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The WFAA operates through a Steering Group and a Secretariat.
The Steering Group comprises up to six of the member companies appointed
by the members. The Steering Group meets on a quarterly basis to
discuss Association business, arrange technical events for the members
and put forward recommendations for discussion at the member meetings.
The Association is administered by a full time Secretariat. The
Secretariat is responsible for the Association finances, day-to-day
administration, maintaining a database of waste facilities and audit
reports, managing the Association's audit & training programmes
on behalf of the membership liaising with the WFAA's legal advisors
and service contractors.
WFAA membership currently comprises some thirty UK, European and
International companies.
Member meetings are held every quarter and as well as covering
formal Association business also usually include a presentation
by one of the member companies or an external guest speaker on a
subject of interest to the members. In addition one meeting per
year is held over two days to include technical presentations by
guest speakers, member organisations and regulatory organisations
on topics of interest to the members. These two-day sessions are
particularly important to those organisations that are based overseas
where the cost of travel cannot be justified for some of the half-day
member meetings.
The members of the Association commission audits of waste facilities
that they commonly use in the UK and mainland Europe through international
environmental consultants. The Association operates four audit programmes.
These are:
Three
year UK core audit programme
The WFAA's UK core audit programme operates over a three year time
period (current programme 2004-2006). The programme covers the audit
of some 30 major UK waste management facilities. Each participating
member receives all thirty-audit reports over a three-year period
(approximately 10 audit reports per year) at a cost of £1600
per year per member giving a cost per audit report of £160.
The programme is an ongoing process and each year the members agree
those facilities to be included in the next years programme in order
to make any adjustments needed as a result of changing priorities.
Three
year European core audit programme
The European core audit programme operates along the same lines
as the UK programme but addresses waste management facilities that
the members want audited in mainland Europe.
Details of the European programme are in the process of being agreed
with the members and details are expected to be available over the
next few months.
Annual
audit nomination process
The WFAA audit nomination programme is undertaken once per year
and involves each member submitting details to the Secretary of
UK and mainland Europe waste sites that they would like see audited
by the WFAA over the next 12 months. The Secretary consolidates
these nominations to establish the levels of commonality between
the members for each audit. These are then reviewed by the WFAA
Steering Group in order to establish the costs associated with undertaking
the audits. The results are then communicated to the members to
give their commitment or otherwise to proceed with the audits.
Where waste sites do not have more than one member expressing an
interest in the audit then that member may sole sponsor the audit
at a current cost of £2,900. Should other members decide to
buy into the audit before the issue of the audit report then the
cost per member is reduced proportionally.
Ad
hoc audit commissions
Members may commission audits at any time during the year as sole
sponsors at a cost of £2,900 per audit.
The cost of the audit is fixed at £2,900 (excluding local
taxes). Details of the audit are also circulated to other WAA members
in order to establish if there is any other interest. Should other
members decide to buy into the audit before the issue of the audit
report then the cost per member is reduced proportionally.
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