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Kick Off EventOctober 9, 2009
OC GREEN JOB PartnersOrange County WIB
Santa Ana WIBAnaheim WIBTaller San Jose
Orange County Conservation CorpVital Link
Earth Resource FoundationCamp Fire USA
Orange County Business CouncilCoastline Community College District
Saddleback Community College District
• Career Exploration
Programs
• Experiential Activities
• Workforce Preparation
Training
• ERF High School Clubs
• Campaign Against the
Plastic Plague
• Zero Waste Business,
Schools and
Communities
Earth Resource Foundation
“Environmental Education through Action!”
Life SkillsLife Skills
andand
Workforce Workforce Preparation Preparation
SkillsSkills
California Green Job Corps Program Overview
Community Community ServiceService
Technical Technical Skills Skills
TrainingTraining
Zero Zero WasteWaste
Environmental Stewardship
• What is Zero Waste?
• State Mandates
• Green Job Creation
GOING BEYOND RECYCLING
ReduceReuse
Recycle= Zero Waste
Definition of Zero Waste*• Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and
visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are resources for others to use.
• Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.
• Implementing Zero Waste will eliminate all discharges to land, water or air that may be a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health.
* www.zwia.org/standards.html
State Mandates
• AB32 State Climate Change
– Zero Waste Included in Bill– Recycling and Composting all our Materials
Equals Eliminating all California Car Exhaust
• Mandatory Commercial Recycling– Only 7% of Commercial Waste is Recycled– California Integrated Waste Management
Currently Developing Mandatory Recycling Bill
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
The Zero Waste EconomyDesigning a Full-Cycle system – Upstream and Downstream
Green Jobs through Zero Waste Policies
• Job Opportunities
– 10,000 tons of Solid Waste* = Landfill - 1 job– Composting = 4 jobs– Recycling = 10 jobs– Reuse = 75 to 250 jobs
• Buy green goods and services• Recycling Industry = Size of Auto Industry
* Source: www.ilsr.org
Career Exploration
• Job site tours• Guest speakers• Green Jobs Career Day
Technical Skills Training
Training Programs• Community College• Regional Occupational Programs• Community Organizations• Faith Based Training OrganizationsZero Waste Integration• Zero Waste audit skills
Workforce Preparation Skills
• Life skills• Soft skills• Professionalism• Work ethic• Interview skills• Resume building
Community Service• Zero Waste Projects
– In school youth project• Zero Waste Audit of School • Presentation to School District
– Out of school youth project• Zero Waste Audits of Small to Medium Sized
Businesses• Development of Zero Waste Plans • Presentation of Plans to Businesses
Zero Waste Businesses are Leading the Way
(>90% Waste Diversion)• Anheuser-Busch, Fairfield, CA• Apple Computer, Elk Grove, CA • Del Mar Fairgrounds• Fetzer Vineyards• Frankie’s Bohemian Café, SF• Greens Restaurant, SF• Hewlett-Packard, Roseville, CA • Kean Coffee• Mad River Brewery• New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins, CO
• NUMMI, Fremont, CA • Pillsbury• Playa Vista, LA, CA• Point Loma University• Ricoh Electronics, Inc• San Diego Wild Animal
Park• Scoma’s Restaurant, SF• Strauss Family Farms• Toyota• Vons-Safeway• Xerox CorpBusiness in Blue
Presented at ERF Zero in on Zero Business Conference
Identify Waste
Waste ProfilingRecipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept
Ricoh’s “Recipe for Success”
= Total Participation= Total Participation
•Objectives•Leadership•Benchmarking•Organization•Project plan
•Training & Promotion•Use of 5R Concept•Verification•Continuous Improvement
5R – Reduce Activity
Supported by our Suppliers & Customers
REDUCE Reduce Unnecessary Packaging Material
Packaging cost
Packaging time
Freight cost
Reduction of:
Labor time for switching cans and cleaning leftover chemicals
Water usage
Packaging material cost
Reduction of:
6 individual cases wereput into a master carton…
Chemical came inmany small cans…
…now in drums =
…no moremaster carton =
Packaging Optimization- Joint Effort
Partnership With SuppliersGreen Procurement
RETURN REUSERECYCLE
REFUSE REDUCE
Recipe for Success 7: Use of 5R Concept
Reduce total cost within Supply Chain
REDESIGN RESPECT
Civic Responsibility
• Introduction to public policy• Identify and select a problem• Research and collect data• Define a policy based solution• Present your recommendations• Document the results
California Green Job CorpsBenefiting our
YouthBusiness
and the Community