1. SUSTAINABILITY
Steven Clery
Chicago Based Packaging Engineer
Pratt Industries
SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY – ENHANCE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN
2. WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
10. •Maximize Inbound Raw Material Transport
•Minimize Product Packaging
•Reduce Post Consumer Waste!
BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
RSC 7.45 Sq. Ft.
TRAY
2.08 Sq. Ft.
PAD
1.06 Sq. Ft
12. RECYCLE
• Recycling Program within your workplace?
• Recycling Education within the Workplace?
• Recycling Program for the Workplace to Review ?
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16. •Increase recycled content
•Correct Size – Rightsize (right box for the product)
•Correct Weight
PACKAGING
17. PACKAGING
12 truckloads (10 tons) of 100% recycled boxes a year save:
2040 TREES SAVED YEARLY
...Enough to Cover 1 1/2 Football Fields
840,000 GALLONS OF WATER SAVED YEARLY
...More Than Enough to Fill an Olympic-size Swimming Pool
396 CUBIC YARDS OF WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS EVERY YEAR
...Enough to Fill 12 Garbage Trucks
480,000 KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY SAVED YEARLY
...Enough to POWER 500 Homes for an ENTIRE MONTH
120 TONS OF GREENHOUSE
EMISSIONS SAVED YEARLY
...The Amount of co2 23 Passenger Cars Emit PER YEAR
18. Smith and Associates Example
•Several Deliveries and month ….
•Adds up to an Average of 8 Tons
•Turns into 96 Tons over 12 months The Environmental Impact on 96 tons of 100% recycled content packaging is:
•Over 1,600 Trees Saved
•Over 380,000 KWH of Power Saved
•Over 670,000 Gallons of Water Saved
•And 96 Tons of CO2 Diverted
19. HAPPY CUSTOMERS
•Employees WANT to work for a company that is doing the right thing for the planet.
•Employee Engagement
•Consumers WANT to buy Green!
HAPPY EMPLOYEES
SUSTAINABLE VALUE
•Right Size
•Right Weight
•Sustainable Value
