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Talking Trash: Waste Management
Webinar 004Wednesday, October 13, 2015
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OverviewOlivier PouillonFounder of Bali Recycling
Arnfinn OinesSocial and Environmental Conscience, Soneva GroupSecretary, SLOW LIFE Foundation
Sarah FarrellMarketing Manager Hotel Verde
Trash Talk:What we leave behind on vacation.
Olivier Pouillon, professional trash talker
Who am I? Why should you listen to me? 1. Over 20 years
experience in environmental issues affecting tourism with
emphasis on solid waste issues in
Indonesia.
2. Have developed practical & sustainable solutions for tourism
industry & local communities.
3. Solved waste issues for the Inter-
Continental, Hilton, Four Seasons, Ritz
Carlton, Starwoods, Hyatt, Accor & Alila
resorts.
4. Have created models for better
waste management that have been
adopted by local, provincial & national
government.
5. Believe the solutions to environmental
issues are best solved by a proactive industry.
6. Focus on what works. Solutions need
to be both environmentally &
economically sustainable.
Solution: Alcoholic Anonynmous
12 step process to recovery
Solution: Polluters Anonymous
6 step process to GREEN recovery
Textile Factory
Tourist Factory
Step 1. Admit you’re a polluter. Recognize tourism as an industry, largest in the world.
Step 2. Don’t be overwhelmed by the scale of the problem.
Step 2. Don’t be overwhelmed by the scale of the problem.
+The waste problem took years to manifest & will take time to solve.
+Important to think medium to long term for solutions to take hold.
+Even if you initially fail or run into obstacles you have taken a chunk out of the problem.
+Often the biggest progress is made by training & communicating clearly with your staff.
Step 3. Don’t assume the government will the lead. YOU need to make the
commitment to dealing with your waste.
- In many developing countries waste infrastructure is sporadic at best.- Often there are no government services & private waste haulers are often ad hoc & illegal.- Both private & government waste haulers are usually ill-equipped, untrained & simply focus on collect & dump.- As a consequence haulers focus on the cheapest way to get rid of the waste which often leads to illegal dumping & pollution.
Step 3. Don’t assume the government will the lead. YOU need to make the
commitment to dealing with your waste.
Step 4. Find out what happens outside your property. Yep follow the truck. You could be
in for a shock.
Do not assume your waste hauler is doing the right thing.
Have you or someone you can trust to follow the truck. And repeat once or twice a year.
Step 5. Understand your waste so you can develop a better plan. Waste is not a
homogenous mass.
Step 5. Understand your waste so you can develop a better plan. Waste is not a
homogenous mass. Plastics are not all the same:
The valuable plastics:1. PET – polyethelene tetraphalate – water bottles2. PP – polypropylene – cups, shampoo, screw tops, food containers3. HDPE – high-density polyethelene – shampoo, detergent, yoghurt4. LDPE – low-density polyethelene – shopping bags, trash bags, film
wrap
The not valuable plastics:1. PVC – polyvinyl chloride – pipes, water bottle labels, banners2. OPP – oriented polypropylene film - metalized, chip bags, candy
bar 3. PS – polystyrene – foam packaging4. CPP – cast polypropylene film – bread bag, pasta packaging5. BOPP6. XYZ and 123????
Step 6. Focus first on what you can do. Don’t try to recycle everything, or compost
everything, find out what are the ‘low-hanging’ fruit and do that first .
Build on your successes incrementally.
2. Remember the 3Rs. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Not simply a slogan. Reducing by finding alternatives often result in cost savings. More Rs - Rethink & Recreate Restore & Refuse
1. You need data/metrics/benchmarks. - Measure your daily waste production.- Create a waste density standard – kg/cubic meter which will become your material density volume conversion.
3. Have a record keeping system, build institutional history – not company amnesia.
Arnfinn OinesSocial & Environmental Conscience, Soneva
Eco Centro Waste-to-Wealth
80% of waste is recycled
USD 100,000 value per year
1 million plastic bottles saved
600,000 people given access to safe water
Thank you
Arnfinn Oineswww.soneva.com
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