Toxics Use Reduction Institute

RC Source Reduction: Aiming for Zero

May 5, 2011 Spring Continuing Education Conf Lowell, MA The 3.7 pound microchip

Chemicals – 72 g

Elemental gases Solid waste 700 g Fossil fuel Air emissions 1.6 Kg

Energy Fabricated chip (15.6 kWh) 2 g Chip fabrication

Water Water 32 Kg 32 Kg Resource Conservation in nature

• In nature there is no such thing as ‘waste’ • Waste of one organism = food for another

Example: Rotting in the Ammonia Fungi (NH ) Nitrogen Cycle 3 Soil bacteria (Nitrosomonas) Dead plant, animal, algae, Putrefaction Nitrites or fungal - (NO2 ) protein Soil bacteria (Nitrobacteria) Nitrates - (NO3 )

Algae

Plants Waste – Energy Connection

Jeffrey Morris, “Comparative LCAs for Curbside Versus Either Landfilling or Incineration with Energy Recovery”, Int’l Journal of Life Cycle Analysis, 2004

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Toxics Use Reduction Institute University of Massachusetts Lowell Material Utilization Factor

∑raw materials input (weight or volume) Material Utilization Factor = product produced (weight or volume)

Example: Outdoor Industries Association

Zero Waste Alliance

Toxics Use Reduction Institute University of Massachusetts Lowell Agenda for this session

• Massachusetts Solid Waste Master Plan John Fischer, MA DEP • The EPA Waste Wise program Janet Bowen, EPA Region 1 • and recycling in business Mark Lennon, Institutional Recycling Network

Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell Speaker Contact Info

John Fischer 617-292-5632, [email protected]

Janet Bowen 617 918 1795, [email protected]

Mark Lennon 603 229 1962 x101, [email protected]

Mark Myles 978-934-3298, [email protected]

Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell