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Brian Stafki │ Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Sustainable Materials Management in Oregon
What is it? How did we get here? What does it mean for Oregon?
Brian Stafki
October 16, 2018
Recycling Association of Minnesota and Solid Waste Association of North America
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Recycling in OregonWhy do we recycle?
FOR INTERNAL USE 4
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Recycling benefits the environment
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Benefits of waste recovery (Oregon, 2016)
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• Prevented the use of 27 trillion BTUs of energy
o Equivalent to 2.8 percent of Oregon’s total energy use
• Reduced 2.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide
equivalents
o Equivalent to annual tailpipe emissions from ~690,000
passenger cars
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Oregon and SMMIs there more than recycling?
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Sustainable materials management defined
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“Materials management is an approach to serving human needs by using and reusing resources most productively and sustainably throughout their life cycles, generally minimizing the amount of materials involved and all the associated environmental impacts.”
— U.S. E.P.A.
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Material life cycle
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material extraction
and processing
manufacturing international transportation
end-of-life management home and business use retail distribution
domestic
transportation
Production
Consumption
Recycling is necessary, but insufficient
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2006 U.S. GHG inventory
with 32% recovery (MSW)
provision
of
materials
42%
buildings
transporting
people
appliances
& devices 2006 U.S. GHG inventory with
very high recovery rate
(~95% MSW + >70% C&D)
“savings” 6%
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Oregon adopts SMM
Vision: By 2050, Oregonians produce and use materials responsibly
while conserving resources, protecting the environment and living
well.
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Recycling is necessary, but insufficient
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80.00
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37% recycling rate
62% recycling rate
No
rmalized
im
pact
(baseli
ne w
/37%
recyclin
g =
100)
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Recycling is necessary, but insufficient
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20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
120.00
37% recycling rate
62% recycling rate
62% recycling rate, lightweighted
No
rmal
ize
d im
pac
t(b
ase
line
w/3
7%
re
cycl
ing
= 1
00
)
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Recycling is necessary, but insufficient
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20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
120.00
37% recycling rate
62% recycling rate
62% recycling rate, lightweighted
tap water (worst case)
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rmal
ize
d im
pac
t(b
ase
line
w/3
7%
re
cycl
ing
= 1
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)
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Recycling is necessary, but insufficient
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20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
120.00
37% recycling rate
62% recycling rate
62% recycling rate, lightweighted
tap water (worst case)
tap water (best case)
No
rmal
ize
d im
pac
t(b
ase
line
w/3
7%
re
cycl
ing
= 1
00
)
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Oregon’s approach
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Reduce
generation
(reduce, reuse)
Increase recovery
(recycle, compost,
limited energy
recovery)
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44% recycled content (aggregate)
8% recycled content(slag)
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0
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100
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350
Mix 1 Mix 2 Mix 3
kg
CO
2e
44%
recycled
content
(aggregate)8%
recycled
content
(slag)
0%
recycled
content
Example: Concrete
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Preventing the wasting of good food
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Wasted Food
Preventing the wasting of food
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steel
Beer Product Environmental Footprint
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Not all recovery is equally beneficial
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Questions?
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Materials Managementconserving resources · protecting the environment · living well
Brian Stafki | [email protected]
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