ies webinar: the waste industry is evolving- be sure your margins don't go extinct!

The Waste Industry is Evolving - Be Sure Your Margins Don’t Go Extinct!August 14, 2014

Presenters: Erik Makinson, Director of Waste Solutions, Ecova

The Waste Industry is Evolving…

Agenda

Shifting Landscape of the Waste Industry

Opportunities – Reduce Waste– Divert Waste

Taking Action

Resources

Q&A

Waste Costs are on the Rise!

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Waste Costs are on the Rise!

Beating the Odds…

Procurement – Provides short term wins

through reduced hauling rates

Optimization – Right-Sizing and remote

monitoring help ensure you aren’t paying for more service than you need

– Compaction can minimize pick-ups

Zero Waste Management – The ONLY long-term strategy

Zero Waste Management

3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Purchase goods with the end of life in mind

Close the loop, by purchasing recycled and repurposed goods

Technically, 90% diversion counts as Zero Waste - USZWBC

Takeaway: Help meet employee and customer expectations for recycling, composting, and waste diversion

Take Action: Conduct a Waste Audit

See relative contents of waste stream

Reveal employee training opportunities

Identify packaging issues

Takeaway: Uncover opportunities to prevent and divert waste

Source Reduction

Wal-Mart removed an average of 40% of plastic resin from salad packaging. This avoided consumption of 1.2 million pounds of plastic film annually.

Source: Sustainable Packaging

Source: Walmart.com

Takeaway: You pay TWICE for everything in your dumpster

Get paid for waste

Offset disposal costs

Used cooking oil, cardboard, compost

Waste Diversion

Takeaway: Others may find $$$ in your waste stream

Innovative strategies

Takeaway: Think outside of the box for game-changing solutions

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Q&A

Thank you!