What is BS EN 12940 – Footwear waste management about?
BS EN 12940 is an International Standard that focuses on footwear manufacturing wastes.
BS EN 12940 gives the best guidance about waste classification and management.
BS EN 12940 specifies the process steps which are involved in the generation of the waste from footwear manufacture and the usual waste management practices.
BS EN 12940 also establishes a European list of the usual wastes generated during the footwear manufacturing process.
BS EN 12940 is applied to one specific product, a specific group of products, one specific production technology within the factory or to the whole production of a company.
Who is BS EN 12940 - Footwear waste management for?
BS EN 12940 on footwear waste management is useful for:
- Footwear manufacturing industries
- Leather and footwear waste management industries
- The professional workers who are involved in waste management
Why should you use BS EN 12940 - Footwear waste management?
Waste disposal is increasingly regulated within the European Union. At the same time, waste management costs are increasing. The footwear industry also needs some guidance regarding waste management.
BS EN 12940 incorporates such a tool, designed specifically for the footwear industry.
BS EN 12940 helps you to improve the waste management, the footwear manufacturer should perform the following tasks:
- Reduce the quantity of waste
- Reuse the waste
- Recycle the waste
- Incinerate and recover energy from the waste
- Treat the waste
Thus, BS EN 12940 gives the users guidelines to better anticipate future regulations and deal with them effectively and a tool to estimate the effectiveness of waste management.