What is WasteSmart?

WasteSmart equips employees with the knowledge and skills to consider resources and waste in everything they do. It's quick, accessible and easy to digest, turning learning into direct workplace action.

Whether you're training a whole workforce or individuals who manage resources and waste as part of their wider role, WasteSmart delivers real impact.

WasteSmart helps your organisation:

  • Improve resources and waste management
  • Prevent waste at source
  • Comply with waste regulations
  • Demonstrate commitment to environmental performance
  • Save money

Participants gain:

  • A clear understanding of why improving resource and waste management matters
  • Knowledge of key regulations and responsibilities for those managing waste
  • An understanding of how resource management can be improved through reducing waste in the workplace
  • An understanding of the Waste Hierarchy and how to apply it
    The skills to identify and implement workplace improvements

For those ready to deepen their expertise, WasteSmart Plus offers advanced learning opportunities.



WasteSmart Courses

There are two WasteSmart courses to choose from, as well as an upgrade model for those who have already completed WasteSmart and want to learn more.

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WasteSmart

Designed for hands-on people who make frontline, minute-by-minute decisions that affect cost, wastage or compliance.

WasteSmart is a 5-hour course, which covers:

  • Waste as a resource
  • The environmental impact of waste
  • The costs of managing waste
  • Understanding and applying the Waste Hierarchy
  • Legislation and ensuring compliance

WasteSmart Plus

For people who manage or implement change by setting the direction, procedures and culture for sustainable resource use in their organisation.

WasteSmart Plus is a one-day course that covers the above WasteSmart modules plus the following additional modules:

  • How to identify opportunities to reduce waste in the workplace
  • Managing resources and waste in the workplace
  • How to demonstrate improvements

Upgrade to WasteSmart Plus

The upgrade pathway lets you progress to WasteSmart Plus without repeating the full course. Rather than covering the core WasteSmart modules in their entirety, the upgrade includes a condensed refresher of those modules alongside an update on any changes in legislation, before moving on to the three additional WasteSmart Plus modules. It is a shorter route to the WasteSmart Plus qualification, designed for those whose foundational knowledge is already in place.



WasteSmart Centres

Find your local WasteSmart centre

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Become a WasteSmart Centre

Join our network of approved centres

BECOME A CENTRE

Become a Qualification Centre

Find out how you can register to deliver CIWM (WAMITAB) Qualifications

BECOME A CENTRE

Ready to get started?

Contact our training team to find out more about WasteSmart courses or discuss becoming a WasteSmart Centre. Contact us at training@ciwm.co.uk or call 01604 620426.