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Luke Cox
Envirowise Eco Design Specialist
Eco Design –
Product and Packaging
E-mail : [email protected]
Tel: 0870 190 5009
Envirowise is …
A government funded programme
dedicated to putting sustainability
at the heart of UK business
practice
offering UK businesses:
• free, confidential, practical
advice
Aims to:
• increase resource efficiency
• reduce environmental impact
• save money
What we have
What we are using
What we would use if everyone lived
like the British
Resource Efficiency (RE)
Reducing consumption of raw materials and
utilities.
Reduces
environmental
impact
Incorporates waste minimisation, cleaner
technology, product re-design and energy
efficiency.
Business
performance
improved
Envirowise operates towards top of waste hierarchy
Best Environmental Option
Elimination
Resource
Efficiency
Reduction
Reuse
Recycling
Disposal
Why Bother?
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Waste costs £15 billion/year
Waste and resource costs escalating
Can account for 4 % turnover
Supply chain pressure on increase
Public want to see improvements
Climate change / sustainability core business issues
successful initiatives to address the above will not only save money
but will;
• Develop PR opportunities
and
• Build strong sustainable partnerships
Resource Efficiency Support Envirowise
Objectives
To reduce UK business impact
on the environment
whilst …
Making financial savings
Saving to date – over £1 billion
…by providing
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Advice Line 0800 585794
Free advice
Publications
Web and IT Tools www.envirowise.gov.uk
Workshops & seminars
Advice Line
• Gateway to Envirowise
Freephone 0800 585794
• Any resource efficiency
question
• Up to 2 hours free specialist
advice
• Signposting to other sources
of information
• Requests for publications
Eco-Design – What is it?
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Nothing more than intelligent design
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It assesses the whole life-cycle of the product/packaging
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Identifies areas of financial and environmental opportunity
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Develops new products which are ‘better’
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Use less materials
Use less energy
Easier to recycle
Legislative compliance
Packaging Legislation e.g. Producer Responsibility
(Packaging Waste) Regulation and Packaging Essential
Requirements
Why Eco-Design?
General benefits of Cleaner Design for UK business include:
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The rise of the ‘green consumer’
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Enhanced corporate image
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Customer satisfaction
- Overall product quality and performance increased
through innovation
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Carbon focus in the media – PR opportunities
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Improved community relations
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Recognition
Drivers from the media
Cleaner Packaging Designs
Lush – Popcorn Packaging
British cosmetics company Lush use edible popcorn instead of
polystyrene chips to keep fragile items intact in the post. Popcorn is made
from a renewable source and is far more biodegradable than polystyrene
or paper.
Cleaner Packaging
Wolf Blass 750ml PET Wine Bottle
Lightweight @ 54g compared to 400g for
glass.
Could reduce carbon emissions by 90,000
tonnes per year.
PET wine is also bottled in the UK rather
than at source, this means nearly twice the
amount of wine can be transported per
container. Bulk shipping also reduces the
environmental impact of transportation.
Moving wine bottles from glass to PET could
significantly contribute to Sainsbury's new
target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25% by
2012
The role of design –
why is it important?
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80% of the cost of product set at the design stage
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93% of production materials not used in the final product
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80% of products discarded after a single use
• Design decisions will affect the whole lifecycle from the
manufacture and use to the disposal of a product
Case Study - Belkin Computer
Hardware
Before
Paper: 18,160kg of Savings
Plastic: 2,480 kg of Savings
CO2 reduction: 104 tCO2
Potential cost savings are in excess
of £700,000 per annum
After
Virgin Vie at Home
Packaging redesign
workshop on selection
of products.
Potential savings:
£114,500, 37t
packaging, 61 tCO2.
Currently, £100,400
per annum saved
through redesign.
How Envirowise Eco-Design can help UK
Business
• Publications
• Workshops and seminars
• Telephone advice – Advice Line Tel: 0800 585794
• Webinar - Wednesday 25 February 2009
“Practical Approaches for Eco-Design” www.envirowise.gov.uk/webinar
•Packaging tool - www.envirowise.gov.uk/pack-in
• dE-zine e-bulletin
•www.envirowise.gov.uk
Pack-In – The packaging indicator
tool for eco-design
• User-friendly tool to compare packaging designs
and assess environmental impact
• Piloted with Mars Snackfood
• Quick and easy assessment of primary,
secondary, tertiary or returnable packaging
• At present - In the final testing stages with other,
non-food, companies and other BSO’s
Thank-you