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Figure 7: Office equipment.

Office equipment is properly shut down when not in Waste Minimization
use. Cooling towers are cleaned weekly; compressors
are refilled with a cooling water supply. Good to check Waste Management, Raw Material, and Product Storage
on any refrigerant leakage from the compressors and The company has a standard operating procedure for
freezers and, if there are, record. the reduction of waste from the over-ordering of certain
materials. The waste from fish parts (bone/scale/gut/
Seven-day timers will be put on some equipment, e.g. head – Figure 8), cartons, plastic wraps and packaging
water coolers, shredders, and printers, to be powered bags are properly recycled and disposed of. They have
down during non-office hours. Place signage to remind engaged a registered waste collection contractor.
staff to switch off the power before leaving the office.
Most freezers are functioning, but some, as they are old, A waste minimization/reduction program with clearly
have thermostats are fluctuating below -18°C, refer to defined objectives and goals will ensure that batches of
the next section. No standby generator during a power contaminated raw materials and products are correctly
outage; refer to the next section. disposed of and recorded.

Figure 8: Fish bones and fish scales as raw materials.

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