Kick Off EventOctober 9, 2009

OC GREEN JOB PartnersOrange County WIB

Santa Ana WIBAnaheim WIBTaller San Jose

Orange County Conservation CorpVital Link

Earth Resource FoundationCamp Fire USA

Orange County Business CouncilCoastline Community College District

Saddleback Community College District

• Career Exploration

Programs

• Experiential Activities

• Workforce Preparation

Training

• ERF High School Clubs

• Campaign Against the

Plastic Plague

• Zero Waste Business,

Schools and

Communities

Earth Resource Foundation

“Environmental Education through Action!”

Life SkillsLife Skills

andand

Workforce Workforce Preparation Preparation

SkillsSkills

California Green Job Corps Program Overview

Community Community ServiceService

Technical Technical Skills Skills

TrainingTraining

Zero Zero WasteWaste

Environmental Stewardship

• What is Zero Waste?

• State Mandates

• Green Job Creation

GOING BEYOND RECYCLING

ReduceReuse

Recycle= Zero Waste

Definition of Zero Waste*• Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and

visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are resources for others to use. 

• Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to reduce 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 may be a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health.

* www.zwia.org/standards.html

State Mandates

• AB32 State Climate Change

– Zero Waste Included in Bill– Recycling and Composting all our Materials

Equals Eliminating all California Car Exhaust

• Mandatory Commercial Recycling– Only 7% of Commercial Waste is Recycled– California Integrated Waste Management

Currently Developing Mandatory Recycling Bill

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

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Empowered Consumer

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

Green Jobs through Zero Waste Policies

• Job Opportunities

– 10,000 tons of Solid Waste* = Landfill - 1 job– Composting = 4 jobs– Recycling = 10 jobs– Reuse = 75 to 250 jobs

• Buy green goods and services• Recycling Industry = Size of Auto Industry

* Source: www.ilsr.org

Career Exploration

• Job site tours• Guest speakers• Green Jobs Career Day

Technical Skills Training

Training Programs• Community College• Regional Occupational Programs• Community Organizations• Faith Based Training OrganizationsZero Waste Integration• Zero Waste audit skills

Workforce Preparation Skills

• Life skills• Soft skills• Professionalism• Work ethic• Interview skills• Resume building

Community Service• Zero Waste Projects

– In school youth project• Zero Waste Audit of School • Presentation to School District

– Out of school youth project• Zero Waste Audits of Small to Medium Sized

Businesses• Development of Zero Waste Plans • Presentation of Plans to Businesses

Zero Waste Businesses are Leading the Way

(>90% Waste Diversion)• Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield, CA• Apple Computer, Elk Grove, CA • Del Mar Fairgrounds• Fetzer Vineyards• Frankie’s Bohemian Café, SF• Greens Restaurant, SF• Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA • Kean Coffee• Mad River Brewery• New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins, CO

• NUMMI, Fremont, CA • Pillsbury• Playa Vista, LA, CA• Point Loma University• Ricoh Electronics, Inc• San Diego Wild Animal

Park• Scoma’s Restaurant, SF• Strauss Family Farms• Toyota• Vons-Safeway• Xerox CorpBusiness in Blue

Presented at ERF Zero in on Zero Business Conference

Identify Waste

Waste ProfilingRecipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept

Ricoh’s “Recipe for Success”

= Total Participation= Total Participation

•Objectives•Leadership•Benchmarking•Organization•Project plan

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

5R – Reduce Activity

Supported by our Suppliers & Customers

REDUCE Reduce Unnecessary Packaging Material

Packaging cost

Packaging time

Freight cost

Reduction of:

Labor time for switching cans and cleaning leftover chemicals

Water usage

Packaging material cost

Reduction of:

6 individual cases wereput into a master carton…

Chemical came inmany small cans…

…now in drums =

…no moremaster carton =

Packaging Optimization- Joint Effort

Partnership With SuppliersGreen Procurement

RETURN REUSERECYCLE

REFUSE REDUCE

Recipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept

Reduce total cost within Supply Chain

REDESIGN RESPECT

Civic Responsibility

• Introduction to public policy• Identify and select a problem• Research and collect data• Define a policy based solution• Present your recommendations• Document the results

California Green Job CorpsBenefiting our

YouthBusiness

and the Community