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Moving Business to Clean Production and The Triple Bottom Line

Moving Business to Clean Production and The Triple Bottom Line. Your DIs: Gary B. Liss J. Michael Huls Jaime Lozano Talking ‘bout making green while being green. Overview . Why this subject is important Topics to be covered: Overview of Green Economics Four case studies

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Moving Business to Clean Production and The Triple Bottom Line

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  1. Moving Business to Clean Production and The Triple Bottom Line • Your DIs: • Gary B. Liss • J. Michael Huls • Jaime Lozano • Talking ‘bout making green while being green.

  2. Overview • Why this subject is important • Topics to be covered: • Overview of Green Economics • Four case studies • Summary & conclusions • Provides a basis to the triple bottom line

  3. Vocabulary • Terms and definitions • Triple bottom line • Circular economy • Sustainability • Precautionary principle • Training • Corporate policy

  4. Reduced Environmental Impact Increased Economic Benefit plus Sustainability Environmental Benefit Social Benefit Economic Benefit What Is the Triple Bottom Line? Image Courtesy of Ricoh

  5. Can We Afford Zero Waste? • Decentralized approach • Shifts costs and responsibility to producers, providing clearer choices for consumers • Costs to decline over time for Cities, Ratepayers • New thinking and new technologies

  6. Businesses save $$ • Product & process Improvements • Refuse and Return - Supply Chain Management • Redesigns • Eliminate waste • More reuse, recycling and composting

  7. Why would a business DO this?* • Reducing WasteSaves 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

  8. 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

  9. Discards Value* *Richard Anthony, Resource Management in the New Millennium, 2005, http://www.richardanthonyassociates.com/presentations/rm_2005.ppt

  10. Highest and Best Uses • End Subsidies for Wasting • Clean Production and EPR • Reduce, Refuse & Return • Reuse • Recycle • Regulate • Not OK: Incineration and Subtitle D Landfills

  11. Green Collar Jobs • Expand, attract, and support green businesses and job opportunities • Reserve sufficient land for Zero Waste infrastructure • Buy green goods and services 10,000 tons of SW = Landfill - 1 job Composting – 4 jobs Recycling – 10 jobs Reuse – 75 jobs

  12. Incentives • Restructure Marketplace • Revise To Encourage Waste Prevention, More Reuse, Recycling & Composting: • RFPs & Contracts, Rates, Ordinances, Land Use Permits, Facility Permits, General Plans, Zoning, Policies, & Definitions • Tax Bads, Not Goods

  13. Incentives • Change Economics So What Was Marginal Is Now Economic • Pay For What You Want: Waste Prevention, Reuse, Recycling & Composting • Don’t Pay For Wasting (Or Much Less) • Recognize Waste As Symptom Of Inefficiency • Harness Forces Of Marketplace To Achieve Goals 

  14. Incentives • Contractor Payments • Performance Incentives & Penalties • Variable Rates (PAYT) • Franchise Fees • Deposits • Grants • Lease Equipment • Build On Existing Businesses

  15. New Rules For Businesses • Require Recycling Plans/Goals • Encourage Local Businesses to Adopt Diversion Goals and Plans • Require Source Separation of Designated Materials

  16. New Rules For Businesses • Land Use Permit Conditions • C&D Recycling • Use of Recycled Materials • Space for Recycling Containers • Recycling Collection Systems

  17. New Rules For Businesses • Deposits • For C&D Recycling • Estimate Amount of Wastes • Deposit Paid to City (e.g., $50/ton) • All deposit returned if goal met • If goal not met, City retains some of deposit

  18. New Rules For Businesses • Extended Producer Responsibility • Takeback Products And Packaging • Cell Phones, Rechargeable Batteries • Financial or Physical • Advanced Disposal Fees • Bottles and Cans; E-Waste; Oil; Tires; Monitors

  19. Case Studies • Nothing explains a topic better than a picture • So what we provide are some “snapshots” of a few good business • We address their systems in terms of tech and economics

  20. The Zero Waste Economy Following: Laboratory and Exam!

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