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Materials Management and Climate Change An Introduction

Materials Management and Climate Change An Introduction. Consumption patterns Greenhouse gas connection to materials Role of materials management Ways to reduce material-related greenhouse gases Recycling Extended producer responsibility Limits of recycling Product stewardship

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Materials Management and Climate Change An Introduction

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  1. Materials Management and Climate Change An Introduction

  2. Consumption patterns • Greenhouse gas connection to materials • Role of materials management • Ways to reduce material-related greenhouse gases • Recycling • Extended producer responsibility • Limits of recycling • Product stewardship • Environmentally preferable purchasing • Consuming less • Government actions • Additional resources for local/state governments Overview

  3. Define “materials”.

  4. Materials Consumption

  5. Source: U.S. Inventory of GHG Emissions and Sinks : 1990-2006 (US EPA, 2008) US Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2006)

  6. Source: U.S. Inventory of GHG Emissions and Sinks : 1990-2006 (US EPA, 2008) US Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2006)

  7. Materials Management 42% Source: Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices. U.S. EPA. US Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2006)

  8. Source: Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices. U.S. EPA Materials: Production Dominates Emissions

  9. WASTE management vs. MATERIALS management Disposal Recovery Product Lifecycle

  10. Resource • Extraction Processing Manufacturing Distribution Recycling • Landfill Use Lifecycle of Steel

  11. “Materials management is an approach to using and reusing resources most efficiently and sustainably throughout their lifecycles. It seeks to minimize materials used and all associated environmental impacts.” • From EPA, Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices (PDF) (98pp, 1.5MB) Materials Management: A Working Definition

  12. Reducing the Impacts of Our Consumption Photo credit: flickr Nick Bramhall, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 license

  13. Energy Use: Recycled vs. Virgin Content Products(million BTUs/ ton) Recycling Conserves Energy

  14. Recycling Rates

  15. Recycling rates vs. waste generation 80 70 60 50 Recycled Generated 40 30 millions of tons 20 10 0 EPA 2008 Facts and Figures Recycling vs. Waste Generation

  16. 39 million cars off the road 22 million homes heated/ year 50 power plants avoided 400 million barrels of oil conserved Impacts from Recycling Rate (33%)

  17. Cost effectiveness of GHG reduction strategies

  18. EPSON got to zero waste $300,000 saved HP eliminated 90% of waste $870,564 saved

  19. Extended Producer Responsibility Laws 2006

  20. Extended Producer Responsibility Laws 2010

  21. Jobs

  22. Increase to 100% recycling nationally yields: • 450 million metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions per year • Includes all municipal solid waste MSW and construction, remodel, and demolition debris. GHG Reduction Potential

  23. 2006 U.S. GHG inventory with 32% recovery (municipal solid waste) 2006 U.S. GHG inventory with hypothetical recovery rate (~100% municipal solid waste + construction and demolition bebris) Limitations of Recycling and Composting

  24. Product Stewardship Tropicana Orange Juice

  25. greenhouse gas emissions water consumption recycled content energy efficiency • EPA Resources: • Electronic purchasing: http://www.epa.gov/epp/pubs/products/epeat/index.htm • Recycled content purchasing: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/calculators/ReCon_home.html Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

  26. Water Consumption Source: A study commissioned by Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality

  27. Shipping bags – even if made from virgin resources and not recycled – have lower environmental burdens in most categories than cardboard boxes – even if the boxes contain high levels of recycled content. Packaging Source: A study commissioned by Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality

  28. Building Materials Source: Oregon DEQ, Cascadia GBC

  29. Design for Deconstruction

  30. Reduced Consumption Photo credit: flickr user jesusali, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 license

  31. Collaborative Consumption

  32. Collaborative Consumption

  33. Lending Libraries

  34. State and Local Government Actions

  35. State and Local Government Actions Photo credit: flickrkate*, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 license

  36. Procurement specifications labeling footprinting State and Local Government Actions

  37. www.captoolkit.wikispaces.com Tools and Resources

  38. Connection between product consumption and greenhouse gas emissions • Role of materials management • Ways to reduce material-related greenhouse gases • Recycling • Extended producer responsibility • Limits of recycling • Product stewardship • Environmentally preferable purchasing • Reuse • Consuming less • Government actions • Additional resources for local/state governments Summary

  39. Saskia van Gendt Vangendt.Saskia@epa.gov, 415-947-4103 We welcome your feedback and ideas.

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