zero waste business case

Zero Waste Business Case

Chantal BeaudoinSustainable Business Conference 2012

Business Beyond Tomorrow

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RETHINK4C Strategy for positive behavior change1.Consult2.Collaborate3.Communicate4.Celebrate

Source: http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/03/rethink_research.html

REDUCE• Sustainable purchasing

• Producer responsibility for packaging

• Purchasing for life (durability / quality / reuse)

• Repairs

• Building Design

• Rethink Product Design

• Built for life

• Cradle-to-cradle

Source: http://www.sutmundo.com/cradle-to-cradle-design/

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REUSE•Environmental benefits

•Greater resource efficiency and longer life-span of products

•Decrease amount of material sent to landfill

•Decrease resources needed to produce new items

•Decrease CO2e emissions and other atmospheric and aquatic pollutants

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REUSE•Social benefits:

•Volunteer engagement (sense of community)

•Tackling poverty

•Source of donations for the charity sector

•Raise income within the charity sector

•Raise awareness of reuse (potential buyers)

•CSR reputation within the community

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REUSE• Financial benefits

• Decrease waste disposal costs

• Decrease purchasing costs

• Provide good quality items at low cost

• Employment opportunities

• collection & sorting

• reuse & repair

• retail & sales

Source: http://thebridescoop.com/2012/01/money-monday-watch-your-pennies/money-tree-photo-from-www-yourbrandisshowing-tumblr-com/

REUSE

•Internal

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Business Case - Internal Furniture Reuse:

•2008–2009: 4 tonnes (t) = £11k = 16 t. CO2e•2009-2010: 7 tonnes (t) = £30k = 30 t. CO2e•2010-2011: 15 tonnes (t) = £47k = 63 t. CO2e TOTAL tracked 26 tonnes of reuse, saving £88,000 and reducing 109 tonnes of CO2e per annum

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RECYCLE

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Bin the Bin• Baseline

• 37% recycling on campus (2007-2008)

• 90% recycling rate in NAB (October 2010)E

• Environmental Impact

• Moving overall campus from 37% to 90%:

• 180 tonnes CO2e savings p.a.

• Business Case for £211K investment

• £45K landfill tax

• £8K bin liners

• £17K cleaning

• TOTAL £70K p.a.

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RETHINK4C Strategy for positive behavior change1.Consult2.Collaborate3.Communicate4.Celebrate

Source: http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/03/rethink_research.html

THANK YOU

Chantal [email protected]