stephanie barger, executive director u.s. zero waste business council
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Stephanie Barger, Executive DirectorU.S. Zero Waste Business Council
www.uszwbc.org
ReduceReuse
Recycle = Zero Waste
GOING BEYOND RECYCLING
Provide Incentives Before Ban or Mandate
Eliminate Waste by Designing Out of Products and Processes
Foster Sustainable and Green Businesses
Retailers Take Back Difficult to Recycle Materials
Resource Recovery Park
Producer Responsibility
Expand City Outreach & Technical Assistance and Lead by Example
Jobs from Design & Discards
© Copyright Eco-Cycle, 2004 with text modifications by permission.www.ecocycle.org/zerowaste/zwsystem
Empowered Consumer
The Zero Waste EconomyDesigning a Full-Cycle system – Upstream and Downstream
US EPA Food Recovery Hierarchy
Source Reduction – Reduce the amount of food waste being generated;Feed People – Donate excess food to food banks, soup kitchens and shelters;Feed Animals – Provide food scraps to farmers;Industrial Uses – Provide fats for rendering; oil for fuel; food discards for animal feed production; or anaerobic digestion combined with soil amendment production or composting of the residualsComposting – Recycle food scraps into a nutrient rich soil amendment
SOURCE REDUCTION
•Buying Locally vs. Buying Organic
•Inventory Control –Over buying
•Food packaging
•Reuse of fresh produce in soups, casseroles, pizza
Feed Hungry People
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
October 1, 1996: to encourage the donation of food and grocery products to non-profit charitable organizations for distribution to needy people.
In the United States alone, we waste about five million tons of food just between Thanksgiving and New Year's- that's enough to fill 125,000 18-wheelers, which would stretch from Chicago to Seattle. www.foodtank.org
Feed Hungry People
HEALTH CARE AGENCYHEALTH CARE AGENCYENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Donated Food – Related Legal References
114432 Food Facility Donations -Any FOOD FACILITY may donate FOOD to a FOOD BANK or to another NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION for distribution to PERSONs free of charge.114433 Criminal liability -No FOOD FACILITY that donates FOOD as permitted by Section 114432 shall be subject to civil or criminal liability or penalty 114434 Immunity113841 Nonprofit Charitable Organization (definition)
Is it possible?
One Size doesn’t fit all but there is one size for everyone
Vermicomposting Partnering with local farmers Anaerobic Digestion Dehydration Haulers partnering with composting
facilities On-site tumblers and composting
Number of Composting Facilities Growing
Athens Services, La Puente (serves greater L.A.) Community Recycling, Sun Valley CA and NV) Inland Empire Regional Compost Facility Miramar Landfill, San Diego Taormina Disposal/Anaheim Disposal Tierra Verde EcoCentre, El Toro Marine Base, OC OC LANDFILL ?????
Act now for Food Scrap policies
10,000 tons of SW =Landfill - 1 jobComposting – 4 jobsRecycling – 10 jobsReuse – 75 –250 jobs
Source: www.ilsr.org
Compassionate consumption Supporting local farmers and
businesses Returning needed nutrients to our soil Saving water Creating Jobs Eliminating Green House gases
2nd Annual National Zero Waste Business ConferenceMay 8th and 9th – Cincinnati, OH
Stephanie Barger, Executive DirectorU.S. Zero Waste Business Council
www.uszwbc.org
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