Green Practices Guideline for Forest Operation

Scheduled Waste: Scheduled waste is any waste that has hazardous characteristics that have the potential to negatively impact the public and the environment. A total of 77 types of scheduled waste are listed under the First Schedule, Environmental Quality (Scheduled Waste) Regulations 2005, and the management of such waste shall be in accordance with the provisions under the above Regulations. Waste loss: Any leakage/spills along the waste stream before or after treatment process. 2.2. CONCEPT Not applicable. 2.3. UNIT OF MEASURE Percentage (%) of recycling of hazardous waste within the organisation. 3. METHODOLOGY 3.1 DATA SOURCES Validation/certification/recognition: Refers to documents issued by third party that confirms performance and achievement in meeting certain standard or criteria. Monitoring records: Refers to documents/records used as evidence and primary data for the purpose of calculating the intended goals and targets. Examples of records that can be referred to are record of wastes generated, recycled, reused, repurposed, disposed. Example of continuous quality improvement (CQI) evidence including positive outcome to cost saving; OR profit generation; OR reduce environmental impact. Relevant contract agreements: Documents referred to as evidence for indicating mutual obligations between the parties. Examples are agreement made by the organisation with the intention to manage hazardous waste in a sustainable manner. Purchasing records and documents: Documents that serve as evidence of the organisation acquiring services or/and products/ system. Installation/maintenance records: Documents that serve as evidence for installation and maintenance of technologies in the organisation. Other initiatives including minimising the feed to avoid over generation of hazardous waste. 3.2 DATA COLLECTION METHOD Observations: Observations are made during the site visit to understand the actual case scenario of the green initiative implementation within the boundaries of the organisation. Interviews: Interviews with respondent carried out to acquire insight of the processes/activities involved within the boundaries of the organisation. Questionnaires/surveys: A set of questions designed for respondent to acquire insight of the processes/activities involved within the boundaries of the organisation. Documents reviews: Documents reviewed during the site visit to support the observation. Evidence: 1. Initiative proposal: Business or project planning with budget allocation. 2. Evidence of initiatives: • Dedicated space/storage of scheduled waste; valid licence from regulatory body (special management) permit; purchasing record, or installation record; maintenance record; transportation record (e.g., no trips/ schedule to transport the waste to dedicated disposal/ recycling premise) presence of initiative/unit/facility/ equipment/system being validated. • Policy in place, documented (e.g., minutes of meeting/ policy document/annual budget approval) and disseminated. 83 GREEN PRACTICES GUIDELINE FOR FOREST OPERATION