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Preface <br /> SB 14 enables businesses to document their source reduction planning activities. The <br /> foundationbehind SB14 is the beliefthat generators will voluntarily cavy outfeasible <br /> source reduction procedures that save the company money. SB14 does not require <br /> businesses to cavy out actual procedures that are not technically and economically <br /> feasible.Experience has shown that an effective source reduction planning program <br /> must involve everyone in the company from top management leadership to the daily <br /> operations of the plant personnel. <br /> Sometimes companies hire a consultant to conduct their sourcereduction audit and <br /> prepare the required SB 14 documentation. This approach reduces the opportunity <br /> for the participation ofplant personnel,those who ultimately will be working with the <br /> selected source reduction procedures. A better approach involves the plant personnel <br /> in developing the best source reduction method for their area of the plant and <br /> ultimately benefiting from the actual procedures. The role of a consultant would be <br /> to help this employee-based evaluation. This path follows the proverb,"If you give <br /> a man a fish,you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish,you feed him for a <br /> lifetime." <br /> • Effective source reduction audits involve the same tools and strategies used to <br /> continuously improvebusiness products and services.Quality-basedsourcereduction <br /> planning provides an opportunity to eliminate a production defect, remove a <br /> manufacturing inefficiency, or improve a product. Intimately involving more <br /> company employees in planning ingrains more of the resulting source reduction <br /> ethics into the corporate culture. This will ensure not only the selection of appropriate <br /> procedures, but their continued improvement and most important, an ongoing <br /> company-wide source reduction approach to business operations. <br /> • <br />