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Waste Management for a Sustainable Future June 12, 2015 Lissa McCracken Executive Director
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KPPC is a state-mandated technical service center and Kentucky’s primary resource to help businesses, industries and other organizations develop environmentally sustainable, cost-saving solutions for improved efficiency. KPPC is based at the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering, and provides technical information and assistance that is free, confidential and non-regulatory. Who is KPPC – Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
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Defining WASTE WASTEWASTE ater ir olids & Liquids ime nergy
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Our Universal “Backyard”NIMBY Not in My BackYard NOTE NOPE CAVE BANANA Not Over There Either Not On Planet Earth Citizens Against Virtually Everything Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
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Waste Minimization Waste Minimization Program-in-Place The reduction, to the extent feasible, in the amount of hazardous waste generated prior to any treatment, storage, or disposal of waste
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Source Reduction The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 gave us the definition of Source Reduction and a hierarchy to follow
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Proactive Planning: Move Up the Hierarchy Disposal Treatment Energy Recovery Reuse & Recycling Source Reduction & Energy Efficiency (E2) Continual Improvement
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Proactive Approaches to Source Reduction Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Green Chemistry Lean Manufacturing
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What Drives An Organization?
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Barriers to Success Emphasis on Process Inadequate Training Lack of Planning Poor Communications Lack of Patience Assigned to a Person, Not a Team Treated as a Special Program
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A Sustainable Future KPPC - Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center works with its clients to help them develop and use a Systems Approach The Center has helped more than 800 Kentucky businesses and organizations achieve success resulting in more than $30 million in actual and identified savings
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Leadership & Commitment A Systems Approach requires Leadership & Management Commitment to continual improvement In order to succeed, an organization must move from creating awareness to taking action
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The 7 Steps KPPC builds on the EPA’s Seven-Step Energy Management Process to assist clients 1 - Make the Commitment 2 - Assess Performance & Opportunities 3 - Set Performance Goals 4 - Create an Action Plan 5 - Implement the Action Plan 6 - Evaluate Progress 7 - Recognize Achievement
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MANAGEMENT The HARD Side of Change… Is about Processes, Measurement, Tools, Structures & Procedures LEADERSHIP The SOFT Side of Change… Is about Buy-in, Commitment, Overcoming Resistance to Change & Self Leadership There Are Two Sides of Organizational Change
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Waste Minimization: Manufacturing Process Through a Systems Approach, KPPC client Denyo Manufacturing improved its: Recycling - scrap metal, cardboard, plastic & wood Water & Natural Gas Usage Waste Water Treatment Process Chemicals
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Waste Minimization: Printing Facility Kentucky-based FetterGroup, with technical assistance from KPPC, reduced their solid waste pickup by 40 percent, while over 95 percent of their waste goes somewhere other than a landfill
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Waste Minimization: Corporate Offices KPPC’s award winning client Kindred Healthcare in Louisville undertook a number of sustainability projects, including: energy reduction, purchasing eco-products that are 100% biodegradable and using plant-based plastic products
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Waste Minimization: Industrial Process Water Before trial - 7,600 Gallons Per Day After trial - 2,700 Gallons Per Day JanFeb MarchApril Client saved an average of - 3,200 gallons per day and lowered cost of treatment and sludge hauling
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Building Sustainable Businesses “Business strategies built around the radically more productive use of natural resources can solve many environmental problems at a profit” Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken “A Road Map for Natural Capitalism” 1999
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A Unique Opportunity KPPC offers Kentucky businesses and organizations a unique opportunity to take advantage of engineering technical assistance at very low, or no cost
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KPPC Services Workshops Webinars On-site Assessments Brief Assistances On-site Training
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KPPC Can Help KPPC can help with both the Leadership and the Management side of Organizational Change
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Filling the Gap
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Waste Management for a Sustainable Future June 12, 2015 Lissa McCracken Executive Director lissa.mccracken@louisville.edu (502) 852-1564 www.kppc.org
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