Sustainable Materials Management AMERIPEN 2016 Annual Meeting June 2, 2016 David Allaway | Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

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Sustainable Materials Management (SMM): A “Life Cycle” View 5

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Materials Management considers: Impacts across the full life cycle Actions across the full life cycle From “Waste Management” to “Materials Management” 7

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DEQ’s Life Cycle Analysis of Water Delivery 3 basic systems: 10

Sustainable Materials Management Example of Actions Across the Life Cycle: PET Water Bottles Normalized impact (baseline w/37% recycling = 100) 11

Sustainable Materials Management Example of Actions Across the Life Cycle: PET Water Bottles Normalized impact (baseline w/37% recycling = 100) 12

Sustainable Materials Management Example of Actions Across the Life Cycle: PET Water Bottles Normalized impact (baseline w/37% recycling = 100) 13

Sustainable Materials Management Example of Actions Across the Life Cycle: PET Water Bottles Normalized impact (baseline w/37% recycling = 100) 14

EPA’s Coffee Packaging Example Sustainable Materials Management Coffee Packaging (11.5 oz product) Recyclable postconsumer?Energy Consumption (MJ/11.5 oz.) CO2 eq Emissions (lbs/11.5 oz) MSW Waste Generated (lbs./ 100,000 oz. of product) Steel can – yes Plastic lid – no ,305 Plastic container – yes Plastic lid - no Flexible pouch - no

Sustainable Materials Management U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2006) Building Lighting and HVAC 25% Transportation of People 24% Infrastructure 1% Use of Appliances and Devices 8% Provision of Materials 42% Landfills & Wastewater 2.2% Freight 7.1% “Upstream” Processes 32.2% 16

Sustainable Materials Management The “Solid Waste” Management Hierarchy 17

Sustainable Materials Management 2006 U.S. GHG inventory with 32% recovery(MSW) 2006 U.S. GHG inventory with very high recovery rate (~95% MSW + >70% C&D) provision of materials provision of materials 36% “savings” The importance... and limitations... of waste recovery (recycling, composting) 42% 18

Sustainable Materials Management vision/BriefingPaperSustainableMaterials.pdf 19

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Sustainable Materials Management Prioritizing increases in waste recovery through recycling for specific materials (including plastics) “Outcome-based” recovery goals Continued focus on waste prevention True “upstream” work Sustainable Materials Management: Oregon DEQ Actions 21

Sustainable Materials Management Packaging in isolation Disposal reduction goals Sustainable Materials Management: Bandwagons Oregon Isn’t Jumping On 22

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