Sustainable Management
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7.pptxWeek 6 – in Review
Energy: it makes the world go around!
Why do businesses care about energy management?
What may businesses do to better manage their energy?
Greenhouse Gas Measurement in-class activity
Schedule & Learning Objectives
An introduction to the “waste issue”
The business case for waste sustainability: cases
Waste audit
Products are created: Consider your laptop: for the pound of electronics that it contains, 8 000 pounds of solid waste was created somewhere in the world
Solid waste – any unwanted or discarded material that is not liquid or gas – amounts to 1.3 billion tonnes/year and costs $205 billion (World Bank, 2018)
Products are disposed: there are many ways in which we dispose of unwanted materials – nearly all have a negative impact
Global Waste Problem
Trash Mountain in Ghazipur, east Delhi (Hindustantimes, 2017)
Why may a business want to reduce waste?
Reduce/avoid costs
Increasing regulation
Innovation/capture new markets
Scarcity of resources
Declining landfill capacity
The Business Case for Waste Management
Operationalizing WM: Waste Audits
Waste audits can be used to generate a baseline
Waste audits can answer a variety of research questions
Waste audits must include a representative sample of waste
How to conduct a waste audit?
Determine the purpose
Organize yourself! Be sure to have the proper equipment and roles are assigned
Analyze your results
Audit Results
Create a pie chart that displays the categories of waste found in each receptacle/stream of refuse (garbage, paper and bottles/cans). Be sure that each chart is clearly labelled and includes appropriate tiles. Based on your findings, provide basic analysis that identified and explains any trends, anomalies, etc.
Based on the audit results, identify:
Which waste stream is used most frequently and least frequently
Which waste stream is used most effectively and least effectively
List three specific actions that could help to improve use of the three-bin sorting system
Summary & Next Steps
“Only we humans make waste that nature can’t digest” (Captain Charles Moore)
Waste is an inefficiency and prevention is the best solution
A waste audit provides information that may be used to support more effective resource use and management
Next class: Sustainability Metric - Water
Complete reading
Course Project/Case Study
Waste – in Review
Why would a business conduct a waste audit?
Many factors may motivate an organization to manage their waste; including?
Interesting in working in this field?
