Non-hazardous Waste Avoided (PI8177)

This metric is intended to capture non-hazardous waste avoided as a result of substituting recycled materials in the organization's products and services. Organizations should report the total amount of non-hazardous waste avoided for all products and services delivered or developed during the reporting period.

Organizations that offer recycling services should report non-hazardous waste avoided as a result of the organization's delivery of non-hazardous waste recycling services.

In some contexts, this metric can serve as an indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.