business and environment series: babcock - closing the loop, managing downstream waste
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Environmental Initiative Business & Environment Series
October 25, 2012
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program • Created in 1984 • Located at the University of Minnesota • Provide waste management, pollution
prevention and energy efficiency assistance • Confidential and Non-regulatory
Industrial Process Assistance • Pollution prevention • More efficient use of raw
materials • Water conservation strategies • Energy efficiency opportunities • Cost savings for businesses!!
Why Waste Prevention? Reduce Material Content
Reuse Components
Recycle
Energy Recovery
Dispose
More Preferred
Less Preferred
MnTAP Services
• On-Site Assistance – Site assessment visits – Intern program – Company team facilitation – Demonstrations and research projects
• Minnesota Materials Exchange • Communications and Outreach
MnTAP Impacts 2011
Activity Total Waste
(lbs) Water (gal)
Energy
Cost Savings kWh therms
Goal 200,000 11,000,000 4,000,000 330,000 $1,350,000
Site Visits (calls/emails) 3,581,000 620,000 1,642,000 954,500 $1,373,000
Interns 14,600 6,150,000 3,828,000 1,165,900 $1,094,700
Teams 1,544,900 7,100,000 2,320,100 75,600 $677,025
Materials Exchange 380,000 --- --- --- $11,000
GRAND TOTAL 5,140,700 13,870,000 7,790,000 2,196,000 $3,146,000
On-Site Assistance: Site Visits Outputs • 121 site visits • 83 team meetings • 71 different facilities
Outcomes • 3.6 million lbs waste • 230 lbs wastewater loading • 1.6 million kWh • 950,000 therms • $1.36 million
“Having area experts available, like MnTAP, to review a particular issue and then sharing their knowledge and/or recommending appropriate solution(s) is seen as a very positive problem solving approach at the facility.”
Greg Waletzko, VP of Manufacturing at Standard Iron’s Mn facilities
Impact: Standard Iron & Wire Works
• Referred by Minnesota WasteWise • Focused on paint booth efficiency • Arranged a tour for staff to visit another
successful company
• Made changes to facility to save – 3,900 lbs powder paint ($10,000) – Less staff time spent handling paint
– 3,600 therms ($2,500) – Better work environment
Sauk Centre, Minnesota
On-Site Assistance: Teams Outputs • 11 active teams • 3 teams started in 2011
Outcomes • 735,000 lbs waste • 810,000 lbs wastewater loading • 7.1 million gal water • 2.3 million kWh & 75,600 therms • $677,000
“MnTAP provided a structure to develop our team and gave us an understanding of how ingredients going down the drain affects loading. After this demonstration, the team realized anything that could be captured in process would greatly impact our BOD loadings.”
Mike Hinrichsen, Operations Manager at Kemps Ice Cream
Impact: Kemps Ice Cream
• New team started in 2011 • Goal: address unexplained high BOD • Discovered a unused by-product
collection system and rebuilt it • Realized savings after only 7 meetings
• Collection system is saving $72,000 annually in lost product
Rochester, Minnesota
On-Site Assistance: Interns Outputs • 9 interns • 20 inquiries
Recommendations • 95,000 lbs waste • 24 million gal water • 1.2 million kWh & 123,000 therms • $900,000
“The beauty of it is (the intern) is focused on one thing.” Jim Trudeau,Facilities and Maintenance Manager at CPP
Impact: Consolidated Precision Prod.
• Two interns since 2008 • Goals: reduce/eliminate SF6 and reduce
energy use • Second intern now full-time employee • Rolled out SF6 alternative to other
facilities in U.S.
• Results of implementation include: – Reduced SF6 by 36,500 lbs ($250,000) – Reduced energy use by 1 million kWh and
93,000 therms ($120,000)
Bloomington, Minnesota
Project: Solid Waste in Surgical Centers U.S. EPA Region V
• Project Partnership with Mayo Clinic to evaluate impact of surgical sterilization containers
2011 Outputs
• Life Cycle Comparison of Disposable vs Reusable • GHG impact disposable 2X greater than reusable • Solid waste impact disposable 8X greater than reusable
Results
Project: Event Center Food Waste
Waste December 2011 August 2012 Lbs/day % Lbs/day %
Trash 90 - 40 25 Recycling Unknown - 49 30 Compost 0 0 74 45
Results • Decreased average daily waste to trash by 55% • Increased capture of recyclable material by 54% • Diverted 75% of waste to recycle/reuse streams
2011 Outputs • 2 waste sorts • Staff and vendor training • Demonstration trial
U.S. EPA Region V
Minnesota Materials Exchange Outputs • 41 calls / emails • 1,200 self-referrals • 79 exchanges
Outcomes • 380,000 lbs waste exchanged
“Our school responded to a posting that mentioned various office furniture items. We got four fire proof file cabinets for free. Now our student records are more safe than ever.”
Materials Exchange user
Comm. 28%
Educ. 7%
Gvt 5%
Mfg. 10%
Non-Profit 34%
Other 16%
Our Reach Site Visits
Teams
Interns
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
Helping Minnesota businesses implement industry-tailored solutions that maximize
resource efficiency, increase energy efficiency, reduce costs, and prevent
pollution
Thank You Laura Babcock