RecycleMatch Webinar - How to Manage Your Commercial Waste as a Product
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Transcript of RecycleMatch Webinar - How to Manage Your Commercial Waste as a Product
How to Manage Your Company’s
Waste Like a Product Presented by Brooke Betts Farrell
713-445-6636
twitter @RecycleMatch
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Today’s Format
Fast, High Level Overview• Respect for time - 20 Minute format
• Variety of businesses represented here
Questions / Comments• During presentation, use chat feature
• Q&A Session, use chat &/or raise hand to be
called on
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Agenda
Introduction
Background – Commercial Waste in US
Paradigm Shift – it’s a Resource
How to Manage Your Waste like a Product
Short Q&A
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RecycleMatch
Online marketplace
connecting companies
that have waste with
companies that can use
the materials.
We work with:
– Waste generators to reduce
cost & maximize value
– Buyers to find new sources
– Affiliates and consultants
Started July 2009
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About Us
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Global Problem:
Businesses Are Trashing Resources
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214 Million Tons / Year
8.4 Million Truckloads / Year
*Based on EPA 2007 Estimates
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Paradigm Shift
It’s NOT Trash
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It STILL has VALUE
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Paradigm Shift Applies to BusinessCase Study - IBM
(-$1M/year)
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$3 Million / Year Impact
Off-spec unusable Silicon Wafers
+$2M/year
Input for Solar Panels
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Rubber 150,000 lbs per month
Sample of Material Types
Building
Materials15 truckloads per month
Metals 200 lbs per month
Chemicals 500 gallons one time event
Organics 90,000 lbs per week
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How Do You Do This?
1. Set realistic expectations
2. Analyze your waste streams
3. Determine if there is a market
4. Manage it like a product
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1. Set realistic expectations
– May be only cost savings, not revenue generated
– Will require some work
– May require some additional equipment or space allocation
– Main value may be improving / protecting your brand
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Equipment photos courtesy
of SP Industries
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2. Analyze your waste streams
– Walk out to dumpster / go through bills
– Look for the one or two predominant materials
– Look on your warehouse shelves for hidden waste
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– Contact recyclers
– Contact companies who may be able to use it
– Work with consultants or government agencies
– Use service like RecycleMatch
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3. Determine if there is a Market
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4. Manage it like a Product
– Sort it
– De-
manufacture it
– Prep it
– Package it
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4. Manage it like a Product
– Protect it.
It’s valuable
– Train
people.
It is no
longer trash
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Don’t waste your company’s resources
You can shift thinking at your company
Manage your company’s waste like a
product
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713-445-6636 @RecycleMatch
Summary
©2009 RecycleMatch I www.recyclematch.com I [email protected] I 2421 Tangley Dr #106, Houston, Tx 77005 I 713-581-0466
www.recyclematch.com
713-445-6636 @RecycleMatch