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Rethink waste: profit through resource efficiencyModule 1 – Data Collection

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Module 1 - Slide 2Chapter 1 - Introduction

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Objectives of Rethink waste package

Working through the three modules of this package you will:

• gain a better understanding of resource efficiency and how it applies to your site;

• appreciate the benefits resource efficiency can bring to you and your company;

• have tools (and desire!) to put resource efficiency into practice;

• be able to develop an action plan to implement resource efficiency.

Module 1 - Slide 3Chapter 1 - Introduction

What others have achieved…

It’s fashionable and easy to say ‘improve resource efficiency’ – but what does it really mean?

You can see what other companies have found and achieved when looking at resource efficiency:

Module 1 - Slide 4Chapter 1 - Introduction

Case study

Module 1 of Rethink Waste: Resource Efficiency for ManufacturersModule 1 - Slide 5Chapter 1 - Introduction

MODULE 1 – DATA COLLECTION

Establish what you’ve got and where you are in resource efficiency terms – including costs

Module 3 – Implementing an Action Plan

Prioritise your options and tips on how to implement them

Module 2 – Developing an Action Plan

Identify where and how you could improve resource efficiency – your options

Index of contents – Module 1

1. Instructions and introduction

2. What is resource efficiency?

3. What are the drivers?

Legislation

Costs

4. The waste hierarchy

5. Where do I start?

Support and commitment

Understanding your site

6. Developing a Waste Map

Producing a waste map

Obtaining data and annotation

7. Use of data (Baseline and Benchmarking)

8. Summary and next steps

9. Further help

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Module 1 - Slide 6 - IndexChapter 1 - Introduction

Introduction – aims

Welcome to Module 1 – Data Collection

In this module we will introduce you to:

• resource efficiency – putting it in perspective;

• how to identify and look at resource efficiency on your site;

• the first steps to developing an action plan to improve the efficient use of resources.

Module 1 - Slide 7Chapter 1 - Introduction

A quick introduction to waste – the facts

WASTE FACTS

• 600 million tonnes raw resources used by industry per year.

• On average 93% production materials are never used in the final product.

• 75 million tonnes of solid waste goes to landfill each year.

• Cost £15 billion per year.

• This is unsustainable, it’s uneconomic – we need to do something.

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More stats

What is ‘resource efficiency’?

Looking at eliminating or reducing

the use of materials or utilities (energy and water)

to make a process more efficient or eliminating,

reducing or recycling waste from that process.

Materials

Energy

Water

Module 1 - Slide 9Chapter 2 - What is resource efficiency?

External websites

What are the drivers?

Reducing waste is not the only incentive to using resources efficiently.

The points below should also be considered:

• company internal goals;

• legislative drivers;

• cost drivers;

• reduce company’s environmental impact.

Let’s just have a quick look at each of these ….

Module 1 - Slide 10Chapter 3 – What are the drivers?

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Company internal goals

Implementing good environmental practice used to be considered a ‘fringe’ idea - now, most major

FTSE100 companies have environmental issues at the core of their business strategy because of:

• image;

• Corporate Social Responsibility;

• Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme [EMAS], BS8555 – Acorn/ Green Dragon/STEMS);

• pressure groups;

• marketing.

Module 1 - Slide 11Chapter 3 – What are the drivers?

Key legislation

Some key pieces of legislation influencing resource efficiency are:

• Duty of Care;

• Environmental Permitting Regulations (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive);

• Packaging;

• Hazardous/Special Waste;

• WEEE;

• Batteries recycling.

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Legislation

Costs

The cost of waste is defined as:

‘The cost of purchasing, processing and disposing of all the non-product outputs’.

Improvements in resource efficiency will reduce waste and costs. Cost savings are probably the key

incentive to implement resource efficiency measures. Understanding the costs is important – and they are

often greater than immediately apparent….

Costs may be considered as ‘Direct’ and/or ‘Hidden’ costs.

THE TRUE COST OF WASTE

Cost of wasted raw materials

+ lost time

+ cost of utilities used

+ waste treatment costs

+ disposal costs

=

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Direct and hidden costsModule 1 - Slide 14Chapter 3 – What are the drivers?

DirectCosts

HiddenCosts

Cost of raw materials/consumables

Cost of wasted energy/utilities

Manufacturing and production costs

Maintenance

Rework Time and effort

Transportation

Handling and storage

Waste disposal costs

Emission charges

Sewerage and effluent charges

Direct & hidden costs

Example of direct and hidden costs – hot waterModule 1 - Slide 15Chapter 3 – What are the drivers?

Hot water tank

Water heater

Water, EnergyEnergy, Labour,

ChemicalsEnergy, Labour

Raw watertank Softener

Mainswater

Hot (65oC)softened

water

Watersupply113p/m3

100 m3 per day500 W UV light

= 0.66p/m3

1 m3 15 » 65oC5 p/kWh

= 323 p/m3

1 m3 Salt and

regen water= 40 p/m3

Value of hot softened

water= 477 p/m3

Seweragecharge135p/m3

Total cost of ‘wasted’ hot water = £6.12p/m3

Directcost

Directcost

Hidden costs

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