APTIM chooses Locus EHS software to transform a $2.4 million/year waste disposal program for a large national retailer.

APTIM is a top ten environmental management firm tackling sustainability and resilience challenges for energy, waste, water, and other resources. The company provides integrated services and solutions to government agencies, commercial, industrial, and energy customers with complex and ambitious environmental objectives. By pairing its consultants with industry-leading technologies, APTIM delivers customized, cutting-edge solutions to each of its clients. Case in point: a national retail chain experienced recurring challenges with its waste program and engaged APTIM to identify and resolve the root causes.

Challenge

The environmental, health, and safety (EHS) department for a large, national retail chain had been self-managing the logistics, tracking, and reporting related to waste disposal for 850 stores in the US. The in-house team managed the relationships with waste haulers, scheduled and verified pickups, and responded to unforeseen waste overages at different stores. The retailer’s processes could not scale to the quantity of locations and variables, nor did their system provide reliable insights to respond to issues or optimize operations.

• Dispersed stakeholders and disconnected data sources: The retailer’s waste program spans 850 locations and involves input from store managers, waste haulers, TSDF vendors, and EHS staff at the home office. There was no central database to manage the program or to store the quantitative and qualitative information collected…

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