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Waste management and planning how to work with
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Waste management and planninghow to work it in small business September 2013

• The main role of an EMS (Environmental Management
  System) is to integrate environmental issues into
  activities to improve the organization's
  environmental performance. It is a process to
  structure, manage and improve environmental work.
• Waste management is a key part and a tool in an
  EMS process.

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My first visit in the Company

• I pay attention to their attitude and knowledge
  of environmental work, their ability to work
  actively to reduce environmental impact, the
  motivation of staff and management.
• I explain the process in an EMS, ISO 14001, EMAS
  and EMAS easy, approximate costs and time, and
  how a certification is performed.
• I listen to what they want to achieve at my next
  visit, and how they and I should be prepared.

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This is what I wanted to achieve with my visits

• Provide an overview of the Swedish environmental
  legislation and why it has emerged.
• To create awareness of environmental impact.
• To inspire and help them to communicate an
  environmental policy designed for the company and
  to identify some environmental objective they can
  incorporate their management.

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This I learned during my visits

• Small companies usually do not have time or money
  or staff to set aside and little understanding
  for the issue and a fear of handling with all
  documentation
• So it was important to find out what could
  motivate them to work with environmental matters

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• To get assignments it is required to have an
  active commitment to the environment.
• It facilitates contact with authorities and makes
  it easier to meet the law requirements and
  regulations.
• There is a demand from consumers and/or
  suppliers, competitive reasons.
• It can save money.
• Management has a genuine interest in reducing the
  environmental impact.
• The staff has expressed a wish that the company
  should be more environmental orientated.

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Sweden's environmental policy and environmental
objectivesEnvironmental policy should focus on

• Ecosystem recovery and that ecosystem services is
  secured
• Biodiversity and natural and cultural environment
  is preserved
• Human health is exposed to minimal negative
  environmental impact
• The cycle is as far as possible free from
  hazardous substances
• Good housekeeping is done with natural resources
• Renewable energy is growing
• Consumption patterns of goods and services is
  causing as little environmental and health
  problems as possible.
• This policy is manifested in 16 National
  Environment objectives

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A Company's environmental objectives should be
related to the national environmental objectives

• Waste management is related to
• Reduced climate impact
• Clean air
• Natural acidification only
• A non-toxic environment
• Zero eutrophication
• Flourishing lakes and streams
• Good quality groundwater
• A rich diversity of plant and animal life

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Waste management is crucial in the progression to
reduce environmental impact and a key component
in an EMS

• To reduce waste
• Decide a goal (reducing with 10 )Decide when
  (within one year)
• What and how to measure (kg, m3)
• Make a planDo itFollow-up

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How to start the waste management

• nominate a person who will be primarily
  responsible for the process
• provide him/her with training in relevant
  subjects
• ensure that there is time and resources to carry
  out the work
• ensure that all employees are informed and
  engaged
• be sure to have a relevant documentation system
• be sure there is time for evaluation and
  follow-up during the process

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Next step isExplore, measure and document
what comes in what
goes around
what goes out
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Then decide about action plans

• review the purchasing/procuring procedures
• information to all staff
• buying containers for sorting
• control of what is poured in the drain
• routines to go to the recycling stations
• collaborating with a recycling firm

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The idea of waste hierarchy should guide waste
management

• The waste hierarchy
• Preventing waste is created - waste minimization
• Reuse
• Recycle materials
• Recycle energy by burning, incineration
• Dispose of, ie add on dump, landfill

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Waste minimization

• When purchasing new electronic products, ensure
  that these products have long life, try to mend
  and repair instead of buying new
• Buy paper that are eco-labeled, use Internet
  instead of paper mail, print on both sides
• Buy products with minimal packaging, avoid
  disposable packaging and disposable products
• Buy only eco-labeled chemicals

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Reuse

• Reuse of material occurs mostly in building and
  construction, furniture, clothing and textile and
  electronic equipment.
• Ensure that waste equipment will come to a
  recycling center
• To reuse is to use an item again after it has
  been used. This includes where the item is used
  again for the same function, and new-life reuse
  where it is used for a different function.
• In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of
  the used item into raw materials which are used
  to make new items

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Recycle materials

• Make it easy to recycle by placing bins for
  different materials and information on what to
  thrown into these. You can recycle
• Aluminium
• Metal
• Glass packaging
• Packaging paper and cardboard
• Plastic packaging
• Paper
• Recycling reduces the use of natural resources
  but it takes energy to produce new products from
  recycled materials.

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Incineration and landfill

• Incineration and landfill are the most common
  ways to deal with garbage but not the best.
• Incineration can heat homes and provide hot water
  but requires cleaning of exhaust smoke as well as
  rules how the ashes can be deposited without
  leaking toxins into the environment.
• Landfill is the worst scenario, it leaks toxic
  substances as well as green house gases. It takes
  450 years to decompose a plastic bottle.

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• In 2012, 4 393 070 tons of household waste was
  treated in Sweden. Calculated per person it is
  460 kg.
• Percentage allocated treatment methods were
• 15 percent goes to the biological treatment
• 32 percent recycling
• 51 percent incineration
• 0.7 percent deposit

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Anette Fischer Hjelteig Consulting AB Email
konsult.miljo_at_gmail.com Thank you for your
attention!