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Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

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Session outline
Businesses are responsible for producing a large volume of waste.
Reducing waste has many benefits for the environment and organisations.
(Source: D’Arcy (flickr.com))
1. Motivations for reducing waste in an organisation
2. Strategies for reducing waste
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

What is waste?
Waste or resource?
(Source: Dale Harvey (flickr.com))
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

Motivations to reduce waste
There are many benefits to an organization from reducing its waste
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

Waste-related legislation
There is increasing legislation, from the
EU and UK, directing the disposal of electrical goods. (Source: Southernpixel
(flickr.com))
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

The true cost of waste
Reducing waste has many different benefits for an organization and for the environment. (Source: Jonas B (flickr.com))
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Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

Environmental benefits of waste reduction
Composting organic waste has many advantages. (Photo: different sorts of compost bin,
Centre for Alternative Technology, Zoe Robinson)
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

Cost reductions through waste management
Transportation is just one of the costs associated with a company’s waste.
(Source: Hugo90
(flickr.com))
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Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

Waste statistics
Recycling saves energy and raw materials. (
Source: James Cridland
(flickr.com))
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

The waste hierarchy
‘Waste’ materials can be re-used for very different purposes. Old wash basins are being used as ornamental plant pots, Centre for Alternative
Technology (Photo: Zoe Robinson)
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Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

Strategies for addressing waste issues
Recycling is just one strategy for dealing with an organisation’s waste
(Photo:
Stephen Whitfield)
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness

 Hitchcock, D. and Willard, M. (2006) The business guide to sustainability. Earthscan.
 Reay, D. (2006) Climate Change Begins at Home.
Macmillan
 Chartered Institution of Wastes Management http://www.ciwm.co.uk/ (Professional body for waste and resource management)
 Netregs. Environmental guidance for your business. http://www.netregs.gov.uk/ (covers waste legislation)
Dr Zoe Robinson, Keele University, z.p.robinson@esci.keele.ac.uk
Greening Business: An online teaching resource. www.esci.keele.ac.uk/greeningbusiness