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1Green Office Official Presentation
Waste defined& the law
Waste definedNational Environmental Management:Waste Act, 2008 Act No. 59 of 2008
‘‘waste’’ means any substance, whether or not that substance can bereduced, re-used, recycled and recovered -(a) that is surplus, unwanted, rejected, discarded, abandoned or disposed
of;(b)which the generator has no further use of for the purposes of
production;(c) that must be treated or disposed of; or(d)that is identified as a waste by the Minister by notice in the Gazette,
and includes waste generated by the mining, medical or other sector,but-
(i) a by-product is not considered waste; and(ii) any portion of waste, once re-used, recycled and
recovered, ceases to be waste
Waste & the lawSouth African Waste Information Centre
www.sawic.org.za
Waste & the lawThe Waste Act adopts the waste hierarchy as a national
approach to waste management
Waste & the law
At the National Waste Summit held in Polokwane duringSeptember 2001, the Polokwane Declaration was adoptedwhich commits South Africa to a reduction of 50% in theamount of waste being landfilled by 2012 and to zero wasteby 2022.
Waste statistics
Waste statistics – South AfricaEach person in South Africa between 0.5 & 2kg of waste / dayThis amounts to 2 bins per week in an urban householdFrom: DEAT. 2005. National Waste Management Strategy Implementation South Africa Recycling
Source: DEAT. 2005. Working With Waste. Guideline on Recycling of Solid Waste.
Waste statistics - eThekwini
Source: eThekwini Integrated Waste Management Plan, 2004
≈182.5 – 292 kg/person/annum
Recycling statistics
Source: DEAT. 2005. National Waste Management StrategyImplementation South Africa. Recycling.
WasteManagement
Hierarchal management of waste
Eliminate
Avoidance &minimisation
Reuse
Recycling
Disposal
Can this container bereturned to supplier for re-use?
Encourage staff to issueelectronic rather thanpaper copies of reports
Can cardboard boxes bere-used e.g. for storage?
Recycle office wasteStart an office worm farm
Dispose of non-recycables
Mostfavoured
Leastfavoured
Elements of a waste management system
DisposalRecycling
Collection & transport
Temporary storage
Waste generationWaste avoidance
Waste avoidance& minimisation
Reduce paper waste
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Reduce• Print preview• Adjust margins• Print duplex• Electronic alternatives
Re-use• Use the clean side of
the page for notes &telephone messages
Recycle• Once used on both sides,
recycle
Empty printer cartridges
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Divert re-usable &recyclable materialsfrom landfill
Value of printercartridge donated tocharity
Create employmentopportunities forpersons withdisabilities
Environment
SocialEconomic
Donate used items
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Waste recycling
Waste recycling
“Recycling is the process whereby discardedproducts and materials are reclaimed or recovered,refined or reprocessed, and converted into new ordifferent products”*
*DEAT. 2005. Working With Waste. Guideline on Recycling of Solid Waste.
Waste recycling
Source: http://www.petco.co.za/
Common recyclablesPaper
CardboardMagazinesNewspaper
CansPlastic Glass
Electronic waste Printer cartridges BatteriesTetrapak
CFL’sPolystyrene
Common items that cannot be recycled• Dirty / contaminated recyclables
• Biodegradable plastics / tissues
• Potato crisp packets
• Car windshields
• Laminates (plastic & metal foil)
• Plasticised cardboard
• Adhesives (e.g. stickers)
• Wax paper
Recycling benefits
Source: http://www.enviroserv.co.za/
• Conserve resources for future generations
• Create job
• Support the local economy
• Avoid degradation of natural habitats
• Promote the development of greener technologies
• Reduce the amount of litter
• Reduce landfill dumping
• Save energy
• Decrease GHG emissions and water pollution
greenOFFICE example
0 5 10 15 20
2009
2010
Tons CO2e
16.6395 ton CO2e
4.1843ton CO2e
Waste recycling:Implementation
Waste audit• Identify where waste is generated• Identify types & quantities of wastes• Identify origin of each waste type• Identify potential waste reduction areas
• Establish a baseline of data• Monitoring & evaluation• Set reduction targets
Waste audit
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Reception
Boardroom Office 1 Kitchen Womenablution
Menablution
Office 2Open plan office
Printer
Fax
Operations & outputs
Kitchens/
canteen
Bathrooms
Offices
PaperNewspaperPackaging(plastic,cardboard,polystyrene)Printer cartridgesBatteriesElectronic wasteLight bulbs
Food wasteTinGlassPlastic bottles /bagsEmpty detergentbottles
Kitchen towelToilet roll holder
Office waste profile
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Cardboard15%
Paper65%
Plastic6%
Food waste5%
Metal2%
Glass2%
Other5%
Source: www.wastecare.com
greenOFFICE example
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Cardboard75%
Office paper6%
Common mix waste5%
Plastic (LD clear)1%
Plastic (LD colour)2%
Plastic (bubble wrap)3%
Plastic wrap1%
Plastics HD1%
Plastic PP1%
Plastic PET2%
Polystyrene1%
Cans1%
Glass1%
Recycle bins
Wet / dry
Sorting at source
Central sorting / storage area
Recyclers
Source: http://www.iwmsa.co.za/
Outsource
Drop off points
• Rechargeable batteries• CFL light bulbs• Printer cartridges• E-waste
http://www.iwmsa.co.za/
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http://www.recycling.co.za/
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Staff awarenessHold a kick off event• Training• Competition• Neighborhood clean up
Awareness posters
Generate enthusiasm by recognizingachievement
Provide incentives
Celebrate environmental events• National Clean up Week12 – 17 September 2011• National Recycling Day16 September 2011• Green Office Week16-20 April 2012
Monitoring & evaluation
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…and BEYOND
Waste or aresource:
the greenABLEstory
Printer cartridge recycling
From: Sapi, 2008
Approximately 16% of laser cartridgescannot be remanufactured:• Damaged• End of useful life
Printer cartridge recycling
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Printer cartridges are deemedhazardous according to SANS 10228and require disposal in a H:h (lowhazard) landfill.However, when empty & clean, thecartridges are non-hazardous.Recycling adds to the minimisation ofenvironmental risk, as detailed inSANS 10228 and 10229.
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Printer cartridge recycling
Plastic Metal
greenABLEgreenABLE is the only printer cartridgerecycling facility in Africa. greenABLEonly employs people with disabilities withthe goal of changing the environment aswell as empowering people withdisabilities, and show that they can makea difference to important “earthly” issues.
greenABLE also empowers persons withdisabilities through:• Our agent programme that creates
entrepreneurship ventures for spinalcord injured persons
• A bursary fund for university studentswith disabilities
greenABLE recycling
Trash today Employment forpersons withdisabilitiestomorrow
Housing thecommunity
the next day
greenABLE staff
greenABLE employees Noklunga (left) and Zonke (right)illustrate that your empty printer cartridges don’t need to endup in landfill, they can be can be recycled into roof tiles for low
house housing and create employment for persons withdisabilities.
greenABLE recycled products
Waste or aresource:
Earth Bricks
Builders rubble
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Compressed Earth Block Manufacturing
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30% of the total waste stream as a 30% blend of rubbleand soil waste can make enough blocks for 490,000 RDP-sized houses per year
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Compressed Earth Block Manufacturing
Earth bricks
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Types of printer cartridges - inkjetCarla HiggsSustainability [email protected]