RecycleMatch Webinar - How to Manage Your Commercial Waste as a Product

How to Manage Your Company’s

Waste Like a Product Presented by Brooke Betts Farrell

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Today’s Format

Fast, High Level Overview• Respect for time - 20 Minute format

• Variety of businesses represented here

Questions / Comments• During presentation, use chat feature

• Q&A Session, use chat &/or raise hand to be

called on

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Agenda

Introduction

Background – Commercial Waste in US

Paradigm Shift – it’s a Resource

How to Manage Your Waste like a Product

Short Q&A

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RecycleMatch

Online marketplace

connecting companies

that have waste with

companies that can use

the materials.

We work with:

– Waste generators to reduce

cost & maximize value

– Buyers to find new sources

– Affiliates and consultants

Started July 2009

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About Us




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Global Problem:

Businesses Are Trashing Resources



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214 Million Tons / Year

8.4 Million Truckloads / Year

*Based on EPA 2007 Estimates




Paradigm Shift

It’s NOT Trash

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It STILL has VALUE




Paradigm Shift Applies to BusinessCase Study - IBM

(-$1M/year)

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$3 Million / Year Impact

Off-spec unusable Silicon Wafers

+$2M/year

Input for Solar Panels




Rubber 150,000 lbs per month

Sample of Material Types

Building

Materials15 truckloads per month

Metals 200 lbs per month

Chemicals 500 gallons one time event

Organics 90,000 lbs per week

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How Do You Do This?

1. Set realistic expectations

2. Analyze your waste streams

3. Determine if there is a market

4. Manage it like a product

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1. Set realistic expectations

– May be only cost savings, not revenue generated

– Will require some work

– May require some additional equipment or space allocation

– Main value may be improving / protecting your brand

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Equipment photos courtesy

of SP Industries




2. Analyze your waste streams

– Walk out to dumpster / go through bills

– Look for the one or two predominant materials

– Look on your warehouse shelves for hidden waste

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– Contact recyclers

– Contact companies who may be able to use it

– Work with consultants or government agencies

– Use service like RecycleMatch

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3. Determine if there is a Market




4. Manage it like a Product

– Sort it

– De-

manufacture it

– Prep it

– Package it

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4. Manage it like a Product

– Protect it.

It’s valuable

– Train

people.

It is no

longer trash

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Don’t waste your company’s resources

You can shift thinking at your company

Manage your company’s waste like a

product

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