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Ron VanceU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
Combustion11.9%
Recovery33.8%
Land Disposal54.3%
MSW Management in the U.S.
1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 20052007200820090
50
100
150
200
250
300
0
2
4
6
8
10
0.0
88.1
0.00.00.00.0
104.4
0.00.00.00.0
121.1
0.0
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127.8
0.00.00.00.0
151.6
0.00.00.00.0
166.3
0.00.00.00.0
208.3
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217.3
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242.5
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252.4
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243.0
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2.68
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2.96
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3.66
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0.000.000.000.00
4.72
0.000.000.000.00
4.67
0.00
4.63
0.000.000.00
4.34
0.00
MSW Generation Rates,1960 to 2009
Total MSW generation Per capita generation
To
tal M
SW
ge
ne
rati
on
(m
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n t
on
s)
Pe
r c
ap
ita
ge
ne
rati
on
(lb
s/p
ers
on
/da
y)
20092007
Municipal Solid Waste Generation in 2009
243 Million Tons
Paper & Paperboard
28.2%
Glass 4.8%Metals 8.6%
Plastics 12.3%
Other 3.5%
Food Scraps 14.1%
Yard Trimmings 13.7 %
Wood 6.5%
Rubber, leather, and textiles 8.3%
Products Generated in MSW, 2009
Other Wastes 1.5%
Containers & Packaging 29.5%
Nondurable Goods 22.0%
Food Scraps 14.1%
Yard Trimmings 13.7%
Durable Goods 19.2%
243 million tons before recycling
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2007
2008
2009
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
0.0
5.6
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0.0
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8.00.0 0.00.0
0.0
9.3
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14.5
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16.7
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0.0
33.2
0.00.00.0
0.0
55.8
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0.0
69.5
0.00.00.0
0.0
79.9
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84.8
0.00.00.0
82.0
0.00.0%
6.4%
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0% 6.2%
0.0%0.0%
0.0%0.0%
6.6%
0.0%
0.0%0.0%
0.0%
7.3%
0.0%0.0%0.0%
0.0%
9.6%
0.0%0.0%0.0%
0.0%
10.1%
0.0%0.0%0.0%
0.0%
16.0%
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
25.7%
0.0%0.0%0.0%
0.0%
28.6%
0.0%0.0%0.0%
0.0%
31.6%
0.0%
33.3%
0.0%0.0%0.0%
33.8%
0.0%
MSW Recycling Rates,1960 to 2009
Total MSW recycling Percent recycling
To
tal M
SW
re
cycl
ing
(m
illio
n to
ns)
Pe
rce
nt o
f ge
ne
ratio
n r
ecy
cle
d
20092007
AutoBatteries
Office-type Papers
SteelCans
YardTrimmings
Aluminum Beer
& Soda Cans
Tires GlassContainers
HDPE Natural (white
translucent) Bottles
PET Bottles & Jars
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
95.7
74.2
6659.9
50.7
35.3
31.128.9 28
Recycling Rates of Selected Products, 2009
Products
Re
cy
clin
g R
ate
Commodity Recycling Trends1970 1980 1990 2000 2009
Paper and paperboard 15% 21% 28% 43% 62%
Glass 1% 5% 20% 23% 26%
Metals 4% 8% 24% 35% 35%
Plastics Neg. <1% 2% 6% 7%
Yard trimmings Neg. Neg. 12% 52% 60%
Rubber tires 13% 6% 12% 26% 35%
Lead-acid batteries 76% 70% 97% 93% 99%
Selected Consumer Electronics 10% 19%
Neg. = less than 5,000 tons or 0.05 percent.
Unsustainable Trajectory
The current rate at which we are using resources is unsustainable.
In 2000, U.S. consumed 57% more materials than in 1975
U.S. has < 5% of world’s population but is responsible for about 1/3 of world’s total materials consumption
Evolution of Approach
Solid Waste Management
Recycling
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Sustainable Materials Management
Sustainable Materials Management
Waste is really a stream of valuable materials, with environmental
investments and impacts at all stages of the lifecycle.
Need to capture investments and reduce those impacts
Considers the human health and environmental impacts associated with the full life cycle of materials
Cradle-to-cradle vs cradle to grave
Recycling Climate Impacts
Calculating Climate Impacts
WAste Reduction Model (WARM)◦ Determining the GHG impacts of waste management practices -
landfilling, recycling, incineration, composting, and source reduction.
Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator◦ Expresses quantities of GHGs in terms of metrics such as number of
cars, gallons of gasoline, acres of forest, etc
Recycled Content (ReCon) Tool◦ Estimates the life-cycle GHG and energy impacts of purchasing or
manufacturing certain materials with recycled content
Durable Goods Calculator (DGC)◦ Presents GHG and energy impact of disposing or recycling of durable
household goods
Calculating Climate Impacts
Tools can be found at http://epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/tools.html
Emission factors are not intended to assign ownership for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
WasteWise
WasteWise is a free, voluntary EPA partnership program.
WasteWise helps organizations eliminate costly waste through waste reduction practices —benefiting the organization’s bottom line and the environment.
WasteWise is flexible.
More than 2,500 members
What Does WasteWise Offer?
Submit baseline data within 60 days of registering
Report on waste management activities annually
Commit to:◦ Prevent waste (i.e. source reduction)◦ Recycle◦ Purchase or manufacture recycled content products
What Does WasteWise Offer?
Free Technical Assistance◦ Individual attention◦ Helpline◦ Resources and Publications
Online Waste Tracking Software EPA Recognition
◦ Awards◦ Case studies, articles, and Web site success story features
Sector Benchmarking Climate Profile
Individualized Climate Profile
Calculates greenhouse gas emissions reductions resulting from waste prevention and recycling activities.
Translates these into real-life equivalents.
Valuable tool for communicating environmental benefits to management, employees, customers,
and other stakeholders.
ABC Company example to be created/inserted
WasteWise Re-TRAC
Track activities and input data all year long
Interactive tool—not just for end-of-year reporting
WasteWise Re-TRAC
Manage data for multiple locations◦ Ex: ACME Paper
can report activities in their VA, MD, and DC offices
◦ Need to have at least one location
◦ Reports can aggregate the data for all locations
WasteWise Re-TRAC
List of materials matches◦ Synchronized
with WARM◦ Ability to add
“Other” when material is not in the list
WasteWise Re-TRAC
Access to Re-TRAC reports with real-time data◦ Re-TRAC offers several
valuable reports ◦ Climate Profile available
immediately after EPA reviews annual data
Access to historical data for comparisons◦ Previous reporting data
will be loaded into Re-TRAC
More info on WasteWise
www.epa.gov/wastewise
(800) EPA-WISE (372-9473)
