Transcript Gary Liss - Earth Resource Foundation

Zero Waste
A
Policy, Path, Direction
 A Target, Process, Way Of Thinking
 Recognizes 71 Tons “Upstream” For
Every Ton MSW
 From Waste Management To
Resource Management
 Redesigning Products and
Processes for Clean Production
 New Vision For A New Century
Zero Waste is about:
 Responsibility
 Smartness
 Stewardship
 Forward-thinking
 Competence
 Balanced
 Vision
Alternatives
 Ingenuity
 Efficiency
 New Thinking
 Prudence
 New Technologies
 Caring
 Planning Ahead
Definition of Zero Waste*
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Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and
visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable
natural cycles, where all discarded materials are
resources for others to use.
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Zero Waste means designing and managing products
and processes to reduce the volume and toxicity of
waste and materials, conserve and recover all
resources, and NOT BURN OR BURY THEM.
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Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges
to land, water or air that may be a threat to planetary,
human, animal or plant health.
* www.zwia.org/standards.html
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
= Zero Waste
Urban Environmental Accords
 From
World Environment Day in SF
2005 (www.wed2005.org)
 100 Largest Cities Asked to Adopt
 Zero Waste by 2040 is one of
Accords
Picture: Methane Earth
Credit: GISS, NASA
Zero Waste Communities
(www. ZWIA.org)
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Canberra, Australia
NZ – Entire Country
Over 50% of NZ
Cities
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Seattle, WA
Boulder County, CO
Summit County, CO
Central Vermont
Waste Mgt.District
New York City
(Citizens ZW Plan)
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Toronto, Ontario
Nelson, British Columbia (BC)
Regional Districts BC
 Kootenay Boundary
 Central Kootenay
 Nelson
 Cowichan Valley
 Sunshine Coast
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Smithers, BC
Nanaimo, BC
CA Zero Waste Communities
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CIWMB Strategic Plan
San Luis Obispo
County
Del Norte County
Burbank (informally)
San Bernardino
County Zero Waste
Communities
(informally)
SF Bay Area
 San Francisco
 Oakland
 Santa Cruz County
and all cities in Co.
 Berkeley
 Palo Alto
 Sonoma County LTF
Zero Waste Businesses are
Leading the Way (>90% Waste Diversion)
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Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield, CA
Apple Computer, Elk Grove, CA
Epson (OR)
Fetzer Vineyards
Frankie’s Bohemian Café, SF
Greens Restaurant, SF
Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA
Mad River Brewery
New Belgium Brewery, Fort
Collins, CO
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NUMMI, Fremont, CA
Pillsbury
Playa Vista, LA, CA
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Scoma’s Restaurant, SF
Vons-Safeway
Xerox Corp
Yost Printer, Monrovia, CA
Source: www.grrn.org/zerowaste/articles/companies_zw.html
Panel 1: Laws, Orders, and
Policies for Zero Waste
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Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates,
Moderator,
 Evan C. Henry, Bank of America,
“Incentives for Corporate Environmental
Responsibility”
 James Kaz Inouye, American Honda Motor
Co Inc., “It Just Makes ‘Cents’ to Reduce
Waste”
 John Picard, E2 Environmental
Enterprises, "Beyond Compliance:
Preventing Risks and Reducing Liabilities
through Zero Waste Programs"
Regulatory Compliance
 Laws,
Orders and Directives
 International
 National
 State
 Local and Regional
 Pending
Legislation and Future
Legislative Trends
Beyond Compliance
 Manage
Risks and Decrease
Liabilities
 Avoid Penalties and Benefit from
Incentives
 Marketing Edge (“Green” Business)
 Pressure from Shareholders
 Level Playing Field (Voluntary
Industry Standards)
 World Class - Do the Right Thing
Program Results
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Waste Produced at Business
 More than 90% diverted from Landfills and
incineration
 Design out Waste; Pollution Prevention
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Takebacks of Products/Packaging
Green Buildings for Facilities
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Incentives & Supply Chain Management
Triple Bottom Line – People, Planet,
Profits