transition from product value chains (the “wasting economy”) to resource value cycles (the...
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Transition from Product Value Chains
(the “wasting economy”) to
Resource Value Cycles (the “renewable economy”)
by
Developing Zero Waste Ecoparks
Dan NobleThe Sustainable Organization™ www.inquiryinternational.com
And Association of Compost Producers, www.healthysoil.org
Pictures and (most) words from: Eric Lombardi, Eco-Cycle, www.Ecocycle.org, Dan Knapp, Urban Ore®, http://urbanore.ypguides.net/ , and Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates, www.garyliss.com
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Defining Sustainability for an Enterprise or Community
The Triple Bottom Line: People: Personal and Community Wellbeing Planet: Renewable Environment/Resources Profit: Financial Abundance
ECONOMY
Society
Environment
Sustainable View
SUSTAINABLEENVIRONMENT
SustainableSociety
SustainableEconomy
Typical World View
Journey to
Sustainability
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Daly Pyramid
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Journey to Sustainability: Development of a Circular Economy
Linear Economy*Natural Resources &Resource Industries
•Air•Water•Land & Minerals•Energy•Biological
IndustrialProcesses, Distribution & Product Use
Waste & Pollution
From Eugene Odum, Ecology, 1963 and www.Ecocycle.org, 2008
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Circular, Zero Waste, Economy*
Natural Resources &Resource Industries
•Air•Water•Land & Minerals•Energy•Biological
IndustrialProcesses, Distribution & Product Use
Waste & Pollution
Environmental Industry
Journey to Sustainability: Development of a Circular Economy
From Eugene Odum, Ecology, 1963 and www.Ecocycle.org, 2008
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Sustainability = CollaborationAll about managing differences!Conflict Contrast Collaboration
Forcing Collaboration
Avoidance Accommodation
Compromise
SELF ASSERTIVE100
COMPASSIONATE1000
0
Collaboration
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Nested Resource Cycles
Tier 1: Residential, On-site/Facility - “Onsite Market”
Tier 2: Community, Municipality, Agency – Wholesale - Retail “Markets”
Tier 3: Between Communities – “Government to Wholesale Markets ”
Industry
ResidentialCommercial
No one niche is “right,” correct or “the best.” Sanitation (water & solids) agencies are typically involved in all at the same
time. Solids & Water Market Development Strategies and Tactics must work
synergistically to build resource value and system efficiency (esp. w/ energy!!). This is still a goal to which all our communities are actively working.
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Zero Waste Movement*
Zero Waste is emerging as a: paradigm shift, a new, comprehensive socio-technical system,
that addresses our resource use from product
design to disposal “Cradle to Cradle” -
http://www.mcdonough.com/cradle_to_cradle.htm * From www.EcoCycle.org
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Zero Waste Movement
There are four central concepts to the Zero Waste system:
1. Changing the Rules to support resource recovery;
2. Producer Responsibility to hold industry liable for creating less toxic and more efficient products;
3. Purchasing for Zero Waste to use our buying power as our voice for Zero Waste; and
4. Resource Recovery Infrastructure to build the processing and recovery systems to move us toward Zero Waste. Learn more about all these aspects and the Zero Waste System.
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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
Zero Waste System (Replace with Oakland version)
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Zero Waste, Resource Recovery Centers (EcoParks)
Seven key Zero Waste Facilities Needed:
1. Re-Use Facilities – e.g. like thrift stores (www.reusealliance.org)
2. The MRF – “Materials Recovery Facility” (sorting) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_recovery_facility
3. C&D Facilities – “Construction & Demolition” debris recycling4. Composting Facility – to recycle “dry” organics5. Aerobic & Anaerobic Digestion Facilities – to extract energy
and/or produce fertilizer products from “wet” organics6. The CHaRM – “Center for Hard to Recycle Materials7. Residue Facility – like the old “landfill” but VERY MUCH smaller
Can often be built at active or closed landfills!
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Urban Ore® To end the Age of Waste
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Resource Recovery Park, U.K.
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Know Your DiscardsMaterial % in Wastes Value ($/ton)
1. Reusables 6% $400
2. Putrescibles 26% $35
3. Paper 21% $100
4. Ceramics (C&D) 10% $15
5. Metals 9% $80
6. Polymers 9% $150
7. Soils 6% $15
8. Glass 4% $25
9. Textiles 3% $20
10. Plant Debris 3% $35
11. Wood 2% $15
12. Chemicals 1% $200
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Barriers to Transformation
They’re in our mind … AND imbedded in past investments!
Specialized (non-integrated) Professions E.g. civil, structural, electrical, chemical “engineers” vs. ecological
engineers Air, water or solid specialists, vs. cradle-to-cradle integralists!
Resources Laws Based on Linear vs. Circular Economic Model
Profit-centric (economic) vs. Planet & People-centric view
Trillions of Dollars of “Sunk Investments” E.g. Old refineries, manufacturing practices, mines, etc., etc. People DO NOT want to “abandon” those investments!
Building Economies of Scope vs. Economies of Scale i.e. lot’s of little, distributed, integrated values, vs. a few, large,
centralized, specialized values
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Reference Sites Global Reporting Initiative, www.globalreporting.org International Society of Sustainability Professionals,
www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org Grass Roots Recycling Network, www.grrn.org Business Alliance for Local Living Economies,
www.livingeconomies.org GreenSource Network www.greensourcenetwork.net San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership www.sdrsp.org Green Chamber of San Diego County www.greenchambersd.com City of Portland, Office of Sustainable Development,
http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm Sustainable Business.com www.sustainablebusiness.com Sustainable Industries, www.sustainableindustries.com CorporateResponsibility.net www.corporateresponsibility.net Environmental Business Journal, www.ebiusa.com Terry Tamminen, “Lives per Gallon: The True Cost of our Oil Addition”
www.terrytamminen.com Paul Hawken, “The Ecology of Commerce” www.paulhawken.com Natural Capital Institute, www.naturalcapital.org Ecocycle, Inc., www.ecocycle.org Ecological Engineering Group, www.ecological-engineering.com