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 USA ,

2 Zero Waste Business Goal  Divert >90% of Waste from Landfill

3 ZERO WASTE BUSINESSES  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

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

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 or with suggestions

6 ZW Business Principles  Divert >90% from Landfill and Incineration  Highest and Best Use  Economic Incentives (e.g., leases)  Takeback products & packaging  Prevent Waste, Reuse & Repair

7 ZW Business Principles  Dedicated to the Triple Bottom Line  Buy reused, recycled & compost  Products Sold Not Wasteful or Toxic  Use Non-toxic Production & Reuse  Use Precautionary Principle

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

ZW Business Activities  Membership in ZW Network  Recognition and Awards  Listing on GRRN+ websites  Global Reporting  Training & Certification  Socially Responsible Investors

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

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

Sustainable Business Council  CA Businesses and Organizations Working for Sustainability  Share Information and Sustainable Business Networks  ID or Offer Services to Help  sustainablebusiness- sustainablebusiness- 

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

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

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

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%

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

Achieved zero solid waste to landfill March EPSON Portland Inc.

 Solid Waste:  Averaging 90% diversion rate (Reuse and Recycling)  Averaging 10% garbage waste (Waste- to-Energy)  FY % Reduction in total waste at EPI