waste minimisation

Question 1

what is waste minimisation?

Answer 1

• the reduction of unwanted/unusable resources produced in an attempt to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Question 2

explain the waste minimisation strategy reduce.

Answer 2

this is minimising the amount of waste generated by the operations systems. so it means buying the minimum inputs needed and converting the materials into outputs wherever possible as well as buy resources that comes with minimum packaging
e.g. reduce amount of employees if there is more labour than demand

Question 3

explain the waste minimisation strategy reuse.

Answer 3

taking inputs that have already been processed and putting them back into production again. this means using waste from one process as an input for a different process
e.g. cafes use reusable cups rather than disposable ones for dine-in customers

Question 4

explain the waste minimisation strategy recycle.

Answer 4

processing waste products itno new generic inputs to avoid using more raw materials, this could mean crushing and melting materials made form metal, plastic.
e.g. dominos recycles the cardboard from their boxes

Question 5

what are the benefits of waste minimisation?

Answer 5

it cuts costs and increases efficiency because:
Waste removal costs money and all inputs costs money.