ENVIROWISE SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS

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ENVIROWISE SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS

• Dr Mick Lynn
• Envirowise Adviser

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Getting Started with Resource Efficiency
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Is this what you think of as Waste?
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The Real Cost of Waste?

• Companies usually see waste as the skip
  outside
• Cost of waste seen as
• Skip removal
• Effluent charges
• These can be easily identified by businesses

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The Real Cost of Waste

• Cost of things companies throw away eg
• cost of raw materials in skip
• cost of labour in scrapped product
• cost of consumables in all products
• cost of wasted energy
• lost sales value

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The Real Cost of Waste
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Easily Identified Costs
Hidden Costs
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Waste Minimisation
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Waste Management
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What is Waste Minimisation ?

• Primarily a management tool
• requires commitment at the top
• requires commitment from staff
• Better use of
• raw materials
• utilities
• Reduced production of wastes

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Key Benefits of Waste Minimisation

• Saves money
• Reduces waste
• Helps compliance with legislation
• Increases efficiency
• Improves image

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How To Assess Your Wastes and Costs

• Use a systematic approach
• Use document checklist to source information
• Use appropriate tools for the job
• e.g. process mapping, inventories
• Conduct a waste survey

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Getting Started

• Commitment
• Data to reinforce commitment
• Early wins
• Build on success
• Can you do it yourself or do you need help?
• sufficient time?
• If help needed - where from?
• Environment and Energy Helpline
• Envirowise Adviser
• Resource Efficiency Club

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The First Steps

• Walk around assessment of waste sources
• - Produce a Waste Map (ET219)
• Assess cost of wasted resources
• - Set up a Waste Account (ET225 / web)
• Process flowsheet to identify priorities
• - Use Cutting Costs by Reducing Waste (GG38C)

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Walk Around Assessment

• Use/produce a site map
• Seeing is believing
• Turn it into a waste map
• - eg wherever there are inputs
• Involve staff
• A couple of hours

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Set up a Waste Account

• Cost amount of raw materials
• - purchase invoices
• - packaging information
• Water use
• - water effluent bills
• - meters
• Energy consumption
• - gas/electricity bills meters
• Waste disposal bills

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Process Flowsheets

• Can be used for any process
• Gives information for where real areas of benefit
  are
• Involving staff pays dividends
• In company workshops
• Club workshops

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Process Flowsheet
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Establish Priorities

• Could be determined by
• Amount of waste produced
• Cost of raw material
• Value of the reject
• Cost of disposal
• Staff enthusiasm

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You are not alone- Envirowise can help
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What is Envirowise ?

• A programme funded by government
• Free help for all businesses
• Promotes better environmental practices that
  reduce business costs
• Cleaner technology
• Waste minimisation

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Environment Energy Helpline

• Gateway to Envirowise ( Action Energy)
• Freephone 0800 585794
• Any environmental or energy efficiency question
• 2 hours free specialist advice
• Signposting to other sources of information
• Requests for publications

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Fast Track Visits

• Waste Minimisation - how to get started
• For ALL companies
• Whole day visit to their site
• Walk around site
• Finding the data
• Analysing process and prioritising
• Bullet point Action plan

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Publications Tools

• Good Practice Guides
• How to do it
• Environmental Performance Guides
• Benchmarking
• Case Studies and Case Histories
• Newsletters, leaflets
• Videos software

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Resource Efficiency Clubs

• Throughout the UK
• 46M / year savings
• Usually run by partnerships of local
  intermediaries
• Clubs help companies by
• networking / exchange of ideas
• provision of training
• consultancy
• ideally - baseline, action monitoring benefits

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Environment and Energy Helpline 0800 585 794
www.envirowise.gov.uk