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

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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

ReductionReduction

NSS 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

HSHS

-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

www.earthresource.orgStephanie.barger@earthresource.org

949-645-5163