Reducing Waste to

Reduce Costs

Steve Brachman, Waste Reduction Specialist

Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Center

Today’s DiscussionHighlights

Innovations and trends in recycling

Source reduction strategies

Future recycling issues

C & D – specs and the WasteCap Trace program

Food waste composting via the Milwaukee Community Compost network

RecyclingFood Waste

C & D

Recycling Trends & Innovations

Single stream well institutionalized

Stable recycling markets

New facility for mixed cullet =

Strategic Material in East Troy

"Green Teams" taking long view

Source Reduction Strategies

Starts with procurement

Walmart – single most important factor greening the supply chain today.

Needs to be tackled by department

Common strategies

2 sided copying

Eliminate “personal” ink jet printer

Departmental mug

Reusable dishware

Future Opportunities

Municipal funding going down = economies of scale will be incentivized

Organics = #1 material in waste stream

Synergy between recycling and energy conservation