Sustainable Procurement: Full Cycle Inventory Managment

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Sustainable Procurement Full Cycle Inventory
Managment
Closing the LoopGreening the Supply and
Purchasing Chain 10 August 2007

• Rob Gogan
• Recycling and Waste Manager
• Harvard University Operations Services
• 175 North Harvard Street
• Allston, MA 02134
• rob_gogan_at_harvard.edu
• http//www.uos.harvard.edu/information/dep_fac_sol
  .shtml

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Three Rs

• Reduce packaging, over-purchasing
• Reuse both sides of paper, furniture, clothing
• Recycle buy only what can be recycled and
  recycle all you buy

three arrows

• Manufacturing using post-consumer feedstocks
• Consumption of products made from recycled
  materials
• Recovery of recyclable materials

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• Closing the Loop

Manufacturing
Consumption
Recovery
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Harvard Waste History

• 1600s to 1800 "In the 18th century the most
  common method of trash disposal was to open the
  back door or windowOutside the original
  Stoughton Hall demolished in 1781, Archaeology
  Lecturer John Gerry said archaeologists found
  thousands of rum bottles. (Harvard Crimson,
  6-7-99)
• May, 1775 Half a ton of lead from the Harvard
  Hall roof is recycled into bullets that help
  drive the British from Boston. (Harvard Gazette,
  5-10-01)
• August, 1943 Harvard Student War Services
  Committee recovers clothing, metal and piano
  soundboard providing material for an estimated
  four machine guns. (Crimson, 8-28-42)
• July, 1946 Harvard sends its refuse to Cambridge
  City Dump at site of former North Cambridge Brick
  Works (now Danehy Park)
• April, 1972 Harvard Ecology Action begins paper,
  glass battery recycling program recovering
  three tons of paper per week (Crimson, 4-22-72)
• 1982 Cambridge Landfill closes.
• 1991 Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations
  starts collecting recyclables
• 1997-present Harvard trash sent by rail to Lee
  County, South Carolina

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Harvard Recycling 2007
We harvest the campus orchard for environmental
benefit and increased community health. A few of
our achievements in FY 2007

• Diversion of 7,391 tons of refuse for recycling
• Won American Forest Paper Association Campus
  Recycling Award
• Donation of over 2,500,000 worth of reused
  furniture, clothing and books to non-profit
  organizations and needy individuals
• Founding participant in Cambridges 40 by 05
  Recycling Campaign
• Conversion of refuse collection trucks to B-20
  bio-diesel, CNG and SVO for quieter, cleaner
  operation

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Partnerships with Charities Harvard Habitat for
Humanity Stuff Sale, First Year Move-in,
Valentines Day Cosmetics Drive to benefit
Cambridge Family Shelter
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University of Oregon Waste Prevention Programs
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Greening Contract Specifications

• Harvards Biodiesel mini-packers

Allieds CNG rear-load packer
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Harvard Free Surplus Furniture Distribution,
every Thursday from 11-2, 175 North Harvard
Street, Allston MA.
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Whats in Harvards trash?
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Resource Efficiency Program

• Waste Audits

Mount Trashmore
REP Bulletin Boards
http//www.greencampus.harvard.edu/rep/
Tree Huggers
Green Cup
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• 2007 Waste Minimization
• Rank Campus Kg refuse/yr
• 1 Harvard 551
• 2 Brown 669
• 3 Yale 730
• 4 Princeton 763
• 5 Columbia 938

EPA WasteWise-sponsored 10-week contest with
201 campuses participating in 2007. See
ltwww.recyclemaniacs.orggt
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Sustainability requires good planning, operation
and inspiration
infrastructure
and marketing!
Passion