Going Green is an ongoing process

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Going Green is an ongoing process
Assess Operations
Gather Information
Discuss with staff Use waste mapping Record waste
amounts and sources Read industry publications
and review websites
Perform Cost benefit analysis Consider
regulations Consider customer response
Set up monitoring plan Select a program leader or
team Develop employee education programs
Use data to identify areas where greatest waste
occurs Try to determine causes
Monitor and Evaluate
Act
What can be done right away? What requires
investment?
Identify areas for improvement or new development
Prioritize
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Financial benefits of going green Some Statistics

• Ribbons Recycled - diverted 54,000 ink cartridges
  from landfill sites, now has over 4,000 business
  customers
• Atlas Cold Storage - reduced energy consumption
  total savings 865,000
• Oland Brewery - reduced waste from 275 tractor
  trailer loads per year to 78 loads per year
  saving over 200,000

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Financial Statistics , continued

• Metrographic Printing reduced solid waste to just
  52 bags per year saving 300 in disposal fees
• Canadian Maritime Engineering built their own
  plate roller and other equipment from used
  equipment they had in-house, saving over 200,000

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Financial Statistics , continued

• Interface Canada - Under a program called m
  Quest, this company saved 3 million in energy,
  water and waste costs.
• St. Lawrence Corporation Iroquois, Ont. - annual
  savings of 370,000 while increasing production
  by 11. Greenhouse gas emissions are down 13
• Kuntz Electroplating costs were down 20 in first
  year as environmentally sound practices reduced
  emissions by 150,000kg per year.

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Whats happening in other parts of Canada

• Eco-Efficiency Innovation Program audited 45 SMEs
  in Ontario. Of these, 90 implemented energy and
  water saving programs saving 10 to 15 of
  operating costs. Payback of associated costs took
  1 to 3 years.
• 80 of Nova Scotian businesses say they have
  taken steps to reduce waste generated.
• Packaging stewardship and extended producer
  responsibility programs have been tried in
  Manitoba and Ontario.

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A Look at Regulations

• Businesses that do not separate wastes can be
  fined from 500 to 5,000 per day in NS where
  recyclable materials are banned from the
  landfills
• The Canadian government committed to a 50
  reduction of the 1988 levels of waste by the year
  2000
• (1994 Report of Canada to the UN Commission of
  Sustainable Development)
• PEI has implemented a strict waste management
  plan that requires all waste to be sorted and
  recycled if possible

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More on regulations

• The Ontario Waste Diversion Act created
  Stewardship Ontario to collect weight based
  packaging fees
• Mandatory paper recycling in St. Johns and
  surrounding areas began in Sept. 2005
• Other parts of the province will also require
  both business and residential waste paper to be
  recycled beginning in March 2006