Waste Management for a Sustainable Future June 12, 2015 Lissa McCracken Executive Director

Waste Management for a Sustainable Future

June 12, 2015

Lissa McCrackenExecutive Director

KPPC is a state-mandated technical service center and Kentucky’s primary resource to help businesses, industries and other organizations develop environmentally sustainable, cost-saving solutions for improved efficiency.

KPPC is based at the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering, and provides technical information and assistance that is free, confidential and non-regulatory.

Who is KPPC – Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center

Defining WASTE

WAS TE

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Our Universal “Backyard”

NIMBY Not in My BackYard

NOTE

NOPE

CAVE

BANANA

Not Over There Either

Not On Planet Earth

Citizens Against Virtually Everything

Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything

Waste Minimization

Waste Minimization Program-in-Place

The reduction, to the extent feasible, in

the amount of hazardous waste generated

prior to any treatment, storage, or

disposal of waste

Source Reduction

The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 gave us the definition of Source Reduction and a hierarchy to follow

Proactive Planning: Move Up the Hierarchy

Disposal

Treatment

Energy Recovery

Reuse & Recycling

Source Reduction & Energy Efficiency

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Proactive Approaches to Source Reduction

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Green Chemistry

Lean Manufacturing

What Drives An Organization?

Barriers to Success

Emphasis on Process

Inadequate Training

Lack of Planning

Poor Communications

Lack of Patience

Assigned to a Person, Not a Team

Treated as a Special Program

A Sustainable Future

KPPC - Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center works with its clients to help them develop and use a Systems Approach

The Center has helped more than 800 Kentucky businesses and organizations achieve success resulting in more than $30 million in actual and identified savings

Leadership & Commitment

A Systems Approach requires Leadership & Management Commitment to continual improvement

In order to succeed, an organization must move from creating awareness to taking action

The 7 Steps

KPPC builds on the EPA’s Seven-Step Energy Management Process to assist clients

1 - Make the Commitment

2 - Assess Performance & Opportunities

3 - Set Performance Goals

4 - Create an Action Plan

5 - Implement the Action Plan

6 - Evaluate Progress

7 - Recognize Achievement

MANAGEMENT

The HARD Side of Change…

Is about Processes, Measurement, Tools, Structures & Procedures

LEADERSHIP

The SOFT Side of Change…

Is about Buy-in, Commitment, Overcoming Resistance to Change & Self Leadership

There Are Two Sides of Organizational Change

Waste Minimization: Manufacturing Process

Through a Systems Approach, KPPC client Denyo Manufacturing improved its:

• Recycling - scrap metal, cardboard, plastic & wood

• Water & Natural Gas Usage

• Waste Water Treatment

• Process Chemicals

Waste Minimization: Printing Facility

Kentucky-based FetterGroup, with technical assistance from KPPC, reduced their solid waste pickup by 40 percent, while over 95 percent of their waste goes somewhere other than a landfill

Waste Minimization: Corporate Offices

KPPC’s award winning client Kindred Healthcare in Louisville undertook a number of sustainability projects, including: energy reduction, purchasing eco-products that are 100% biodegradable and using plant-based plastic products

Waste Minimization: Industrial Process Water

Before trial -7,600 Gallons Per Day

After trial -2,700 Gallons Per Day

Jan Feb March April

Client saved an average of - 3,200 gallons per day and lowered cost of treatment and sludge hauling

Building Sustainable Businesses

“Business strategies built around the radically more productive use of natural resources can solve many environmental problems at a profit”

Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken“A Road Map for Natural Capitalism” 1999

A Unique Opportunity

KPPC offers Kentucky businesses and organizations a unique opportunity to take advantage of engineering technical assistance at very low, or no cost

KPPC Services

Workshops

Webinars

On-site Assessments

Brief Assistances

On-site Training

KPPC Can Help

KPPC can help with both the Leadership and the Management side of Organizational Change

Filling the Gap

Waste Management for a Sustainable Future

June 12, 2015

Lissa McCracken

Executive Director

lissa.mccracken@louisville.edu

(502) 852-1564

www.kppc.org