Minimising Waste Maximising Profit

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Minimising Waste -Maximising Profit!

• Andy Scully
• Envirowise North West

Climate Change How to protect and grow your
business whilst reducing your emissions. Tuesday
3 March 2009
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Overview

• Why Resource Efficiency?
• Key Business Drivers for Resource Efficiency
• Steps to Achieve Resource Efficiency Cost
  Savings
• Support Available
• Questions

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Envirowise

• Government Organisation
• Funded by DEFRA
• Provide FREE practical help advice for
  businesses
• Promote better environmental practices
• Can help you save money increase profitability
• Saved UK industry more than 1 billion since
  1994

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Resource Efficiency

• Waste minimisation
• Energy conservation
• Water conservation
• Packaging minimisation
• Handling and storage
• Investing in cleaner equipment

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Environmental Impacts of Inefficient Resource Use
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Key Business Barriers
Key Business Drivers
Lack of awarenessTime/Other prioritiesNot
convinced of relevance/savingsLack of
knowledge/skillsFear of being exposed CATNAP
Cheapest Available Technology Narrowly Avoiding
Prosecution
Rising waste and utility costs Improve processes
and environmental performance Ethical consumerism
and investment Corporate social
responsibility Sustain a competitive advantage
image and supply chain pressure Meet customer and
stakeholder demands Staff retention/recruitment Le
gislation Drivers
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The Cost of Wasting Resources
Visible costs 4 Hidden costs 96!
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Key Business Driver Waste Landfill

• Waste costs are equivalent to 4 of total
  turnover
• Landfill generates methane gas global warming
  effect
• is 21 times worse than CO2
• Landfill generates effluent
• Landfill Directive aims to
• reduce biodegradable waste
• to landfill
• Waste strategy 2007
• half waste to landfill by 2012

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Cost of Waste to Landfill
Resources Wasted Profit Wasted Missed Opportuni
ties
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How to Identify Waste and Achieve Cost Savings

• WASTE MAPPING
• This process can be used to identify
• Where waste occurs origin
• How waste occurs
• How much it is really costing your business
• It can also help you identify
• Which processes are most wasteful
• Where to start
• The purpose is to identify where waste is
  occurring and whether the waste can be reduced or
  eliminated

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Methods to Reduce Waste

• Benchmark/monitor progress
• Production/types/disposal routes
• Solid waste (tonnes/year, waste)
• Minimise packaging use
• Improve quality control
• Introduce waste segregation schemes
• Switch from disposable to reusable / refillable
  / rechargeable
• Dont print / 2-sided / multi-page print
• Encourage electronic circulation and archiving

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Key Business Driver Water

• Increasing water prices
• Cleaning water is energy and chemical intensive
• Most water does not need to be potable quality  
• 20 to 50 reduction is often possible

Remember If you dont measure it you cant
manage it!
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How to Achieve Water Savings

• Understand where water is used (e.g. Raw
  Water/Process/Effluent)
• Understand how much it costs to buy throw away
• Techniques
• Undertake site drainage survey and colour code
  drains and manholes
• Create a Water Balance of your business
• Check your water bills (who owns/reads/pays the
  bills)
• Check water meters

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Benefits of a Water Balance

• Demonstrates numerically where water enters and
  leaves your business
• Management Tool
• Helps you understand and manage water and
  effluent efficiently
• Identifies areas with greatest cost saving
  potential
• Detects Leaks

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Water Costs Savings

• Domestic water benchmark is 8 m³/employee/per
  annum
• Common to see this usage is 3 or 4 times greater
  
• 100 employees _at_ 24 m³ per annum 2,400
• Would save 1,600 per annum moving to benchmark
  usage
• (Note Real Costs can be doubled when taking into
  account sewage disposal)

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Water Costs
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Water Benchmarks
True Cost of Water UK Mains Supply 0.50 -
1.50/m³ Chlorinated Water 0.90 -
1.90/m³ Softened Water 0.85 -
2.20/m³ Demineralised/Deionised Water 4.50 -
6.50/m³ Condensate 4.00 - 6.00/m³ Steam 21
- 24/tonne
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Methods to Reduce Water Use

• Benchmark/Monitor water use
• Water use and effluent (m3/year, m3/tonne)

• Check for Leaking Taps Pipework
• Fit Water Minimising Controls
• -Push Tap/Flow Regulators/Restrictors
• -Spray Nozzles on Hoses
• -Low-Flush Toilets
• -Sensor Flushing Controls on Urinals
• Recover Condensate for Boiler Feed
• make-up

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Methods to Reduce Water Use

• Restricting mains water pressure
• Cleaning in Place systems can minimise water use
  Effluent generation
• Installing water efficient fittings
• Improved Maintenance
• Adopting efficient cleaning methods
• Efficiently washing food/equipment
• Tap Water v Bottled Water
• Water recovery (I.e. Rainwater Harvesting)
• Raising Staff Awareness Competitions/Training/N
  ewsletters

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Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA)

• www.eca-water.gov.uk
• The scheme allows the capital associated with
  certain water saving technologies (Water
  Technology List) to be written off against tax in
  one year
• The Water Technology List includes
• Membrane Systems
• Showers
• Taps
• Toilets
• Leakage Detection Equipment
• Meters and Monitoring Equipment
• Rainwater Harvesting Equipment

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Key Business Driver Energy

• Energy costs are rising
• year on year
• Climate Change Levy
• adds cost for businesses
• Use of fossil fuels generates CO2
• Fossil fuels are finite resources

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Methods to Reduce Energy

• Benchmark/monitor energy use and bills
• Gas and electricity (kWh/year, KWh/tonne)
• Fuel use (litres/year, litres/km)
• Install energy efficient equipment
• Switch lights/equipment off
• Install sensors
• Reduce workspace temperature set air
  conditioning not to come on below 24ºC
• Increase awareness amongst staff
• Check Insulation
• Screen savers dont save energy enable power
  settings

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What assistance does Envirowise provide?
www.envirowise.gov.uk
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Envirowise Toolkits Support

• Interactive Toolkits
• Publication Wizard 4 Step Procedure
• EMS Envirowise Publication Wizard
• Envirowise Indicator Toolkit
• Behavioural Change Toolkit
• Green Officiency Toolkit
• Supply Chain Toolkit
• Pack-In A Packaging Indicator for Eco-Design
• Publications
• Newsletters (Production/Retail/Office/Commercial/D
  esign/Construction)

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Summary

• Waste disposal and utility costs are rising
  rapidly
• Legislation becoming more burdensome
• Practical steps to take
• Resource efficiency can save you money
• Free resources available through Envirowise

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Envirowise Regional Contacts

• Andy Scully
• 0870 190 2302
• andy.scully_at_envirowise.gov.uk
• Nick Ward
• 0870 190 8300
• Nick.ward_at_envirowise.gov.uk
• Thank you for listening!
• Any Questions?