Brewing a Successful Zero Waste Program

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Brewing a Successful Zero Waste Program

• Cheri Chastain
• Sustainability Coordinator
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Co
• CRRA Conference August 5, 2008

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Awards

• 2001-2007 WRAP (Waste Reduction Award Program)
  Recipient
• 2002 WRAP of The Year Award
• 2005 Governors Environmental and Economic
  Leadership Award for Sustainable Practices
• 2005 Great Valley Centers A Giant in the
  Valley Award
• 2005 Flex Your Power Award Winner
• 2008 CRRA Zero Waste Achievement Award
• 2008 Climate Action Champion Award from the
  California Climate Action Registry

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Reuse

• Pallets
• Super Sacks
• Boxes
• Packaging Materials
• Paper

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Source Reduction EPR

• Purchasing
• 100 Recycled Content
• POS packaging Reduction
• Green Products
• Processes
• New Technologies
• More efficient equipment

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2007 Solid Waste Diversion

• 31,038 tons materials diverted
• 559 tons of trash 98.2 Diversion
• Avoided 2,000,000 in waste hauler charges
• Brought in 850,000 in recycling revenue

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Recycling

• Spent Grains, Hops Yeast

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Recycling

• Glass
• Cans Bottles
• Cardboard
• Shrink Wrap
• PaperWhite Mixed
• Plastic Strapping
• Packaging Material
• Batteries
• Light bulbs
• Computers
• Scrap Metal Wire
• Burlap

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Composting

• Worm Bins
• Lack of Facility
• University Farm Partnership
• Composting Workshops

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Construction Debris Diversion

• Wood
• Asphalt
• Concrete
• Fixtures
• Scrap Metal / Wire

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Break Rooms

• Reduce Reuse Recycle Rot
• Zero Waste

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Look for wastes other than solid wastes!

• Water
• Heat
• Energy
• Sunlight
• Vegetable oil
• CO2
• Anything you might have!

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Water Reuse
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Energy Efficiency

• Heat Recovery Projects
• Boilers
• Fuel Cells
• Kettles

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Energy Generation

• Biogas to Electricity

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Sunlight Reuse!

• 503 kW Sun Tracking Parking Structure
• 1.42 MW Roof Top Solar Panels

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Alternative Fuels
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CO2 Recovery
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Cheers!