Waste Plus
Waste is the Ministry of Forests’ application for assessing logging waste left in harvested areas. Licensees submit waste survey data, which ministry staff use to approve or reject surveys, calculate benchmarks, and issue invoices. The system links to the Harvest Billing System (HBS), iFORWASTE and EforwasteBC, the Electronic Submission Framework (ESF), and the Harvest Residue Compiler (HRC).
Team Alliance is transforming Waste because users report it:
- Doesn’t have the reporting capabilities they need
- Struggles with legislative changes
- Requires manual workarounds, and
- Is unable to store compiled survey volumes, reducing functionality and slowing processing
Once launched, the transformed application will be called Waste Plus and incorporate Waste, iFORWASTE, EforwasteBC and HRC.
Waste Plus is early in its development. Team Alliance is currently designing a dashboard to allow licensees to log in and view the status of their waste submissions. The dashboard will also have better tools for searching and accessing submission information.
Designs are being tested with users, and feedback is being incorporated to create an intuitive user experience. The first iteration of Waste Plus was released in 2026. It introduced a search feature that enables users to find their submissions fast. Results link to records in Waste, allowing users to move between the systems easily. Further iterations expanding the functionality of Waste Plus are coming in 2027.
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