Developing Zero Waste Programs: Supported from the Top to the

Bottom Line

Richard AnthonyRichard Anthony Associates

Orange County Zero Waste ConferenceJune 8, 2006 Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim

CA

Zero Waste

Zero Waste (efficiency in operations)

Create Jobs from Discards

End Welfare for Wasting (level the playing field, tax reform)

Responsibility

Consumer Responsibility (what you buy)

Producer Responsibility

(What you produce and how you produce it)

Zero Waste Management

Up StreamClean ProductionProduct Redesign

Down StreamCompostingRecycling

Reuse, Recycling and Composting

Reuse, Recycle, Compost

Setting Up Zero Waste Programs

1. Get top management on board 2. Examine the current system of

discard management3. Get everyone involved in making the

plan4. Let every one know what you are

doing

1.Get Approval at the Top

Get top management on board Economic savingsEnvironmental SavingsCustomer loyalty

Get a letter from the Company President

2.Examine the Current System forDiscard Management

Include an initial cost analysis and an ongoing monitoring program

Identify barriers to overcomeExamine clean production and product redesignExamine purchasing and vendor agreementsRe-engineer System Design to maximize reduction

and recovery without incineration and landfillInclude Education and Staff Training in the planPublish the plan and modify it regularly

3.Get Everyone Involved in the Planning and Implementation

All levels of employees are asked to identify wasting at all levels

All levels are asked to contribute ideas for elimination of wasting processes or products

All levels make commitments to make the new system work

Vendors are asked to adopt similar standards

4. Let Everyone Know What is Happening

MediaStaff meetingsNewslettersE-mailsAnnual reports

SubjectsSuccesses and SavingsWhat happens to the recyclables'Exemplary performancesNew ideas

Given the Go Ahead

Know what you have and what its worth

Plan for zero wasteAsk the employees to help youLet everybody know how they are

doingTell the world

The Earth is Not Infinite!

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