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Waste Management for a Sustainable Future
June 12, 2015
Lissa McCrackenExecutive Director
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KPPC is a state-mandated technical service center and Kentucky’s primary resource to help businesses, industries and other organizations develop environmentally sustainable, cost-saving solutions for improved efficiency.
KPPC is based at the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering, and provides technical information and assistance that is free, confidential and non-regulatory.
Who is KPPC – Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
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Defining WASTE
WAS TE
aterirolids & Liquidsimenergy
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Our Universal “Backyard”
NIMBY Not in My BackYard
NOTE
NOPE
CAVE
BANANA
Not Over There Either
Not On Planet Earth
Citizens Against Virtually Everything
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
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Waste Minimization
Waste Minimization Program-in-Place
The reduction, to the extent feasible, in
the amount of hazardous waste generated
prior to any treatment, storage, or
disposal of waste
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Source Reduction
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 gave us the definition of Source Reduction and a hierarchy to follow
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Proactive Planning: Move Up the Hierarchy
Disposal
Treatment
Energy Recovery
Reuse & Recycling
Source Reduction & Energy Efficiency
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Proactive Approaches to Source Reduction
Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
Green Chemistry
Lean Manufacturing
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What Drives An Organization?
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Barriers to Success
Emphasis on Process
Inadequate Training
Lack of Planning
Poor Communications
Lack of Patience
Assigned to a Person, Not a Team
Treated as a Special Program
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A Sustainable Future
KPPC - Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center works with its clients to help them develop and use a Systems Approach
The Center has helped more than 800 Kentucky businesses and organizations achieve success resulting in more than $30 million in actual and identified savings
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Leadership & Commitment
A Systems Approach requires Leadership & Management Commitment to continual improvement
In order to succeed, an organization must move from creating awareness to taking action
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The 7 Steps
KPPC builds on the EPA’s Seven-Step Energy Management Process to assist clients
1 - Make the Commitment
2 - Assess Performance & Opportunities
3 - Set Performance Goals
4 - Create an Action Plan
5 - Implement the Action Plan
6 - Evaluate Progress
7 - Recognize Achievement
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MANAGEMENT
The HARD Side of Change…
Is about Processes, Measurement, Tools, Structures & Procedures
LEADERSHIP
The SOFT Side of Change…
Is about Buy-in, Commitment, Overcoming Resistance to Change & Self Leadership
There Are Two Sides of Organizational Change
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Waste Minimization: Manufacturing Process
Through a Systems Approach, KPPC client Denyo Manufacturing improved its:
• Recycling - scrap metal, cardboard, plastic & wood
• Water & Natural Gas Usage
• Waste Water Treatment
• Process Chemicals
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Waste Minimization: Printing Facility
Kentucky-based FetterGroup, with technical assistance from KPPC, reduced their solid waste pickup by 40 percent, while over 95 percent of their waste goes somewhere other than a landfill
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Waste Minimization: Corporate Offices
KPPC’s award winning client Kindred Healthcare in Louisville undertook a number of sustainability projects, including: energy reduction, purchasing eco-products that are 100% biodegradable and using plant-based plastic products
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Waste Minimization: Industrial Process Water
Before trial -7,600 Gallons Per Day
After trial -2,700 Gallons Per Day
Jan Feb March April
Client saved an average of - 3,200 gallons per day and lowered cost of treatment and sludge hauling
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Building Sustainable Businesses
“Business strategies built around the radically more productive use of natural resources can solve many environmental problems at a profit”
Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken“A Road Map for Natural Capitalism” 1999
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A Unique Opportunity
KPPC offers Kentucky businesses and organizations a unique opportunity to take advantage of engineering technical assistance at very low, or no cost
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KPPC Services
Workshops
Webinars
On-site Assessments
Brief Assistances
On-site Training
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KPPC Can Help
KPPC can help with both the Leadership and the Management side of Organizational Change
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Filling the Gap
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Waste Management for a Sustainable Future
June 12, 2015
Lissa McCracken
Executive Director
(502) 852-1564
www.kppc.org