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Zero Waste Employee “Total Participation” Training
Stephanie Barger, Executive DirectorEarth Resource Foundation
www.earthresource.orgCopywrite – Trademark 2009
ReduceReuse
Recycle = Zero Waste
GOING BEYOND RECYCLING
Provide Incentives Before Ban or Mandate
Eliminate Waste by Designing Out of Products and Processes
Foster Sustainable and Green Businesses
Retailers Take Back Difficult to Recycle Materials
Resource Recovery Park
Producer Responsibility
Expand City Outreach & Technical Assistance and Lead by Example
Jobs from Design & Discards
© Copyright Eco-Cycle, 2004 with text modifications by permission.www.ecocycle.org/zerowaste/zwsystem
Empowered Consumer
The Zero Waste EconomyDesigning a Full-Cycle system – Upstream and Downstream
Ricoh’s “Recipe for Success”
= Total Participation= Total Participation
•Objectives•Leadership•Benchmarking•Organization•Project plan
•Training & Promotion•Use of 5R Concept•Verification•Continuous Improvement
Identify Waste
Waste ProfilingRecipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept
Partnership With SuppliersGreen Procurement
RETURN REUSERECYCLE
REFUSE REDUCE
Recipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept
Reduce total cost within Supply Chain
REDESIGN RESPECT
Zero Waste Businesses are Leading the Way (>90% Waste
Diversion) Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield, CA Apple Computer, Elk Grove, CA Del Mar Fairgrounds* Epson (OR) Fetzer Vineyards* Frankie’s Bohemian Café, SF Greens Restaurant, SF Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA* Kean Coffee* NUMMI, Fremont, CA Pillsbury
Point Loma University* Ricoh Electronics, Inc* San Diego Wild Animal Park Scoma’s Restaurant, SF Sierra Nevada Brewery Strauss Family Farms* Toyota* Vons-Safeway* Xerox Corp Yost Printer, Monrovia, CA
* Presented at ERF Zero in on Zero Waste Business Conference
Source: www.grrn.org
5R – Reduce Activity Supported by our Suppliers & Customers
REDUCE Reduce Unnecessary Packaging Material
Packaging cost Packaging time Freight cost
Reduction of:
Labor time for switching cans and cleaning leftover chemicals
Water usage Packaging material cost
Reduction of:
6 individual cases wereput into a master carton…
Chemical came inmany small cans…
…now in drums =
…no moremaster carton =
Packaging Optimization- Joint Effort
Healthy Farm & Production PracticesThese are other practices of ours, though they are not necessarily required by organic regulations we have always operated this way
Pasture-based Feeding
Balanced Diet
Milking 3x A Day (vs. 2x)
Pasteurized, Not Raw
Not Homogenized
Kosher
Returnable Glass & Recyclable Plastic
The Straus Difference
Habitat for Humanity Services Remodeling or Rebuilding Deconstruction Services ReStore
There is a better way!
What can be recycled or donated? Hotel Supplies and Equipment
Renovation and Remodeling all furnishings, accessories and
carpeting De-construction, building &
plumbing supplies Outdated amenities, china &
glassware Linen and Mattresses Uniforms Office supplies
PaperPaperUsageUsage
ReductionReductionNSS 10 cartons a monthNSS 10 cartons a month
Over Over $2,600$2,600 in savings! in savings!
Toner saved Toner saved $3,100$3,100
Paper Usage (Cartons)
CBO/MBO CBO/MBO
Central Central
HS HS
-50
50
150
250
350
450
550
650
CBO/MBO 235 225
Central 184 190
HS 21 36.5
NSS 582 459
FY09 FY10
Truck Trips ReducedTruck Trips ReducedTrash Pickup:
Reduced by 2 times per week
Recycling Pickup:Increase 1 time every other week
Office Max:Reduced by 3 times per week
Shredding:Reduced by two companies (two trucks)
Benchmarking Waste Levels
Orangewood Total SavingsOrangewood Total Savings
Reduction of paper and toner = $ 5,700.
Waste Bills = $ 5,796.
Shredding Bills = $ 3,560.
Data Center = $255,500.
Re-evaluation of pricing plan = $ 27,000.
Stephanie Barger, Executive DirectorEarth Resource Foundation
949-645-5163
