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1 Zero Waste Businesses Presented to GRRN Zero Waste Conference Oakland, CA, August 28, 2004 by Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates 4395 Gold Trail Way, Loomis, CA 95650 USA 916-652-7850, gary@garyliss.comgary@garyliss.com www.garyliss.com
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2 Zero Waste Business Goal www.GRRN.org Divert >90% of Waste from Landfill
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3 ZERO WASTE BUSINESSES www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/companies_zw.html Amdahl Corp. Battery Council International Brewers of Ontario Collins & Aikman Epson (OR) Fetzer Vineyards Hewlett-Packard (Roseville, CA) Interface Mad River Brewery Namibian Breweries (South Africa) Pillsbury Xerox Corp Zanker Road
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4 More ZW Businesses Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield, CA Apple Computer, Elk Grove, CA Frankie’s Bohemian Café, SF Greens Restaurant, SF Larry’s Markets, Bellevue, WA NUMMI, Fremont, CA New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins, CO Playa Vista, LA, CA Regale, Napa, CA San Diego Wild Animal Park Scoma’s Restaurant, SF Vons-Safeway, So. CA Yost Printer, Monrovia, CA
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Do You Know Other Businesses that Divert More than 90% of their Waste? GRRN is looking for more case studies to include on their website. Please contact Gary Liss at 916-652- 7850 or gary@garyliss.com with suggestions
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6 ZW Business Principles www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/ Divert >90% from Landfill and Incineration Highest and Best Use Economic Incentives (e.g., leases) Takeback products & packaging Prevent Waste, Reuse & Repair
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7 ZW Business Principles www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/ Dedicated to the Triple Bottom Line Buy reused, recycled & compost Products Sold Not Wasteful or Toxic Use Non-toxic Production & Reuse Use Precautionary Principle
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Why would a business DO this?* Reducing Waste Saves Money $$$ Trash service is expensive! Trash takes up valuable ‘real estate’ Wasted resources can be a commodity Reducing Waste is “Right Thing To Do” EMS Corporate Policies may require this Businesses gain political capital with investment and community groups by being “good” citizens * Margaret Bruce, Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, Presentation to CRRA Annual Conference, Oakland, CA, July 16, 2002
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ZW Business Activities Membership in ZW Network Recognition and Awards Listing on GRRN+ websites Global Reporting Training & Certification Socially Responsible Investors
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GRRN Website Plans ZW Business Principles Zero Heroes Zero Leaders Zero Models ZW Business Tools Help for Businesses for ZW Community Challenges for ZW Biz Accountability & Sustainability
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ZW Business Training Plans Train & Certify Consultants Ask Businesses to Adopt ZW Goal Ask Businesses to use Certified Consultants to develop ZW Plans Ask Socially Responsible Investors to evaluate ZW performance of companies in their portfolios
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Sustainable Business Council CA Businesses and Organizations Working for Sustainability Share Information and Sustainable Business Networks ID or Offer Services to Help sustainablebusiness- subscribe@yahoogroups.com sustainablebusiness- subscribe@yahoogroups.com www.CalSustainableBiz.com
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HEWLETT-PACKARD Roseville, CA 9,000 Employees 87-94% Waste Diversion Avoided Disposal Costs: $870,564 Recycle Cardboard, Metal, Foam, Peanuts, LDPE, Instapak, PRS Reuse and Recycle Pallets
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Mad River Brewing Company Blue Lake, CA 34 Employees, 15,000 sq. ft. 98% Waste Diversion Less than two 90gal. Trash Cans/Week Total Savings/Year: $35,654 Recycle Scrap, Metals, Glass, Office Paper, Plastics, Pallets, and C&D Spent Grain & Hops = Animal Feed & Composted
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Playa Vista Los Angeles, CA Demolished eleven buildings Refurbished eleven historic structures 92% Recycled 60,000 tons of concrete and asphalt 9,914 tons of scrap metal 9,000 tons of green waste mulched 4,826 tons of mixed material /wood Required by Land Use Permit Condition
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Playa Vista Los Angeles, CA Construction (1600 Res. Units; 425,000 sf office bldg.) All builders have two bins at all times: Source separated & co-mingled recycling 2001 Diversion rates: Clean Aggregate 100%; Mixed Aggregate 96%; Mixed Construction 86%; Mixed Debris 17%; Gypsum 100%; Green Waste (site clearance) 99%; Metal 99%; Wood 100%
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BREWERS OF ONTARIO Province of Ontario, Canada Serve 12 million people 6,000 employees US$1.4 billion Sales 32 Breweries in System (worldwide) 429 Retail Stores 16,000Licensed Locations
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BREWERS OF ONTARIO Province of Ontario, Canada 99% Bottle Takebacks (15-20x) 97.6% All Packaging Diverted 80% Refillables ($.10 Deposit) Reduced Disposal 89% Recover Aluminum Cans, PET Containers, Plastic Bags, Stretch Wrap, Plastic Rings, Office Paper, Computer Paper, Corrugated, Steel (caps)
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ZERI Brewery Project Namibia (southern Africa) Good Beer, No Chemicals, No Pollution, More Sales and More Jobs Produces 7x more Food, Fuel & Fertilizer, 4x as many jobs & 12 more Products, Compared to Conventional Beer Producer Fully Integrated BioSystem 40 Different BioChemical Processes Reuse Everything (heat, H20, wastes, CO2)
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ZERI Brewery Project Namibia (southern Africa) Grow Mushrooms on Spent Grain Chickens Eat Worms in Grain Digester for Mushroom, Chicken Feed & Chicken Wastes Generates Methane Gas for Steam for Fermentation
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ZERI Brewery Project Namibia (southern Africa) Alkaline Water (normally needs chemicals to treat) goes into: Fish Ponds (8 Different Types of Fish Sold) Spiruline Algae (70% Protein helps on Child Malnutrition)
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EPSON Portland Inc.. Site Location 2 major buildings Total square feet 392,000 Phase 1 (sub-assembly) Phase 2 (ink cartridge) Phase 3 (main assembly & warehouse)
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Achieved zero solid waste to landfill March 2000. EPSON Portland Inc.
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Solid Waste: Averaging 90% diversion rate (Reuse and Recycling) Averaging 10% garbage waste (Waste- to-Energy) FY 2000 36 % Reduction in total waste at EPI
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