scope:

This document specifies the process steps which are involved in the generation of the waste from footwear manufacture and the usual waste management practices. It also establishes a European list of the usual wastes generated during the footwear manufacturing process. It can be applied to one specific product, a specific group of products, one specific production technology within the factory or to the whole production of a company. The tool used to evaluate the effectiveness of the waste management is: - established directly from the production process or waste generated, - calculated for a specific product, a specific group of products or a specific production technology which shall be defined or the whole production of the company.