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WasteWise Participant Status Definition Guide
WasteWise partners and endorsers are grouped under different participant-statuses based upon their length or level of involvement in WasteWise. Below is a description of each participant-status.
Registrant
- These are organizations have joined WasteWise but have not submitted their baseline data or established first-year goals.
- Participants automatically become a Registrant when they submit their Participation Agreement via the SMM Data Management System.
- Organizations with this status will appear on the WasteWise website.
New Participant
- These are organizations that have submitted their baseline data and established a first year goal but have not yet reached the deadline for submitting their first set of annual data.
- The organization name of participants with this status will appear on the WasteWise website.
Active Participant
- These are organizations that have submitted their baseline data, annual data, and established annual goals, and all data have been approved.
- Organizations with this status will appear on the WasteWise website.
Organizations that do not meet WasteWise requirements are considered "Inactive" and are not listed on the WasteWise website.