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Sustainability
Equilibrium
Environment
Resources
Human
Our Life’s
Phases Freedom
Independence
Support
Dependence
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This presentation addresses “waste management and sustainability” within a social system. Contrary to the old thinking about “garbage” workers, dumps and pollution, modern waste management systems are sophisticated and serve multiple important purposes.
They prevent dumping of toxic pollution into other systems.
They recycle valuable materials back into production systems.
They create new products and opportunities
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Process improvement (PI) methodologies are used by the majority of American business.
PI has a number of titles including Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints (TOC), Agile, and Value Management.
PI techniques have application in nearly all environments including societal systems inclusive of production. PI must be extended to include sustainability and repurposed products.
Process Improvement Programs share common concepts.
The elimination of waste Continuous improvement and innovation Empowered work force (respect for the individual) Quality cannot be compromised Adding value throughout the enterprise (systems
thinking) A system of practical and actionable metrics Leadership commitment to the process Visualization
Sustainability and Resource Conservation
Increase resource yield Continuous improvement and innovation to reduce
material use, energy consumption, and process waste Concept of full circle responsibility A clean environment Resource sustainability Repurpose to replace obsolescence Adding value Leadership commitment to the process Visualize the problem to increase awareness
http://www.susps.org/overview/numbers.html
Population Growth
Greater affluence in developing countries
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Storage units filled with “stuff”
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Reflects consumer societies, and the associated accumulation of waste
Increased consumption of renewable resources
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Increased consumption of non-renewable resources
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Population growth Internationalism Greater affluence Consumerism Throw-a-way Apathy Low production cost Governmental policy / lack of policy Hidden disposal system
Water
Saline 97.5
Groundwater 30.1%
Glaciers and ice caps
68.6%
Surface water and other ground water 1.3%
Fresh 2.5
The water we have is all there is. It changes form but the total volume is constant.
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Illustration in the Public Domain- NOAA
Water treatment facilities control most of these chemicals. Some, like sex hormones from birth control pills, are not filtered out. Prescription drugs discarded in the toilet may come back in your drinking water. Contact your waste disposal company. They provide containers to recycle medications.
Fluoride Mercury PCB's MtBE Perchlorate Chlorine Lead Arsenic DCPA Dioxin DDT Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Plus: Medical waste and pesticides from seepage and run off Pharmaceuticals: sex hormones, antibiotics, drugs flushed down the toilet
Water and toxic chemicals
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NASA PHOTOGRAPH
Dump into the
environment
Acquire Resources
Grow Food
Manufacture Product
Build Road and
Structures
Use
Repair
Discard
Love Canal (Primarily PCB’s ) and Niagara Falls are in the same eco-system Copyright © 2012 Wayne L Staley
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Air pollution
Acquire Resources
Grow Food
Manufacture Product
Build Road and
Structures
Use
Repair
repurpose
recycle
Dump into the
environment
Water
Food
Industrial / Commercial
Personal / Home
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Trichloroethylene Dioxin
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Start of sorting process
Past – went to landfill Current- recycle Future – mine for high level building materials
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Recycled paper as resource
input to paper industry
No more Love Canals
PCB in some electrical ballasts
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Sort Alum Plastic Tin Glass Colored Glass Default
Magnetic Electro Magnetic
Converted into usable materials if possible, if not
Used to build products
Products purchased by industry / consumers
Discarded by industry / consumers
Modern Landfill
or destroy
Put directly into the environment
Paper, tires, cardboard, toxic
waste and oil to different
process
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Recycled oil has toxic chemicals and metals removed using a detergent process. It goes through the same refining process as new oil, resulting in products as good as those refined from crude oil. “If you are one of the many people who change their own motor oil, you too need to know how to properly dispose of the used oil. Did you know that the used oil from one oil change can contaminate one million gallons of fresh water — a years’ supply for 50 people?” Source: Environmental Protection Agency
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Civil Engineering Applications Rubberized asphalt concrete (RAC) from tire shreds Tire- Derived Aggregate (TDA) • Slope stabilization • Retaining wall backfill • Lightweight embankment fill • Vibration mitigation • Various landfill applications Various consumer products
http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Tires/TDA/default.htm
290 million tires discarded annually.
27 Million go into some type of landfill.
Around 75 percent of tires are recycled or reused.
http://www.ehow.com/about_6388893_products-made-recycled-tires.html
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60% of aluminum cans are recycled. Recycling aluminum from all sources requires 5% of the energy needed for production from primary-ore.
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In the USA, modern water treatment produces high quality water.
Most bottled water is sourced from locations other than spring water.
Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. According to Food and Water Watch, that plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce.
The challenge is to find high level products that can be made from recycled plastic bottles.
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Massive landfill between Barstow and Los Angeles, CA
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Massive landfill between Barstow and Los Angeles, CA
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Life cycle – from natural resource to new resources