Workshop #6 Recycling and
Sustainable Products
Workshop Overview:
- The practice of recycling
- City recycling initiatives
- Sustainable products
- Waste Management
Information
Rethink
Respect
Refuse
What is the City doing?:
Recycling and Sustainable Products
• Practice of recycling throughout Satellite Beach
discussing sustainable, eco-friendly products
• Replace harmful single-use plastics such as straws
and water bottles.
• Phase out single-use plastics from its working
environments and events.
• Information provided by Waste Management.
Without exception, recycling is
the top action society can do to
simultaneously improve the
environment, the economy and
sustainable manufacturing.
Recycling Fast Facts
In less than 15 years, worldwide waste is expected to
double.
U.S. recycling levels are currently 21.4%
When U.S. recycling levels reach 75% it will be the
environmental and CO2 equivalent of removing 55
million cars from U.S. roads each year.
Despite only representing 5% of the world population,
the U.S. generates more waste than any other
country in the world.
Some Facts
Plastic: The Environment’s Enemy
First plastic invented in 1869 by John Wesley Hyatt
as a substitute for ivory.
Plastic demand exploded during WWII and the
surge continued after the war’s end.
In the 1980s the plastics industry introduced the
practice of recycling as a way to reduce the
growing plastic waste generation.
Plastic: The Environment’s Enemy
PHOTODEGRADATION
Photodegradation is the
change in the properties
of a material from
exposure to light.
While man-made
plastics cannot
biodegrade, they can,
over years,
photodegrade.
BIODEGRADATION
The process by which
organic substances are
decomposed by micro-
organisms into simpler
substances
All plant-based, animal-
based, or natural
mineral-based
substances will over
time biodegrade.
How do plastics degrade?
Plastic: The Environment’s Enemy
Photodegradation breaks plastics down into increasingly
smaller fragments, ultimately becoming microplastics
Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five
millimeters long. They are often found in exfoliating
bath products and can also be formed when larger
plastic items degrade.
These tiny plastic particles easily pass through water
filtration systems and end up in the oceans and rivers,
posing a potential threat to aquatic life.
What happens when plastics degrade?
Plastic: The Environment’s Enemy
Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Larger then France Spain and
Germany combined
- Over 8 million tons of garbage enter the ocean each year.
- Much of it can be found in any of the 5 massive garbage
..patches in oceans around the world
Why should we care?
Recycling around the world
Sweden
Sweden burns their garbage to use as fuel, which
powers over a quarter million homes. The practice
is so successful that the country ran out of garbage
and now imports waste from Norway
How do others do it?
Recycling around the world
Switzerland
Switzerland charges for their disposal of junk; you must
use an official grey garbage bag for non-recyclable waste.
Prices for the bags range from $1.64 to $9.60 each,
depending on the size. Because of this, the Swiss are very
diligent with their recycling. Switzerland has also
introduced a landfilling ban, demanding that all non-
recycled combustible waste be incinerated.
How do others do it?
Recycling local
Brevard County
We, The City's and county use Waste Management
http://www.brevardfl.gov/SolidWaste/Home
Each location is different
Central Disposal Facility,Cocoa
Mockingbird Mulching Facility, Titusville
Sarno Landfill & Transfer Station, Melbourne
Titusville Transfer Station
How do we do it?
•Recycling is single-stream, which means
that items do not need to be sorted. The
co-mingled recycling items will be
transported to a materials recovery facility
for sorting and transporting to various
markets.
What Makes Something
Recyclable?
Driving Forces
Convenience
Size/shape
Contamination
Identification
Sorting
Size
Demand
Volume
Value
Collection
Processing
End-Market
Contamination 101
• Plastic Bags – What’s the problem?
• They interfere with the machinery. Waste Management workers have to enter clogged machinery in order to remove plastic bags.
• Bulky items & Non-program materials
• The equipment cannot handle bulky items. They cause jams that lead to plant shutdowns, all of which limit our ability to recycle efficiently. Non-program items cannot be recycled and must be transported to the landfill for proper disposal.
• Liquid and Food
• It contaminates the recyclables. Food-soiled or wet recyclables cannot be sold to buyers.
What it looks like and why it’s important to address it
Recycle Often… …because it’s the responsible thing to do
• Recycle empty bottles/jugs/tubs and tin/aluminum cans
• Recycle clean, dry paper and cardboard
Recycle Right……because following a few simple rules will make the process work
• Items not accepted in curbside programs
• Keep food, food-soiled paper, and liquids and out of your recycling container
Recycle Often. Recycle Right. Campaign
www.RecycleOftenRecycleRight.com
Rethink. Reset. Recycle Campaign
www.FloridaRecycles.org
Recycling Don’t’s
•Do not place the following items in your recycling cart (they can be placed in the
garbage cart or, in some cases, deposited at a facility that accepts them):Pizza boxes,
paper towels, napkins
•Anything with food residue
•Plastic bags, baggies, wrap, or bubble wrap
•Plastic clam shell containers (fruits, vegetables, baked goods, batteries, etc.)
•Polystyrene (such as Styrofoam) food containers and packing materials
•Boxes and bags with aluminum coating (e.g., Goldfish Crackers)
•Construction waste — wood waste and/or ballets
•Containers with multiple materials (e.g., plastic top, cardboard cylinder and metal
bottom)
•Metal car parts of any kind/wire racks
•Oxygen tubes/medical waste; syringes
•Concrete or cinder blocks
•Wet paper or cardboard
•Christmas lights
•Paper cups
•Plastic packaging
•Ceramic bowls and mugs
•Window and mirror glass
•Batteries
•Tires, rubber hoses, and tubing
•Rope and ratchet straps
•Propane tanks
•Diapers
•Paint cans
•Empty motor oil containers
•Clothing and hangers
•Fishing line
•Cassette & video tapes
•DVD cases
•Shredded paper
Plastics
•Bottles, jugs and tubs with lids on (rinsed)
•Yogurt containers with lids (rinsed)
•Do not include bottles that contained automotive products, pool
chemicals, pesticides, fertilizers or any other household hazardous
waste.
•Do not place plastic bags in your recycling cart. Many grocery and
other retail stores accept plastic bags for recycling.
•Do not include any polystyrene, such as Styrofoam products.
Publix accepts all polystyrene for recycling.
Glass
Any color bottles and jars (lids removed). Lightly rinse glass jars
and bottles. Do not include window glass, ceramic cups or dishes,
light bulbs, mirrors or broken glass.
Aluminum, Tin and Steel Cans
Lightly rinse beverage and food cans. Empty aerosol cans are
accepted. Clean aluminum foil and disposable aluminum pans can
also be placed in your recycling cart.
Recycling Do’s
Paper Products
Please keep these items dry and remove plastic bags, which can
cause the automated sorting system to fail.
•Newspapers
•Magazines
•Greeting cards
•Colored construction paper
•Milk, juice and other drink boxes
•Paper towel and toilet tissue cardboard rolls
•Paperback books
•Phone books
•Catalogs
•Paper bags
•Envelopes (including those with windows)
•Paper
•Junk mail
•Paperboard boxes (flatten)
•Corrugated cardboard boxes (broken down). If you have a large
quantity of cardboard boxes, that when broken down will not fit
in your recycling cart, break them down and put them on top of
your recycling inside the lid. If there is too large a quantity,
please call Waste Management at (321) 723-4455 or the City's
ECO Division at (321) 608-5080 to schedule a special pickup.
•Milk and juice cartons
Sustainable Products: Overview
• Where do they come from?
• What are the practices of that company?
• Is the production of the product
sustainable?
• How do they treat there workers?
• Issues with sustainable products
https://www.onyalife.com/plastic-free/eco-friendly-products/
Can you tell where a product was made and who made it? We look at
product traceability and transparency to assess what kind of connection the
brand has to the makers who produce their products.
Is the maker better off? Protection of labor rights as well as health and
safety is a must! As a result of earning a living wage, she receives
increased access to essential services, education, and other opportunities as
well as investments in the community.
Was the product made with the future of the planet in mind? We look for
products that are paving the way for a more environmentally sustainable
industry- not only by minimizing negative impacts (on climate, water, and
landfills), but are also made with cleaner, less resource-intensive processes
and materials.
Do the raw materials that went into the product meet the same values?
Whether they’re made from cotton, viscose, lyocell, rubber, etc., we look
for products that are created using sustainable material?
Is sustainability fashionable?
YES
1. Dassault Systemes France Software
2. Neste Finland Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
3. Valeo France Auto Components
4. Ucb Belgium Pharmaceuticals
5. Outotec Finland Construction & Engineering
6. Amundi France Capital Markets
7. Cisco Systems U.S. Communications Equipment
8. Autodesk U.S. Software
9. Siemens Germany Industrial Conglomerates
10. Samsung SDI S. Korea Electronics, Instruments & Components
11. Aareal Bank Germany Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
12. Enbridge Canada Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
13. Merck U.S. Pharmaceuticals
14. Natura Cosmeticos Brazil Personal Products
15. Pearson UK Media
16. Amadeus IT Group Spain IT Services
17. Bayerische Motoren Werke Germany Automobiles
18. Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais CEMIG Brazil Electric Utilities
19. Koninklijke Philips Netherlands Industrial Conglomerates
20. Allergan U.S. Pharmaceuticals
FORBES- Corporate Knights discovered that companies on its
list of 100 most sustainable had three times as many female
top executives than the average multinational firms
generating over $1 billion. They also paid 27% more in taxes.
What companies are doing?
Materials?
Eco Products: • Sugarcane/Bamboo
• Sugarcane
• Wheat Straw
• Compostable PLA Polylactic acid
(PLA) or "corn plastic"
• Ingeo™, a plant-based plastic
PSM Cutlery (formerly known as
Plant Starch Cutlery)
• 100% post-consumer recycled
polystyrene
Materials:
PLATraditional plastics are made from
petroleum, the world's most valuable,
non-renewable resource.
Polylactic acid (PLA) or "corn plastic" is
made from annually renewable resources,
not oil.
Composting helps divert waste from
landfills.
Compost is a great way to improve vital
soil resources and divert waste that would
otherwise be landfilled.
Our Plantware cutlery is compostable in
commercial compost facilities, but
unfortunately not in your home compost.
Made from 100% renewable resources
Made with PLA, a plant-based plastic
Meets ASTM standards for compostability
Bamboo products
Plant-based Products for your home & family
Seventh Generation Products:
LAUNDRY DETERGENT
DISH SOAP
HAND SOAP
DIAPERS & WIPES
FREE & CLEAR
http://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/
natural-eco-friendly-cleaning-products-
for-the-conscious-home
The wraps
form a
protective,
breathable and
antimicrobial
seal over just
about any
perishable - all
without the
use of plastic.
They are reusable.
They are
biodegradable.
They are plastic
free.
Reusable material:
etee- Wraps
Edible products
Description:
It is made with Flours of
Rice+wheat+Jowar + water.
Dubbed a "cutlery
revolution," Bakeys'
edible cutlery is a
delicious solution to the
world’s plastic waste
problem.
What Happened?
Compostable Material and
Commercial composting
• Hopes – Everything should be compostable
• Facts – There may not be a facility available
• Future – There is a facility and it is part of
your home?
The same applies to Recycling!
Greens Browns
What is
Compost
?
Water Worms
Other facts: Plastic Homes
EcoDomum has already built more than five hundred
of these plastic panel houses in several cities in
Mexico, and is working on contracts for several
hundred more, with the company's goal being to move
into a larger working space and to expand throughout
the country in 2016.building houses with recycled
plastics- the new thing – is it in Mexico – why not here
That works out to some 5.5 tons of plastic waste
being converted from trash to building materials
every day, just from one small plant.
A simple house uses about 80 of these panels
subsidized housing program underwrites some of the
cost, with families only paying some 5,000 pesos
(~$280 US) for a 430 ft2 dwelling.
What world do we live in?
Questions?
The Refuse option:
Respectfully Refuse
A world of optionsPlanet = Plan+it
Thank you For attending the Workshop
Please direct any and all questions about this and other
workshops to the City's Environmental Programs Coordinator.
565 Cassia Boulevard Satellite Beach, FL 32937
Tel: 321.773.4407 Fax: 321.779.1388
Website: www.satellitebeachfl.org E-
mail: [email protected]
The Next workshop topic is “Lagoon Landscaping
Pilot Program” it is scheduled for July 26 and will
be posted on face book and the City's website.
Thank You!