Stephanie Barger Founder & Executive Director, USZWBC “Creating Value through Zero Waste”

Stephanie Barger Founder & Executive Director, USZWBC

“Creating Value through Zero Waste”

AGENDA

• Why Zero Waste?• Overview of USZWBC Facility

Certification• Facility Certification Process• ZWBA Training• Zero Waste Facility Scorecard and

examples• Question & Answer

Zero Waste Drivers/Benefits to Businesses

Saves money

Reduces liability

Increases efficiency

Reduces GHG emissions

Marketing edge

Clean energy/Saves energy

“Right thing to do”

Reduces Litter to Oceans & Watersheds

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Zero Waste Definition: Zero Waste starts at 90%Zero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.

Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.

Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water or air that are a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health.

Source: Zero Waste International Alliance, www.zwia.org/standards.html


Provide Incentives Before Ban or Mandate

Eliminate Waste by Designing Out of Products and Processes

Foster Sustainable and Green Businesses

Retailers Take Back Difficult to Recycle Materials

Resource Recovery Park

Producer Responsibility

Expand City Outreach & Technical Assistance and Lead by Example

Jobs from Design & Discards

© Copyright Eco-Cycle, 2004 with text modifications by permission.www.ecocycle.org/zerowaste/zwsystem

Empowered Consumer

The Zero Waste EconomyDesigning a Full-Cycle system – Upstream and Downstream

Green Businesses and Jobs Expand, attract, and support green businesses

and green collar jobs Reserve sufficient land for Zero Waste

infrastructure: Resource Recovery Parks Buy green goods and services Recycling Industry =Size of Auto Industry

10,000 tons of SW =Landfill - 1 jobComposting – 4 jobsRecycling – 10 jobsReuse – 75 –250 jobs

Source: www.ilsr.org

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Zero Waste is Missing Link in Green Certification


BE AN OFFICIAL USZWBC CERTIFIED ZERO WASTE FACILITY! Receive recognition and a plaque for your facility!

Zero Waste Businesses are Leading the Way (>90% diversion min requirement)

American Licorice * Ann, Inc. * Atlanta Zero Waste Zone Del Mar Fairgrounds Disney – Circle D Stables* Earth Friendly Products* Fetzer Vineyards* General Motors (110+ plants) Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA Honda New Belgium Brewery* Playa Vista, LA, CA

Raytheon Ricoh Electronics Sierra Nevada Brewing Co* Strauss Family Farms Toyota Vandenberg Air Base Whole Foods Market* Xerox Corp 900 Businesses in Japan

More examples at www.uszwbc.org

To create a solid foundation that advances the integrity and credibility of Zero Waste

Follows US Green Building Council model Zero Waste Certified Facilities (follows ZWIA) Zero Waste Professional Accreditations

Zero Waste Business Associate (ZWBA) Zero Waste Business Accredited Professional (ZWB-AP)

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Whole Foods Market Bronze USZWBC Certification

March 2013 Company mission for 90% of

stores to reach 90% by 2017 93% Diversion – La Jolla Store Now over 20 stores certified in

SoCal

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Kelly Fulton, La Jolla WFM

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Platinum USZWBC

Certification November 2013 1st Facility completed with

USZWBC Scorecard 99.8% Diversion

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USZWBC Facility Certification

Facilities divert more than 90% from landfill, incineration and environment for non-hazardous solid waste

Data provided to USZWBC is published formally and documents a base year and measurements since

Recertification every three years

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Facility Certification Process Details online at http://uszwbc.org/certification/facilities Complete and send an Application for Quote Pay Certification fee and receive Facility Scorecard Discuss Facility Scorecard with USZWBC staff on how to fill it

out and answer any questions you may have. Complete and submit the Facility Scorecard with supporting

documentation. USZWBC staff review data and make plans for on-site audit

We are here to help with your journey to Zero Waste!


http://uszwbc.org/certification/facilities



http://www.uszwbc.org/component/docman/doc_download/201-application-for-quote

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Facility Certification Process Validator tour your site, reviews that your solid waste data

matches receipts, and conducts interviews with employees from all aspects of your organization

Validator reviews notes and documents and requests clarifications and outstanding items

Receive determination letter of your certification level and a final Facility Scorecard

Work with USZWBC to publicize your certification

We are here to help with your journey to Zero Waste!


Zero Waste policy in place

90% diversion from landfill, incineration and environment

Data to USZWBC published formally

Data documents a base year and progress since base year

Will submit 12 months of data

Provide case study for USZWBC & ZWIA websites

Recertify every three years

Requirements

15© 2014 U.S. Zero Waste Business Council

Zero Waste Business Associates (ZWBA) For Consultants to help businesses get to Zero

Waste and get certified by USZWBC For Business leaders to get to Zero Waste and get

certified by USZWBC Process: ZWBA training; review Handouts,

Handbook and Manual; Pass test; get Certificate from USZWBC; Recertify to maintain

Zero Waste Business Associate (ZWBA) Certification Trains professionals to implement Zero Waste Trains professionals to help facilities get certified Zero

Waste by USZWBC Gives practical understanding of the most current Zero

Waste business principles and practices Aids in professional growth Validates a commitment to true Zero Waste*ZWBAs do not conduct certification audits or trainings on behalf of

USZWBC


Scorecard Certification SystemPoints

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Overview of Categories & PointsRedesign 4 6Reduce 7 7Reuse 7 5Compost (Re-earth) 7 4Recycle 3 5ZW Reporting 4 4Diversion (Min 90%) 5 3ZW Purchasing 9 80

Closed Loop SystemInnovationTotal Points

LeadershipTrainingZW AnalysisUpstream Management Hazardous Waste Prevention

Bronze: 31-37 points Silver:38-45 points Gold: 46-63 points Platinum 64-80 points

Facility Totals (Pre Certification Estimates)


RedesignCredit 1 Right sizing of collection containers and frequency of pickup and reallocation of

garbage containers to containers or storage areas for reusables, recyclables, or compostables.

Credit 2 Restructuring of solid waste collection agreements to provide incentives for reducing wasting and more reuse, recycling and composting services.

Credit 3 Reviewed all 9 points of generation (Warehousing & Distribution, Offices, Food Services, Grounds, Construction, Manufacturing, Vehicular Maintenance, Retail, Housing & Hospitality*) that exist in company to determine opportunities to design out or eliminate wasting and pursue highest and best use of materials (see ZWIA Zero Waste Hierarchy of Highest & Best Uses)

Credit 4 Reviewed purchasing records and supply chain agreements to determine opportunities to design out or eliminate wasting and pursue highest and best use of materials. Refuse materials from vendors that will be wasted at company, and if vendors supply wasteful materials, require vendors to take those back (return to vendor).


Redesign Credit 2: Contract incentives

• Review agreements with all solid waste and recycling collection vendors – Separate vendors may do reuse & recycling

• Incentives for both parties to reduce wasting• As business reduces waste hauled, costs of hauling

decreased • If waste hauler also hauls recyclables, hauler may be

paid to sort recyclables, or share profits from materials sales & reduced disposal costs.


Discard Auditing - Sources

1. Warehousing & Distribution –– Paper, cardboard & plastic packaging, metals, and wood pallets2. Offices –– Primarily wastepaper of all types, packaging & electronic devices 3. Food Services –– Food discards, packaging, plastics, paper, metals, and bottles & cans4. Grounds –– Grass clippings, debris, wood, trimmings, branches, and soil5. Construction – Inert materials, paving, concrete, and building products

Up to Nine Typical Solids Generating Sources

There are also gas and liquid emissions not associated with solids.

Redesign Credit 3: Nine generation points

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ReduceCredit 1 Documented Materials Reduced (establish the baseline) by commodity

Credit 2 Tracking material flow programs are in place to eliminate waste before it occurs (e.g. Kaizen, LeanPath for food waste reduction in restaurants, TrendTrax)

Credit 3 Goals are in place to reduce the overall size/amount of product packaging (i.e. Sierra Nevada reduced case boxes 11% by eliminating the internal divider and shrinking the box size.)

Credit 4 Implemented paperless-office programs for at least one major office function (e.g., billing, scheduling, payroll, etc.) for any/ all feasible operations

Credit 5 Duplex printing is a default setting on all company printers that have the capability.

Credit 6 Grass-cycling is standard practice for all mowed surfaces

Credit 7 Yard trimming waste are reduced through native landscaping, xeriscaping and grasscycling.


Reduce Credit 2: Have tracking program for material flows


Reuse

Credit 1 Development of systems that emphasis reuse (e.g. Toyota shipping containers)

Credit 2 A system is in place to document reused pallets and shipping containers (incoming or outgoing) including the ability to track reuse numbers for documentation - 1 point for each: pallets, incoming shipping containers and outgoing shipping containers

Credit 3 Implement reusable transportation options through an assessment tool

Credit 4 Implemented formal or informal program for reusing office supplies or other materials no longer useable by the business

Credit 5 Reusable/durable alternatives to disposable service ware are provided in employee break rooms and common areas

Credit 6 Donate food for all food safe for human consumptionCredit 7 Participation in feed program for food that is un-edible for people but still has

nutritional benefits for animals - food going for animal feed needs to be documented according to the food hierarchy as unfit for human consumption


Reuse Credit 2: Document Reused Pallets and Shipping Containers

EXAMPLE: Earth Friendly Products• Product packaging arrives from vendors in

cardboard boxes that are recycled. • New boxes and inserts were then

purchased to repack outgoing product shipments.

• Staff identified that boxes used for outbound shipments are similar in size to those coming from vendors

• Now they reuse boxes for outbound shipments using hand made stabilizing insert from old OCC boxes

Compost (Re-earth)

Credit 1 Compostables collected separately from trash and recyclables and the food waste hierarchy is followed (edible food is given to humans, then animals, then composted or digested)

Credit 2 Yard trimmings are composted, digested or reused (mulch)Credit 3 Onsite food scraps and soiled paper composting

Credit 4 Offsite food scraps and soiled paper composting

Credit 5 Utilize/reuse compost or mulch onsite

Credit 6 Implemented other process technologies: digestion

Credit 7 Close the Loop by growing food onsite for company use (i.e. cafeteria, restaurant, employees, etc…)


Recycle

Credit 1 80% of 12 market categories follow Highest and Best Use

Credit 1.2

100% of 12 market categories follow Highest and Best Use

Credit 2 Document markets/uses for recyclables and use locally as much as possible


12 Market Categories

• Reuse• Paper• Plant trimmings• Putrescible/food• Wood• Ceramics

Soils Metals Glass Polymers Textiles Chemicals


ID most volume, most value and most toxic materials to get to Zero Waste

Zero Waste Reporting

Credit 1 Reporting that documents by commodity and waste fields that shows 90% diversion or better

Credit 2 Tracking of landfill disposal costs, avoided costs from diversion efforts, and revenue from recycling commodities sales. Data should be available for baseline year as well as all further reporting years.

Credit 3 Incorporate Climate Change Report using the US EPA WARM Model

Credit 4 Member of USEPA Waste Wise Program and provide data annually to their web site


Diversion from landfill, incineration and the environment Diversion Level

Credit 1 90.1-94.9%

Credit 2 95%-96.9%

Credit 3 97%-98.9%

Credit 4 98-99.9%

Credit 5 100%


How do you measure something that ISN’T generated?

• Diversion is calculated using “total generation”

• For USZWBC certification: – Companies must track

• actual diversion AND • “Zero Waste Diversion”

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Diversion Vs ZW Diversion

Zero Waste Purchasing

Credit 1 An Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP) guideline or policy is in place.

Credit 2 The EPP policy or guideline states that durable goods are preferable over disposable items (for example, break room utensils, shipping materials, etc.)

Credit 3 A policy or guideline is in place to prefer paper and wood products that are certified as sustainably produced (FCS, SFI, PEFC, organic, etc.), where applicable.

Credit 4 Systems are in place to identify environmentally preferred items in purchasing catalogs so that purchasing agents can easily locate and source them.

Credit 5 Systems are in place to track the purchasing of environmentally preferred items from purchasing catalogs.

Credit 6 A guide, policy, or standard practice in place that gives priority to the purchase of used, refurbished, and/or remanufactured goods.

Credit 7.1 If you have any additional environmentally preferred purchasing practice(s) not covered here, please describe it/them.




Leadership

Credit 1 A company and/or facility Zero Waste goal has been adopted by upper management and disseminated to all employees

Credit 2 Upper management reviews monthly diversion activities with priority on recognizing cost savings and revenue generation from Zero Waste activities

Credit 3 A program is in place to encourage Zero Waste recommendations and award those who make outstanding contributions to waste reduction activities

Credit 4 People leading the way care and do these things: Take physical and/or financial responsibility for all products and packaging's produced and/or marketed under all company brands

Credit 5 People leading the way care and do these things: Require Suppliers to take financial and/or physical responsibility for all the products and packaging received at business seeking certification

Credit 6 Upper management representative(s) works beyond their internal operational boundaries to encourage and promote Zero Waste action that includes but is not limited to: beach/stream clean ups, community involvement etc.


Leadership

Was & Is Essential Began at highest level President practices daily to

honor his employees No waste cans today

Training

Credit 1 Established mission statement/policy about Zero Waste provided to all employees in some form (employee handbook, addendum to handbook, posted on a policy bulletin board, posted on website, etc.)

Credit 2 Incorporate Zero Waste into Orientation. Credit 3 Minimum Quarterly communication with associates about Zero Waste activities

(electronic, verbal, or visual communication such as newsletter articles, tips of the month, bulletin board postings, workshops, etc.)

Credit 4 Receptacles for collected recyclables, compostables, and landfill material are clearly labeled and identified (written labels, photos, etc.) and employees, contractors, vendors, consultants or anyone else working onsite are trained on what is acceptable in those receptacles (posters, verbal notification, training sessions, etc.)

Credit 5 Training programs have been developed to enable/incentivize purchasing agents to identify and prefer purchasing of environmentally preferred products

Credit 6 Employees contributions to Zero Waste activities are included as part of employee evaluations process and/or bonus structure

Credit 7 Dedicated roles for Zero Waste leadership (green team leader, recycling champion, recycling manager, etc.) is included in at least one job description. Job Description to also include training as one of this person's responsibilities

Credit 8 Internal website (i.e. a portal) incorporates Zero Waste training for employees


Training

Training: Credit 3 - Communicate

Company diversion KPIs are posted monthly for all employees to see should they choose to view them. They are also discussed in

monthly management KPI meetings. The sustainability dept. maintains two bulletin

boards that allow for communication on sustainability

information - zero waste included- and participates monthly in the company newsletter to provide

tips, areas for improvement within the brewery, reminders

about reusable coffee mugs/water bottles, etc.

Training Credit 4: Clearly Label Receptacles

Example Labeling on bins and at

eye levelUtilize various colors to denote different materials Waste = Black or Gray Recyclables = Blue Organics = Green

Stop waste.org stickers


Zero Waste AnalysisCredit 1 Annual waste analysis is completed by onsite personal or third party during the

reporting period. A physical sort and weight of materials is required on all collection containers.

Credit 2 Completed recommendation from analysis to include areas of opportunity, sizes of sample, and breakdown of commodities

Credit 3 Complete an annual audit of the recyclables to determine contamination levels and a composition by 12 Market Categories

Credit 4 Rejected Recyclables are added back into waste stream documentation

Credit 5 Associates are engaged in waste analysis - associates do not necessarily need to be at waste audits, but must be included in analysis review and action plan development to further reduce waste.


Identify Waste

Zero Waste ProfilingRecipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept

Upstream Management Credit 1 Work with suppliers and vendors to eliminate non-recyclable packaging that they send

to you- i.e. request items are not individually wrapped or palletizing products with the same banding to increase recovery rates

Credit 2 Requests Zero Waste information from vendors providing goods/services to the business – does the vendor have a Zero Waste policy, what are their Zero Waste goals, how are they working to achieve their goals - and preference is given to those vendors

Credit 3 Policy in place to implement use 100% recyclable packaging

Credit 4 Work with vendors and suppliers to redesign products/materials that you are purchasing to increase their reusability or recyclability


Ricoh’s “Recipe for Success”

= Total Participation= Total Participation

•Objectives•Leadership•Benchmarking•Organization•Project plan

•Training & Promotion•Use of 5R Concept•Verification•Continuous Improvement

Hazardous Waste

Credit 1 All hazardous materials are properly labeled and stored and employees are trained to know which materials are hazardous and where to put them for proper disposal and materials are reused or recycled.

Credit 2 Hazardous Waste manifests and records saved for at least 3 years and documented per state and local regulations.

Credit 3 Internal collections for universal wastes (light tubes/bulbs, paint waste, solvents, motor oil, batteries, e-waste) and materials are reused or recycled

Credit 4 Policy in place to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals/materials in favor of non-toxic alternatives.

Credit 5 Collections available for employees and/or customers (Community) to bring universal wastes to work for reuse and recycling


Closed Loop

Credit 1 A policy, guideline or standard practice is in place to require a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content for office/copy paper.

Credit 2 A policy, guideline or standard practice is in place to require a minimum of 20% post-consumer recycled content for basic janitorial paper products (toilet paper, paper towels, seat covers).

Credit 3 If purchasing compost, purchase from facility that composts your material, or if not composting any of your waste, purchase compost from a local source.

Credit 4 Implemented process that as much materials remains in local markets as possible.


Innovation

Credit 1 Participation in upcycling programs for non-traditional recyclable materials (e.g. Terra-Cycle, ReCork, etc.)

Credit 2 Commit in writing to continuous improvement to reduce the remaining residue that goes to landfills or incinerators by at least 1% of baseline disposal each year and/or to address other Zero Waste Business Principles over time.

Credit 3 Add any additional innovation that should be given a point that was not addressed above.


Stephanie Barger, Founder & Executive DirectorP.O. Box 364

Corona Del Mar, CA 92625949-872-1775

www.uszwbc.org

Stephanie Barger Founder & Executive Director, USZWBC “Creating Value through Zero Waste”

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