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Sustainability

Equilibrium

Environment

Resources

Human

Our Life’s

Phases Freedom

Independence

Support

Dependence

Copyright © 2012 Affinity Systems LLC Wayne L Staley 715-573-8911

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This presentation addresses “waste management and sustainability” within a social system. Contrary to the old thinking about “garbage” workers, dumps and pollution, modern waste management systems are sophisticated and serve multiple important purposes.

They prevent dumping of toxic pollution into other systems.

They recycle valuable materials back into production systems.

They create new products and opportunities

Process improvement (PI) methodologies are used by the majority of American business.

PI has a number of titles including Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints (TOC), Agile, and Value Management.

PI techniques have application in nearly all environments including societal systems inclusive of production. PI must be extended to include sustainability and repurposed products.

Process Improvement Programs share common concepts.

The elimination of waste Continuous improvement and innovation Empowered work force (respect for the individual) Quality cannot be compromised Adding value throughout the enterprise (systems

thinking) A system of practical and actionable metrics Leadership commitment to the process Visualization

Sustainability and Resource Conservation

Increase resource yield Continuous improvement and innovation to reduce

material use, energy consumption, and process waste Concept of full circle responsibility A clean environment Resource sustainability Repurpose to replace obsolescence Adding value Leadership commitment to the process Visualize the problem to increase awareness

http://www.susps.org/overview/numbers.html

Population Growth

Greater affluence in developing countries


Storage units filled with “stuff”


Reflects consumer societies, and the associated accumulation of waste

Increased consumption of renewable resources


Increased consumption of non-renewable resources


Population growth Internationalism Greater affluence Consumerism Throw-a-way Apathy Low production cost Governmental policy / lack of policy Hidden disposal system

Water

Saline 97.5

Groundwater 30.1%

Glaciers and ice caps

68.6%

Surface water and other ground water 1.3%

Fresh 2.5

The water we have is all there is. It changes form but the total volume is constant.


Illustration in the Public Domain- NOAA

Water treatment facilities control most of these chemicals. Some, like sex hormones from birth control pills, are not filtered out. Prescription drugs discarded in the toilet may come back in your drinking water. Contact your waste disposal company. They provide containers to recycle medications.

Fluoride Mercury PCB's MtBE Perchlorate Chlorine Lead Arsenic DCPA Dioxin DDT Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) Plus: Medical waste and pesticides from seepage and run off Pharmaceuticals: sex hormones, antibiotics, drugs flushed down the toilet

Water and toxic chemicals


NASA PHOTOGRAPH

Dump into the

environment

Acquire Resources

Grow Food

Manufacture Product

Build Road and

Structures

Use

Repair

Discard

Air pollution

Acquire Resources

Grow Food

Manufacture Product

Build Road and

Structures

Use

Repair

repurpose

recycle

Dump into the

environment

Water

Food

Industrial / Commercial

Personal / Home


Start of sorting process

Past – went to landfill Current- recycle Future – mine for high level building materials


Recycled paper as resource

input to paper industry

No more Love Canals

PCB in some electrical ballasts


Sort Alum Plastic Tin Glass Colored Glass Default

Magnetic Electro Magnetic

Converted into usable materials if possible, if not

Used to build products

Products purchased by industry / consumers

Discarded by industry / consumers

Modern Landfill

or destroy

Put directly into the environment

Paper, tires, cardboard, toxic

waste and oil to different

process


Recycled oil has toxic chemicals and metals removed using a detergent process. It goes through the same refining process as new oil, resulting in products as good as those refined from crude oil. “If you are one of the many people who change their own motor oil, you too need to know how to properly dispose of the used oil. Did you know that the used oil from one oil change can contaminate one million gallons of fresh water — a years’ supply for 50 people?” Source: Environmental Protection Agency


Civil Engineering Applications Rubberized asphalt concrete (RAC) from tire shreds Tire- Derived Aggregate (TDA) • Slope stabilization • Retaining wall backfill • Lightweight embankment fill • Vibration mitigation • Various landfill applications Various consumer products

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Tires/TDA/default.htm

290 million tires discarded annually.

27 Million go into some type of landfill.

Around 75 percent of tires are recycled or reused.

http://www.ehow.com/about_6388893_products-made-recycled-tires.html


60% of aluminum cans are recycled. Recycling aluminum from all sources requires 5% of the energy needed for production from primary-ore.


In the USA, modern water treatment produces high quality water.

Most bottled water is sourced from locations other than spring water.

Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. According to Food and Water Watch, that plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce.

The challenge is to find high level products that can be made from recycled plastic bottles.


http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled�

Massive landfill between Barstow and Los Angeles, CA


Life cycle – from natural resource to new resources

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