Business Impact on the Environment:

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Business Impact on the Environment Mitigation
through Resource Efficiency
Roger Wilson
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Releases to air
Nuisance
Solid Waste
Noise Other Nuisance
Discharge to Water
Discharge to Sewer

Ground Contamination
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National Research
How concerned are you about the impact of Climate
Change in the UK?
How much influence do you think can have on
limiting Climate Change?
The UK Government Industry and businesses You, personally Your local community
1. No influence 11 10 26 17
2. A little influence 13 17 45 40
3. Some influence 21 21 21 29
4. A large influence 52 50 7 12
Don't Know 3 3 1 3
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European Commission Data

• raise concerns that householders can do little
  to save the environment.
• Instead, big companies need to cut their carbon
  dioxide emissions if climate change is to be
  halted.

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Solutions to Climate Change

• Adapt to changes
• New products
• New processes
• New lifestyles
• Mitigate the causes
• Consume less
• Be more efficient
• Change our behaviour

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Solutions?

• Adapt to changes
• New products
• New processes
• New lifestyles
• Mitigate the causes
• Consume less
• Be more efficient
• Change our behaviour

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Government Action

• To change our behaviour
• Legislation
• Taxation
• Support

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Trends in Environmental Legislation

• Dilution is the solution to pollution (up to
  1970s)
• Treatment is the solution to pollution (1980s)
• Prevention is the solution to pollution (1990s)
• Producer responsibility is the solution to
  pollution (2000s)

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Releases to air EPA 90 PPCA 99 Clean Air Act
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Nuisance EPA Part III 90
Solid Waste EPA Part II 90 EP (DoC) Regs 91
Noise Other Nuisance EPA Part III 90 COPA 74
Discharge to Water WRA 91 Oil Storage
Regs Anti-Pollution Works Regs
Discharge to Sewer Water Ind Act 91
Ground Contamination EPA Part IIA 90 Cont Land
Regs 00
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Waste
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Site Waste Management Plans

• Voluntary Code of Practice launched July 2004
• Incorporated into Clean Neighbourhoods
  Environment Act 2005, Part 5 Chapter 3 Section 54
• Required by some LAs under planning process
• Formal consultation 2 April until 9 July 2007
• Parliamentary process after consultation
• Expected to come into force 6 April 2008
• Mandatory, but expected to be self regulatory

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SWMPs Construction Process
Planning
Demolition Protocol
Design out waste
Refurbishment
Recycled content
Newbuild Refurbishment
Contracts Contractors Materials
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Plan to Avoid This!

• Poor housekeeping
• Poor risk management
• Health Safety
• Environment
• Poor financial control

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Landfill Tax
 
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What is Envirowise?

• Government Programme est.1994
• FREE CONFIDENTIALhelp for all businesses
• Promotes better environmental practices that
  reduce business costs through a focus on
• Resource Efficiency
• Shows that environmental improvements can
  actually
• Save Money
• Reduce Re-use Recycle
• Waste Management Legal Advice

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Resource Efficiency

• Making the most of available resources
• raw materials, water, energy, equipment,
  fixed assets
• Thereby reducing waste and increasing
  profitability of industry commerce

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Waste Hierarchy
Highest Priority

• Eliminate
• Reduce
• Re-use
• Recover
• Recycle
• Energy
• Compost
• Dispose
• Treat dispose

Lowest Priority
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Industry Sectors
Ceramics Electronics Engineering Food
Drink Foundries Furniture Glass Construction
Metal Finishing Paper Board Plastics Printing Re
tail Supply Chain Speciality Chemicals Textiles Co
mmerce
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Average 4 of turnover for manufacturing.Up to
15 of project cost for construction.
True Cost of Waste
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Rules of Thumb Savings

• Year-on-year savings
• Manufacturing
• 1 of turnover or
• 1000/employee

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Envirowise Services

• Helpline
• Publications
• Workshops seminars
• Website e newsletters
• Site visits to businesses
• Water Technology List
• Support for BSOs, RECs SCPs
• Signposting to local services
• FREE CONFIDENTIAL

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Helpline

• Freephone 0800 585 794
• Any environmental or resource efficiency question
• 2 hours free specialist advice
• Signposting to other sources of information -
  especially local
• Requests for publications
• Requests for visits

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www.envirowise.gov.uk

• News
• Events
• Publications
• Interactive Helpline pages
• Regional information pages
• REC map and information
• Email notification of whats new
• Links to other sites

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Resource Efficiency in Practice
Commitment to Action
Preparation
Organisation for Action
Baseline
Options for Improvement
Monitoring Review
Journey
Actions
Dissemination
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Scope to Save
COLUMN 1 Resources and services COLUMN 2 Quantity COLUMN 3 Cost per year COLUMN 4 Scope to save COLUMN 5 Estimate of scope to save COLUMN 6 Ranking of priority (Highest 1)
Raw materials First most used Second most used Third most used All other materials Packaging Ancillary materials Consumables Energy Electricity Heat for process and space heating e.g. gas and fuel oil Vehicle fuel Water Trade effluent Solid and liquid waste 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 1 to 5 10 to 90 5 to 20 10 to 30 5 to 20 10 to 30 10 to 30 20 to 80 20 to 80 10 to 50
Total
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Waste Mapping
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Chipco Ltd - Process Flowsheet
Potatoes
Storage
Effluent Mud Potatoes - green - undersized -
sprouting
Water Energy
Washing / Sorting
Effluent Peelings / scourings/offcuts
Energy
Scouring/Shaping
Water Salt
Salt Water Rinse
Salt Water
Offcuts Water
Slice / Agitate
Energy
Air Dry Oven
Waste oil Product losses
Oil Energy
Fry
Flavour losses Waste cleaning materials
Flavourings Cleaning materials
Flavour
Air Dry Oven
Energy
Scrap packaging product
Foil Packaging
Pack
Boxes, Shrinkwrap pallets
Scrap packaging
Boxed
Warehouse
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If you dont measure it, you cant
manage it!How will you know if you have
won?

• You cannot
• Identify options
• Prioritise options
• Justify investment
• Motivate

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Gloucestershire RECs

• North centred on Tewkesbury
• South - centred on Stonehouse
• Contact details
• Alex Steele
• University of Gloucestershire
• Tel [phone]
• Email asteele_at_glos.ac.uk

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Envirowise Contact Details

• Action Plans register interest TODAY
• Helpline 0800 585794
• www.envirowise.gov.uk
• Carole Bond, Envirowise SW Regional Support
• 01225 852533
• carole_at_carbon-data.co.uk
• Paul Gilbert, Envirowise SW Regional Manager
• 0870 190 3832
• Paul.gilbert_at_Envirowise.gov.uk