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Greening the Supply Chain: A Zero Waste Approach for Sustainable Business Practices

This comprehensive guide presents the Zero Waste mindset as a transformative strategy for businesses seeking to enhance sustainability while reducing waste within their supply chains. The analysis reveals critical insights into resource consumption, waste streams, and opportunities for increasing efficiency. By adopting systematic material assessments, companies can identify non-value outputs and maximize resource recovery. The case study showcases a successful Waste-to-Resource assessment that achieved significant revenue increases and landfill diversion improvements. Embrace sustainability as a central business imperative.

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Greening the Supply Chain: A Zero Waste Approach for Sustainable Business Practices

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  1. Greening the Supply Chain • A Zero Waste Approach • March 16, 2011 Tom Carpenter Waste Management

  2. Sustainability Business Imperatives • The Resource Strained Economy

  3. The Zero Waste Mindset Not just recycling and back-of-dock solutions 1. Resource consumption Raw materials, finished goods, natural resources. 4. End-of-life output The stuff your customers no longer need or want. 2. Non-product output The stuff you pay to get rid of and that doesn’t bring value. 3. Product output The stuff you’re paid for and that brings value.

  4. Sustainability Hierarchy • Some Organizations Think Recycling or Zero Landfill Is Enough Most Difficult /Sustainable Zero Waste Eliminate Reduce Zero Landfill Reuse Recycle Conventional Beneficial disposal Non-beneficial disposal Least Difficult/Sustainable

  5. One Size Does Not Fit All A Systematic Material by Material Approach May be Necessary Impact Inventory Impact Assessment Opportunity Portfolio Solution Analysis Playbook Roadmap 1 2 3 4 5 6

  6. Waste Stream Sample 15,054 lbs ResourcesFound in Waste Stream 14,523 lbs or 95% by weight Case Study • Waste to ResourceTM assessment $49K Increased annual commodity revenue 81.7% Landfill diversion improvement $279K Annual revenue/cost avoidance

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