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Advancing Sustainability: Safer Alternatives to Products and
Processes
Policy Options Perspective
James FavaManaging Director
Five Winds International&
Chair, UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
Walk Away Messages
1. Ensure that decisions do not create unexpected and unanticipated impacts
2. Evaluate the usefulness of standards and labels
3. Is it green or greener alternatives?
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Life Cycle PerspectiveRaw Materials
MaterialsManufacture
ProductManufacture
Transportation& Distribution
UseRecycling
End Disposition
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Example Illustrating Life-Cycle Approaches
Challenge
Reduce mercury levels associated with lighting systems in order to reduce overall release of mercury into environment
Possible Actions
1. Ban fluorescent lamps from MSW2. Encourage more use of fluorescent lamps
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Mercury Entering Municipal Solid Waste in the U.S. from Lamps Annually
5050
FluorescentFluorescentLampLamp
IncandescentIncandescentLampLamp
2525
00
TonsTons
Source: NEMA 1992
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Mercury Released Into Environment from Use and Disposal of Lamps
• Use and disposal of incandescent lights release, on average, 4 to 10 times the amount of mercuryinto the environment than use and disposal of fluorescent lights
• EPA estimates that use of fluorescent lights will reduce:– aggregated national electricity demand by 50%;
– annual C02 emissions by 232 million tons;
– S02 emissions by 1.7 million tons, and
– N02 emissions by 0.9 million tons
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Current Situation
• Introduction of the CFL– Uses 1/3 of the energy of a standard Incandescent Lamp
• Buildings responsible for > 70% electric consumption and > 30% GHG generation
• Typical American household has >10% energy devoted to lighting– CFL can reduce Household consumption by > 7%
• WalMart has customer incentives to buy CFL• Australia has banned Incandescent lamps
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Global CriteriaResource depletionGlobal Warming Potential (GWP)Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP)
Regional Criteria
Acidification Potential (AP)Land use
Local Criteria
Human- and Eco-Toxicity Potential (HTP, ETP)Eutrophication Potential (EP)Photochemical Oxidant Creation Potential (POCP)
Other Criteria
Primary energy demandWaterNuisance (noise, odor, landfill demand, ionizing radiation)
Social impacts
Life Cycle Impact AssessmentPossible Categories - global, regional and local
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Standards and Eco-labeling Programs are expanding –can they inform the debate?
• Green Building certification
• Sector sustainability standards
• Eco-label programs
• Voluntary partnership programs
• Standard Bodies
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Is it green or greener alternatives?
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We use energy, materials which are transformed into products that fulfills functions which are transported for use, are used, and
ultimately managed at end of life – continuously improve principle
For more information:
UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative Secretariat - SCP Branch, UNEP DTIE, Parishttp://[email protected]@unep.org
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• Sustainability implementation experts since 1998
• Local service, international perspective• Offices in US, Canada, Europe • Global capacity through affiliation with PE and other
networks
• Strategy through implementation
About Five Winds International
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Global Presence – Five Winds & PE International
Presence of PE or partnersPE Subsidiaries
Five Winds InternationalSoftware Sales Partner
Utilizing a network of over 150 sustainability consultants worldwide
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Some Clients
DAIMLERCHRYSLER
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UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative
Business, Academic, and
Governments working together to:
To bring science-based life cycle
approaches into practice worldwide
Over 2000 individuals
collaborating globally
SETAC brings the science
UNEP brings access to
governments and dissemination
One stop shop for
life cycle approaches
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