Waste management companies mostly focus on waste collection of other companies for recycling, incineration and landfill. In this interview Ruud Hageman of Milgo B.V. in the Netherlands, explains how a company can regard its waste. Milgro helps companies to control and manage their waste as an untapped resource.

Main takeaways

• Waste can be regarded as an unmanaged resource without any knowledge or control.
• By measuring waste, it can be controlled and managed for prevention, re-use or recycling.
• The first step in handling waste is to come in control of waste.
• To collect waste the collection structure has to be flexible, should motivate the right behaviour, and should enhance the companies’ identity.