Together to a world free of waste- will you join us?
Zero Waste starts with reducing waste. Less waste means materials stay in use longer and fewer new raw materials are needed. This is in line with our vision: waste is a raw material that has lost its way.
For your organization, Zero Waste means:
- Reduce costs by using materials longer: Less waste means lower costs for processing as well as less purchase of new materials.
- Ecological gain through waste reduction: By reducing waste, less waste is burned. This reduces CO2 emissions and ensures that raw materials remain longer in the chain. Moreover, a Zero Waste approach helps you comply with legislation such as the CSRD, which focuses on transparency about waste streams and sustainable use of raw materials.
Join your colleagues in the #zerowastechallenge
Work together with your colleagues: collect, weigh and analyze the waste released at your company site. Practical, fun and effective.
Read along with our liveblog
From setting the right KPIs to getting rid of residual waste bins in the office-we share real-world examples, insights from our partners and tools you can deploy.
Get more out of your waste with the Zero Waste Workshop
Milgro offers a customized workshop to update you and your colleagues on circular thinking, the value of raw materials and the challenges of waste management. Not only useful for your operations, but also a fun time of team building.
During this session, our colleagues will tell you all about the origin, composition and processing methods of materials. With practical tips, you will discover together how you can reduce-and ultimately prevent-waste streams.
"The wash lab at Milgro has given us very concrete insights into what our residual waste consists of and where there are opportunities to separate waste more and possibly reduce it."
Sonja Jouvenaar-Robbemond, Facility Manager, HTM Passenger Transport
Reduce waste? Start with insight
Zero Waste starts with making your waste streams visible. Because only when you know what is released can you prevent waste in a targeted way.
With the Waste scan Milgro maps your waste streams. We collect the data and deliver a detailed report that shows you exactly:
- Which waste streams are released
- How large each waste stream is
- What the costs per waste stream are
- What the CO2 impact per waste stream is
The answers to these questions reveal where you can improve. Think of less waste, streams you can separate differently and lower costs. In this way you will discover which steps are necessary to turn your waste streams into a circular process.
More tools and handles
Urgency
Every year, Earth Overshoot Day falls a little earlier. This means that we consume more resources than the earth can replenish in one year. To put that in perspective, in Belgium this year resources were already depleted on March 27 and in the Netherlands on May 5.
These figures show how important it is to handle raw materials differently. For companies, that starts with something very concrete: less waste.
A Zero Waste approach helps to reduce waste and keep materials in use longer. By reducing waste, you avoid unnecessary consumption of new raw materials.
At Milgro, Zero Waste Week goes beyond awareness. With our tools you give your organization concrete tools to actively contribute to that shift.