They supply our internal reporting and review with us
They stop by and say hello periodically
Do not receive any visits
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37.
What was the result of the recycling efforts that you set out to accomplish last year?
(Required.)
100% accomplished
75% accomplished
50% accomplished
25% accomplished
Nothing accomplished, did not set goals and objectives
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38.
How often is your recycling strategy reviewed?
(Required.)
Quarterly
6 months
9 Months
Annually
Never
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39.
Who is on the continuous improvement team?
(Required.)
Selected Team from all areas
Executive team
Operations team
Single individual
No one
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40.
Is there a champion of this program?
(Required.)
Yes
Somewhat, not a champion but watches over program
No
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41.
Have you considered recycling as part of safety initiatives?
(Required.)
Yes
There are facets of our recycling program that tie into safety
No
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42.
Are there any products within your recycling products that could possibly be contaminated or contain prohibited substances (e.g. chemicals, blood, solvents, acid, wax, other liquids)
(Required.)
Yes
No
perhaps
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43.
Do you have preventative maintenance regularly performed on your recycling equipment?
(Required.)
Yes
Occasionally
No
No recycling equipment
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44.
Do you post the results of the recycling efforts for everyone to see?
(Required.)
Yes
Occasionally
No
45.
What waste products do you primarily recycle?
46.
How did you first hear about this survey and our website?
Current Progress,
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