For sustainability, facilities and procurement teams
If your company reports on waste, you need tons by site and by stream, and the records behind them. For the commercial dumpsters, compactors and balers we arrange, ask and we assemble that data from the hauler and facility tickets, across every site and market on your agreement.
Waste summary
Behind every figure: scale tickets and facility receipts
Your account executive
Keith Bonneau
Account Executive, commercial dumpsters and compactors
Talk to Keith about the waste data your report needs, which sites it covers and how each site is measured.
What we can provide
Six things you can ask for. Most of it comes from records that already exist for every pickup. Your team decides what goes into the report you publish.
Sample report
A sample layout with the fields only. A real report is filled from the tickets for your sites, and only with fields the local hauler and facility can support.
Sample layout
Waste by site and stream
Reporting period
| Stream | Pickups | Tons | Where it went | Weight basis | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trash | Landfill or waste-to-energy | Weighed or estimated | Ticket or receipt | ||
| Cardboard | Recycler | Weighed or estimated | Ticket or receipt | ||
| Mixed recycling | Recycling facility | Weighed or estimated | Ticket or receipt | ||
| Organics | Compost or digester | Weighed or estimated | Ticket or receipt |
How weight is measured
A compactor receiver or a roll-off is hauled by itself, so its load is weighed at the facility and gets its own scale ticket. Scale tickets decide tonnage.
A front-load truck often empties many containers on one route before it is weighed, so one site's share of that load may not have its own ticket. For those sites, the tons may have to be estimated from the container size and the pickups.
Ask how each of your sites will be measured before service starts, and have the report say whether each figure is weighed or estimated.
Send Keith your site list and the period you report on. He will tell you what each site can include before service starts.
Frameworks
In general terms, what each framework asks about waste and what you can ask us for. Check the current version of the framework you report under.
| Framework | What it asks about waste | What you can ask us for |
|---|---|---|
| GRI 306: Waste 2020 | Waste generated, waste diverted from disposal and waste directed to disposal, in metric tons and by composition1 | Tons by stream, split into diverted, landfilled and waste-to-energy, by site |
| SASB Standards | Industry based metrics for 77 industries, now maintained by the ISSB. Whether waste is one depends on your industry2 | The tons and rates your industry's metric asks for, where the records support them |
| IFRS S2 and TCFD | Climate related risks and opportunities, including greenhouse gas emissions. IFRS S2 builds on the TCFD recommendations3 | Tons and haul activity you can use in your emissions work, and an estimate on request |
| GHG Protocol Scope 3 | Category 5 is waste generated in operations4 | Tons by stream and where each went, the inputs that category is usually estimated from |
| CDP | One integrated questionnaire covering several environmental issues since 20245 | Tons by stream and the diversion rate for any answer that touches waste |
| UN SDG 12.5 | By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse6 | Tons recycled and the diversion rate, period over period |
This is data you can use when completing these frameworks. We do not certify, audit or assure reports, we do not claim a report meets any framework, and we do not file anything for you.
How it works
The records build up as service runs. You ask when you need them.
We source local providers for each site, and confirm what each one can report and how it is weighed.
Every haul leaves a record with the hauler and the facility: a scale ticket, a weight record or a receipt.
Ask, and we assemble tons by stream, tons diverted, tons landfilled and the rate, by site and across sites.
Your team puts the data into your own ESG or sustainability report, with the tickets behind it.
What to ask for
Put this list in your request. Availability is confirmed site by site when you set up service, because it depends on what each local hauler and facility records.
Starting from scratch? Our waste audit template shows what each site throws away today, and the diversion rate calculator turns tons into a rate.
Common questions
Yes, for the commercial dumpsters, compactors and balers we arrange. Ask, and we assemble the data from the hauler and facility tickets: tons by stream, tons diverted, tons landfilled and the rate, by site. What each site can include is confirmed when you set up service.
From the records for each pickup: scale tickets, weight records and facility receipts. Scale tickets decide tonnage.
Not always on their own. A front-load truck often empties many containers on one route before it is weighed, so a site's tons may be estimated. Ask how each site will be measured, and have the report say whether each figure is weighed or estimated.
Yes. Every site is on one agreement and one invoice, and the data can be assembled site by site and for all sites together.
No. We supply the data and the records behind it. We do not certify, audit or assure reports, and we do not file them. Your team, and any assurance provider you use, decide how the data is used.
It is data you can use when completing GRI 306, SASB industry metrics, IFRS S2 or TCFD climate disclosures, CDP and UN SDG reporting. We do not claim a report meets any framework.
Under GRI 306, incineration with energy recovery is reported as disposal, not as diversion. We list waste-to-energy tons on their own line where the facility reports them.
Ask Keith. Any figure would be an estimate based on your tons and haul activity, for your own Scope 3 work, not a measured or verified number.
Keith Bonneau is our account executive for commercial dumpsters and compactors. Call him at (978) 612-6647 or email k.bonneau@detritus.us.
Local providers do the hauling, we hold the agreement and send one invoice, and the tickets are there when your report is due.
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