This document discusses product stewardship and how shared responsibility among all parties in a product's life cycle can help address issues of waste generation and environmental impacts. It notes that under the current system, producers lack incentives to design sustainable products and costs for waste management fall to local governments and taxpayers. Product stewardship shifts responsibility upstream so that those who design, make and sell products take greater ownership. The document provides examples of existing product stewardship programs in Nebraska and outlines roles different groups can play to support this approach.
The document discusses strategies for achieving net zero waste. It defines net zero waste according to various standards as diverting 90% or more of waste from landfills. It outlines strategies like reduce, reuse, recycle and recover to achieve this. Challenges include policies, industry awareness, infrastructure and costs. Benefits include cost savings, environmental stewardship and reduced climate impact. Examples show how various projects successfully implemented waste diversion practices to earn LEED certification or achieve their waste reduction goals.
Ecodesign is concerned with reducing environmental and social impacts through better design. It requires life cycle thinking and considering a product's impacts from design through end of life. The document discusses how ecodesign can help address issues like pollution, lack of clean water access, and species extinction by designing for full life cycles, low impact materials, fair production, and product durability. It also provides examples of ecodesign strategies and packaging that exemplify both good and bad ecodesign principles and impacts.
Consumer behaviour towards eco friendly productsManeesha Patel
1) The document discusses a study on consumer attitudes towards eco-friendly products. It analyzes whether consumers are willing to pay higher prices for eco-friendly products and the impact of environmental concerns on purchasing decisions.
2) The study found that while many consumers are aware of eco-friendly products and environmental issues, some do not consider the environmental impact of everyday purchases and are not willing to pay higher prices.
3) However, when products are clearly labeled as eco-friendly, most consumers say this would influence their purchase decision and they trust the quality of eco-friendly options. The study concludes raising environmental awareness could make such concerns a stronger driver of consumer behavior.
Product Lifecycle Presentation- New England Environmental Education Alliancedgross242
The document discusses the missing link in sustainable education as understanding product lifecycles. It provides an agenda for a workshop on this topic, including introductions, an introduction to product lifecycles using a song, a paradigm shift discussion using the Story of Stuff, examining the lifecycles of common products, and sharing additional resources. The goal is to help participants understand how to trace products from cradle to grave and identify environmental and social costs throughout the production process.
This document discusses eco-friendly or green products. It defines green products as those that are environmentally friendly and do not cause harm. It provides examples of green cars that are fuel efficient and green foods that are grown sustainably. The document discusses why green products are increasingly important due to issues like global warming. It also outlines some benefits of green products like improved health and environmental sustainability. Finally, it summarizes some key factors of various green products like LED lights, natural gas, and energy efficient appliances.
In the second installment of its Conscious Consumers series, Invoke explored the green behaviors that consumers are actually practicing at home and what key drivers and barriers exist around the adoption of these habits.
This study used Invoke’s Live online, real-time research platform to speak to a sample made up of 104 individuals plus Invoke’s Open asynchronous platform made up of 104 individuals (total sample = 208).
The document discusses strategies for achieving net zero waste. It defines net zero waste according to various standards as diverting 90% or more of waste from landfills. It outlines strategies like reduce, reuse, recycle and recover to achieve this. Challenges include policies, industry awareness, infrastructure and costs. Benefits include cost savings, environmental stewardship and reduced climate impact. Examples show how various projects successfully implemented waste diversion practices to earn LEED certification or achieve their waste reduction goals.
Ecodesign is concerned with reducing environmental and social impacts through better design. It requires life cycle thinking and considering a product's impacts from design through end of life. The document discusses how ecodesign can help address issues like pollution, lack of clean water access, and species extinction by designing for full life cycles, low impact materials, fair production, and product durability. It also provides examples of ecodesign strategies and packaging that exemplify both good and bad ecodesign principles and impacts.
Consumer behaviour towards eco friendly productsManeesha Patel
1) The document discusses a study on consumer attitudes towards eco-friendly products. It analyzes whether consumers are willing to pay higher prices for eco-friendly products and the impact of environmental concerns on purchasing decisions.
2) The study found that while many consumers are aware of eco-friendly products and environmental issues, some do not consider the environmental impact of everyday purchases and are not willing to pay higher prices.
3) However, when products are clearly labeled as eco-friendly, most consumers say this would influence their purchase decision and they trust the quality of eco-friendly options. The study concludes raising environmental awareness could make such concerns a stronger driver of consumer behavior.
Product Lifecycle Presentation- New England Environmental Education Alliancedgross242
The document discusses the missing link in sustainable education as understanding product lifecycles. It provides an agenda for a workshop on this topic, including introductions, an introduction to product lifecycles using a song, a paradigm shift discussion using the Story of Stuff, examining the lifecycles of common products, and sharing additional resources. The goal is to help participants understand how to trace products from cradle to grave and identify environmental and social costs throughout the production process.
This document discusses eco-friendly or green products. It defines green products as those that are environmentally friendly and do not cause harm. It provides examples of green cars that are fuel efficient and green foods that are grown sustainably. The document discusses why green products are increasingly important due to issues like global warming. It also outlines some benefits of green products like improved health and environmental sustainability. Finally, it summarizes some key factors of various green products like LED lights, natural gas, and energy efficient appliances.
In the second installment of its Conscious Consumers series, Invoke explored the green behaviors that consumers are actually practicing at home and what key drivers and barriers exist around the adoption of these habits.
This study used Invoke’s Live online, real-time research platform to speak to a sample made up of 104 individuals plus Invoke’s Open asynchronous platform made up of 104 individuals (total sample = 208).
This document summarizes a presentation given by Frank O'Connor at the Impact 2008 Conference in Glasgow about whether ecodesign is truly good design. It discusses how ecodesign aims to reduce environmental and social impacts through design. It notes that 80% of a product's impacts are determined at the design stage. However, ecodesign also faces conflicts with traditional design approaches. These include ecodesign being seen as optional, issues around globalization and consumption, true lifecycle costs not being considered, and resistance to change. The document provides examples to illustrate these challenges but also points to companies and designers that are embracing ecodesign as good business practice.
Slideshare consumer attitude towards environment friendly productsGokul Umaraniya
Ethical consumerism involves intentionally purchasing products and services made ethically with minimal harm. Some indicators of ethical products examined by the Indian ministry include reducing pollution, using recycled materials, saving resources, and lowering environmental impact. Several Indian companies have adopted eco-friendly practices like Godrej's eco-refrigerator and Wipro's ISO certification. National Geographic partners with GlobeScan to regularly measure consumer behavior and promote sustainable consumption globally.
This document discusses greenwashing, which is when companies make false claims about being environmentally friendly to sell products. It defines greenwashing and provides examples of companies that have engaged in it. The document outlines the "Six Sins of Greenwashing" according to a 2010 Terrachoice study, which are hidden trade-offs, no proof, vagueness, lesser of two evils, irrelevance, and fibbing. It also provides tips to avoid being misled by greenwashing claims in real life, such as reading the fine print, doing independent research, and being wary of buzzwords and major event sponsors.
The document discusses how Ten Thousand Villages promotes fair trade and environmental sustainability through its operating principles and partnerships. It outlines several ways that TTV works to encourage sustainable production methods, limit carbon emissions from transportation and production, and empower artisans through fair wages and environmental initiatives. Specific examples are provided about partnerships that promote sustainable materials use and tree replanting in Kenya. The complexity of evaluating trade decisions is also acknowledged.
This document outlines 10 green business opportunities for new entrepreneurs: 1) healthy local food, 2) renewable energy/job training, 3) green transportation, 4) green products/retail, 5) green cleaning services, 6) reuse businesses, 7) energy-efficient homes/retrofits, 8) green landscaping/plumbing, 9) green IT, and 10) community lending/microfinancing. It discusses how small businesses can drive environmental and economic recovery by addressing social and environmental challenges through innovative business models.
This document summarizes a study on consumer attitudes towards green products and how those attitudes translate into purchasing behaviors. The study used questionnaires to collect data from respondents in tier 2 and 3 towns on their awareness and liking of various categories of green products. It analyzed the data using cross-tabulation in SPSS. The results showed high awareness and liking of green consumer durables and cosmetics, but less familiarity with green technology. While most respondents liked green products, many were unsure if they would pay more for them. The study aimed to identify differences between consumer attitudes and actions regarding green products.
The document discusses the increasing problem of garbage and waste as societies modernize. It notes that waste is categorized as degradable or non-degradable and should be separated and treated accordingly. Additionally, it highlights that modern shopping, packaging, and products have led to higher waste production rates and more complex garbage compositions compared to the past, with a greater percentage of non-recyclable and hazardous materials. Proper waste management is important but costly, with various options like landfilling, incineration, and recycling all having environmental and economic tradeoffs. Reducing waste at the source through product design, consumer choices, reuse, and public education is presented as the most effective long-term solution.
The document outlines several possible solutions to environmental issues, including conscious consuming, corporate social responsibility, cradle-to-cradle design, extended producer responsibility, fair trade, green chemistry, and zero waste. These solutions encourage awareness of purchasing impacts, ethical manufacturing, product reuse and recycling, producer responsibility for waste reduction and collection, fair wages and sustainability, use of nontoxic chemicals, and eliminating waste and toxins.
Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: From Theory to Practice - OxitenoRevista H&C
This document provides information about Oxiteno, a Brazilian company that produces surfactants and other chemicals. It operates 12 industrial units around the world, including locations in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay and the United States. The document discusses Oxiteno's focus on sustainability across its environmental, social and economic impacts. It provides details on Oxiteno's waste reduction efforts, greenhouse gas emissions reductions projects, and use of renewable raw materials in its product lines. People and community engagement are also emphasized as important aspects of Oxiteno's sustainability strategy.
This document discusses various eco-friendly systems. It begins by defining key environmental terms and describing eco-friendly practices that protect the environment. It then discusses the importance of eco-friendly systems in reducing environmental impact and saving costs. Specific eco-friendly systems covered include eco-friendly water systems, packaging, production processes, air conditioning alternatives, and green building practices. The document emphasizes benefits like reduced emissions, waste reduction, pollution prevention and energy efficiency.
This document provides background information for a research paper investigating whether green branding strategies are effective at shifting consumer perceptions and buying habits. It discusses definitions of green products and greenwashing. It also reviews several large corporations' sustainability efforts and how they market themselves as green. The abstract indicates the research will analyze how green branding affects consumer behavior despite the prevalence of greenwashing in marketing.
The document discusses green marketing and sustainable product development. It outlines how businesses are addressing environmental issues through eco-friendly product design and innovation to meet growing customer and regulatory demands. Examples are provided of companies developing more sustainable products and technologies with the help of innovation software tools that have generated cost savings and new revenue streams while reducing environmental impacts.
The document discusses green products and consumer behavior in Japan. It provides examples of online shopping portals and databases where consumers can find green products. It also summarizes surveys that found that over 70% of consumers buy refills and turn off lights to save energy. While labels like Eco Mark are widely recognized, environmental performance is not a main purchase consideration. The 2011 earthquake increased consumers' environmental awareness somewhat, especially around energy saving. The document suggests that evaluating and informing consumers better about green products and their benefits could encourage more sustainable purchasing.
This document provides information on various eco-friendly products and practices. It discusses eco-friendly clothing made from materials like bamboo and organic cotton. It also discusses eco-friendly fertilizers like neem-based fertilizers and biofertilizers that do not use chemicals. The document discusses how to make homes, furniture, appliances, cars and tyres more environmentally sustainable. It provides solutions to issues with Ganesh Chaturthi idol immersions in water bodies.
Some eco friendly products and their non- eco-friendly counter parts a compar...Amit Singh
Some Eco-friendly products and their non- Eco-friendly counter parts : A Comparison
CONTENT
What is eco-friendly product?
Why to use eco-friendly products?
A comparison of some Eco-friendly products and their non- Eco-friendly counter parts-
Paper bags and Plastic bags
LED bulbs and Incandescent bulb
Natural gas and Petroleum
Some Electrical Appliances
All Marijuana Packaging Should Be Made of Hemp Bioplastics, Right?Evergreen Buzz
The document discusses the potential for hemp bioplastics to replace traditional petroleum-based plastics. It notes that hemp bioplastics are more environmentally friendly as they are biodegradable and produced more sustainably than plastics. Additionally, hemp has a fast growth cycle and high cellulose content, making it a viable replacement for plastics. The article predicts that hemp bioplastics could account for 40% of the plastics market by 2030 as concerns about plastic pollution grow.
Green business refers to businesses that have minimal negative environmental impacts and engage in sustainable practices. Key aspects of green businesses include green consumers who buy eco-friendly products, governments that encourage environmental policies, and businesses implementing the three R's of environmentalism: reduce, reuse, and recycle. While going green provides benefits like increased revenue and cost savings, barriers include perceptions of lower quality green products and difficulties identifying truly green options. Successful green businesses think green in all aspects by employing work from home policies, using sustainable packaging and servers, and promoting their brands' environmental efforts.
The document discusses carbon footprints and sustainability solutions for inspiring North Carolina youth to address global warming. It provides an agenda for a session that includes calculating carbon footprints, defining sustainability, and examining hidden energy costs. Activities explore the connection between energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, top sources of greenhouse gases, and ways to reduce individual carbon footprints through more sustainable choices and carbon labeling/ratings. The goal is to educate youth on how everyday behaviors and consumer decisions impact the environment, economy and society.
This document discusses green marketing and consumer attitudes towards environmentally friendly products. It defines green marketing as marketing products presumed to be environmentally preferable. Some top Indian brands engaging in green marketing are mentioned. A 2014 global survey found that consumers in China, India and Brazil are most willing to spend more on green products. The survey also reported that most consumers believe green products cost more but plan to increase spending on them. Challenges like greenwashing are discussed, as well as India's Ecomark program to identify truly green products. The marketing mix for green products and types of renewable energy sources are also outlined.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Frank O'Connor at the Impact 2008 Conference in Glasgow about whether ecodesign is truly good design. It discusses how ecodesign aims to reduce environmental and social impacts through design. It notes that 80% of a product's impacts are determined at the design stage. However, ecodesign also faces conflicts with traditional design approaches. These include ecodesign being seen as optional, issues around globalization and consumption, true lifecycle costs not being considered, and resistance to change. The document provides examples to illustrate these challenges but also points to companies and designers that are embracing ecodesign as good business practice.
Slideshare consumer attitude towards environment friendly productsGokul Umaraniya
Ethical consumerism involves intentionally purchasing products and services made ethically with minimal harm. Some indicators of ethical products examined by the Indian ministry include reducing pollution, using recycled materials, saving resources, and lowering environmental impact. Several Indian companies have adopted eco-friendly practices like Godrej's eco-refrigerator and Wipro's ISO certification. National Geographic partners with GlobeScan to regularly measure consumer behavior and promote sustainable consumption globally.
This document discusses greenwashing, which is when companies make false claims about being environmentally friendly to sell products. It defines greenwashing and provides examples of companies that have engaged in it. The document outlines the "Six Sins of Greenwashing" according to a 2010 Terrachoice study, which are hidden trade-offs, no proof, vagueness, lesser of two evils, irrelevance, and fibbing. It also provides tips to avoid being misled by greenwashing claims in real life, such as reading the fine print, doing independent research, and being wary of buzzwords and major event sponsors.
The document discusses how Ten Thousand Villages promotes fair trade and environmental sustainability through its operating principles and partnerships. It outlines several ways that TTV works to encourage sustainable production methods, limit carbon emissions from transportation and production, and empower artisans through fair wages and environmental initiatives. Specific examples are provided about partnerships that promote sustainable materials use and tree replanting in Kenya. The complexity of evaluating trade decisions is also acknowledged.
This document outlines 10 green business opportunities for new entrepreneurs: 1) healthy local food, 2) renewable energy/job training, 3) green transportation, 4) green products/retail, 5) green cleaning services, 6) reuse businesses, 7) energy-efficient homes/retrofits, 8) green landscaping/plumbing, 9) green IT, and 10) community lending/microfinancing. It discusses how small businesses can drive environmental and economic recovery by addressing social and environmental challenges through innovative business models.
This document summarizes a study on consumer attitudes towards green products and how those attitudes translate into purchasing behaviors. The study used questionnaires to collect data from respondents in tier 2 and 3 towns on their awareness and liking of various categories of green products. It analyzed the data using cross-tabulation in SPSS. The results showed high awareness and liking of green consumer durables and cosmetics, but less familiarity with green technology. While most respondents liked green products, many were unsure if they would pay more for them. The study aimed to identify differences between consumer attitudes and actions regarding green products.
The document discusses the increasing problem of garbage and waste as societies modernize. It notes that waste is categorized as degradable or non-degradable and should be separated and treated accordingly. Additionally, it highlights that modern shopping, packaging, and products have led to higher waste production rates and more complex garbage compositions compared to the past, with a greater percentage of non-recyclable and hazardous materials. Proper waste management is important but costly, with various options like landfilling, incineration, and recycling all having environmental and economic tradeoffs. Reducing waste at the source through product design, consumer choices, reuse, and public education is presented as the most effective long-term solution.
The document outlines several possible solutions to environmental issues, including conscious consuming, corporate social responsibility, cradle-to-cradle design, extended producer responsibility, fair trade, green chemistry, and zero waste. These solutions encourage awareness of purchasing impacts, ethical manufacturing, product reuse and recycling, producer responsibility for waste reduction and collection, fair wages and sustainability, use of nontoxic chemicals, and eliminating waste and toxins.
Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: From Theory to Practice - OxitenoRevista H&C
This document provides information about Oxiteno, a Brazilian company that produces surfactants and other chemicals. It operates 12 industrial units around the world, including locations in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay and the United States. The document discusses Oxiteno's focus on sustainability across its environmental, social and economic impacts. It provides details on Oxiteno's waste reduction efforts, greenhouse gas emissions reductions projects, and use of renewable raw materials in its product lines. People and community engagement are also emphasized as important aspects of Oxiteno's sustainability strategy.
This document discusses various eco-friendly systems. It begins by defining key environmental terms and describing eco-friendly practices that protect the environment. It then discusses the importance of eco-friendly systems in reducing environmental impact and saving costs. Specific eco-friendly systems covered include eco-friendly water systems, packaging, production processes, air conditioning alternatives, and green building practices. The document emphasizes benefits like reduced emissions, waste reduction, pollution prevention and energy efficiency.
This document provides background information for a research paper investigating whether green branding strategies are effective at shifting consumer perceptions and buying habits. It discusses definitions of green products and greenwashing. It also reviews several large corporations' sustainability efforts and how they market themselves as green. The abstract indicates the research will analyze how green branding affects consumer behavior despite the prevalence of greenwashing in marketing.
The document discusses green marketing and sustainable product development. It outlines how businesses are addressing environmental issues through eco-friendly product design and innovation to meet growing customer and regulatory demands. Examples are provided of companies developing more sustainable products and technologies with the help of innovation software tools that have generated cost savings and new revenue streams while reducing environmental impacts.
The document discusses green products and consumer behavior in Japan. It provides examples of online shopping portals and databases where consumers can find green products. It also summarizes surveys that found that over 70% of consumers buy refills and turn off lights to save energy. While labels like Eco Mark are widely recognized, environmental performance is not a main purchase consideration. The 2011 earthquake increased consumers' environmental awareness somewhat, especially around energy saving. The document suggests that evaluating and informing consumers better about green products and their benefits could encourage more sustainable purchasing.
This document provides information on various eco-friendly products and practices. It discusses eco-friendly clothing made from materials like bamboo and organic cotton. It also discusses eco-friendly fertilizers like neem-based fertilizers and biofertilizers that do not use chemicals. The document discusses how to make homes, furniture, appliances, cars and tyres more environmentally sustainable. It provides solutions to issues with Ganesh Chaturthi idol immersions in water bodies.
Some eco friendly products and their non- eco-friendly counter parts a compar...Amit Singh
Some Eco-friendly products and their non- Eco-friendly counter parts : A Comparison
CONTENT
What is eco-friendly product?
Why to use eco-friendly products?
A comparison of some Eco-friendly products and their non- Eco-friendly counter parts-
Paper bags and Plastic bags
LED bulbs and Incandescent bulb
Natural gas and Petroleum
Some Electrical Appliances
All Marijuana Packaging Should Be Made of Hemp Bioplastics, Right?Evergreen Buzz
The document discusses the potential for hemp bioplastics to replace traditional petroleum-based plastics. It notes that hemp bioplastics are more environmentally friendly as they are biodegradable and produced more sustainably than plastics. Additionally, hemp has a fast growth cycle and high cellulose content, making it a viable replacement for plastics. The article predicts that hemp bioplastics could account for 40% of the plastics market by 2030 as concerns about plastic pollution grow.
Green business refers to businesses that have minimal negative environmental impacts and engage in sustainable practices. Key aspects of green businesses include green consumers who buy eco-friendly products, governments that encourage environmental policies, and businesses implementing the three R's of environmentalism: reduce, reuse, and recycle. While going green provides benefits like increased revenue and cost savings, barriers include perceptions of lower quality green products and difficulties identifying truly green options. Successful green businesses think green in all aspects by employing work from home policies, using sustainable packaging and servers, and promoting their brands' environmental efforts.
The document discusses carbon footprints and sustainability solutions for inspiring North Carolina youth to address global warming. It provides an agenda for a session that includes calculating carbon footprints, defining sustainability, and examining hidden energy costs. Activities explore the connection between energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, top sources of greenhouse gases, and ways to reduce individual carbon footprints through more sustainable choices and carbon labeling/ratings. The goal is to educate youth on how everyday behaviors and consumer decisions impact the environment, economy and society.
This document discusses green marketing and consumer attitudes towards environmentally friendly products. It defines green marketing as marketing products presumed to be environmentally preferable. Some top Indian brands engaging in green marketing are mentioned. A 2014 global survey found that consumers in China, India and Brazil are most willing to spend more on green products. The survey also reported that most consumers believe green products cost more but plan to increase spending on them. Challenges like greenwashing are discussed, as well as India's Ecomark program to identify truly green products. The marketing mix for green products and types of renewable energy sources are also outlined.
Pritam Deuskar - Recycling - a love story of the Environment.pptxwealthyvia
Pritam deuskar wealthyvia - Recycling is the act of converting waste materials into new products. The process inserts raw materials into a production process to produce new goods. In this article, you will learn about recycling sectors and challenges as well as some innovative companies that are using recycled material to create products.
Pritam Deuskar - Recycling - a love story of the Environment.pdfwealthyvia
Pritam deuskar wealthyvia - Recycling is the act of converting waste materials into new products. The process inserts raw materials into a production process to produce new goods. In this article, you will learn about recycling sectors and challenges as well as some innovative companies that are using recycled material to create products.
The document discusses the importance of teaching solid waste education (SWE) in classrooms. It emphasizes that consumption practices are putting strains on the environment and that a fundamental change in attitudes around waste is needed. SWE educates students about consumption, natural resources, the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), and current waste management practices. Teaching SWE is important because students will be future leaders who can make a positive impact and schools produce a large amount of waste. SWE also teaches lifelong lessons while saving money. The document provides examples of ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste to help the environment.
green marketing definition, application, benefits,challenges of green marketing, examples of green marketing, green product features and characteristics. Evolution of green marketing, reasons for adopting green marketing, green marketing mix, advantages of green marketing, problems with application of green marketing. Key to successful green marketing, initiatives taken by various organization. reasons for adopting green marketing.
The document discusses the benefits of implementing a sustainable workplace program called Enhancing Furniture's Environmental Culture (EFEC) at an upholstery company called C.R. Laine. After joining the EFEC program, C.R. Laine formed an environmental committee to evaluate its processes and impacts. In its first year in the program, C.R. Laine saved over $50,000 through initiatives like turning off lights and implementing recycling. The document emphasizes that sustainability programs require commitment from all levels of a company and that gradual improvements can lead to significant benefits over time.
The document discusses the environmental impacts of consumer products and packaging waste. It notes that Americans throw away about 1,600 pounds of trash per year, which requires extracting more resources to produce new products. Some waste contains toxic substances or poses other issues. Currently, local governments bear most costs of waste management. The document proposes product stewardship and extended producer responsibility as solutions. Under these approaches, manufacturers take greater responsibility for designing sustainable products and setting up collection/recycling programs to reduce impacts.
The document discusses disposition and recycling of products. It notes that disposition can occur before, during or after use of a product. It then outlines 5 ways disposition decisions can affect a firm's marketing strategy, such as consumers waiting to replace items until fully using the old one. The document also discusses different options for product disposition like keeping, converting, storing or getting rid of items temporarily or permanently. It provides examples of recycling and its benefits for the environment and economy. It highlights examples of recycling machines and e-waste recycling companies in India.
Growing populations are negatively impacting the planet through increased waste generation and overexploitation of resources. Traditional linear waste management like dumping in landfills is unsustainable. Circular economy principles aim to emulate natural cycles by reducing waste and making reuse and recycling the norm. This involves redesigning production and consumption systems to optimize resource use. Companies are pursuing circular business models like renting products or using waste as a resource. Consumers can apply the 3Rs hierarchy - reduce, reuse, recycle - to limit their environmental impact.
This document discusses environmental sustainability and ways for businesses to reduce waste and be more environmentally efficient. It provides information on the importance of environmental sustainability, how businesses can damage the environment, and steps they can take to reduce waste through reducing consumption, reusing materials, recycling, and purchasing recycled products. The document outlines specific strategies businesses can implement across communications, printing, purchasing policies, and customer education to cut waste production and costs while protecting the environment.
Eco-friendly products are products that do not harm the environment during production, use, or disposal. They are biodegradable, recyclable, or made from recycled materials. Such products help conserve resources and reduce pollution. However, eco-friendly products can be more expensive due to investment required for research and development of new technologies. They may also have limited availability. Some key certifications for eco-friendly products include Energy Star, Forest Stewardship Council, Green Seal, and USDA Organic. Popular eco-friendly products include bamboo toothbrushes, beeswax wraps, rechargeable batteries, pens made from recycled water bottles, compostable plates, electric vehicles, and cloth napkins. Cho
This document discusses how business activity can impact the environment through pollution and waste, the concept of sustainable development and how businesses can contribute to it, and how increasing environmental concerns and pressure groups are influencing business decisions through public opinion, consumer behavior, and government regulations. It provides examples of managers with different approaches to environmental issues and defines key related terms.
What Are Solutions For the Non-Recyclables That Our Industry Generates?Stephanie Elton
The following powerpoint presentation was shared at a Printing Industries of Northern California (PINC) webinar.
Channeled Resources Group provides solutions for both manufacturers and consumers of coated, treated, and laminated papers & films. We understand that companies need creative ideas and, particularly in today's economy, cost savings at both ends of the supply chain. Doing business should be simple and improve your company's bottom line.
CRG - Global Solutions is a recycler of both traditional and non-traditional papers. Our specialty is in processing roll stock and silicone coated release liner. We offer competitive pricing making us the ideal one-stop shop for your recycling needs.
Our niche is purchasing silicone-coated paper for repulping. We even buy discarded liner left behind from high-speed machine applicators.
Your creative & sustainability integrating brand, direct, and green powerVivastream
The document discusses three cases of using direct marketing and sustainability messaging. Case 1 describes using a Harvard Business Review article to acquire new subscribers. Case 2 involves a Fortune 500 brand developing sustainability messaging and migrating communications to digital formats. Case 3 highlights a Brazilian supermarket chain's direct marketing emphasizing sustainable habits and recycling. The document also covers general topics like the evolution of catalogs, personalization, eco-friendly creative processes, and push vs pull marketing.
This application aims to increase recycling awareness and participation among students at Rosemont College. It will provide educational videos and in-depth text explanations about the recycling process and what can/cannot be recycled on campus. The app will also feature social media integration, a recycling reminder alert, daily updates on campus recycling efforts, and friendly competitions between students. The goal is to better inform and motivate students to develop sustainable recycling habits.
Your Creative & Sustainability: Integrating Brand, Direct, and Green PowerVivastream
The document discusses three cases of using direct marketing and sustainability messaging to promote brands. Case 1 details using a Harvard Business Review article to acquire new magazine subscribers. Case 2 involves a Fortune 500 brand developing sustainability directives and messaging. Case 3 highlights the direct marketing of a Brazilian supermarket chain known for its sustainability practices and messaging in birthday mailings and emails to customers.
The document discusses various aspects of sustainability as they relate to hotels and resorts. It provides examples of sustainable practices across operations, including waste reduction, water and energy conservation, green cleaning products, sustainable food and materials sourcing, and more. The goal is for hotels to minimize their environmental impact and create a positive experience for guests and employees through sustainable operations.
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Company Valuation webinar series - Tuesday, 4 June 2024FelixPerez547899
This session provided an update as to the latest valuation data in the UK and then delved into a discussion on the upcoming election and the impacts on valuation. We finished, as always with a Q&A
How to Implement a Strategy: Transform Your Strategy with BSC Designer's Comp...Aleksey Savkin
The Strategy Implementation System offers a structured approach to translating stakeholder needs into actionable strategies using high-level and low-level scorecards. It involves stakeholder analysis, strategy decomposition, adoption of strategic frameworks like Balanced Scorecard or OKR, and alignment of goals, initiatives, and KPIs.
Key Components:
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Strategy Decomposition
- Adoption of Business Frameworks
- Goal Setting
- Initiatives and Action Plans
- KPIs and Performance Metrics
- Learning and Adaptation
- Alignment and Cascading of Scorecards
Benefits:
- Systematic strategy formulation and execution.
- Framework flexibility and automation.
- Enhanced alignment and strategic focus across the organization.
Best practices for project execution and deliveryCLIVE MINCHIN
A select set of project management best practices to keep your project on-track, on-cost and aligned to scope. Many firms have don't have the necessary skills, diligence, methods and oversight of their projects; this leads to slippage, higher costs and longer timeframes. Often firms have a history of projects that simply failed to move the needle. These best practices will help your firm avoid these pitfalls but they require fortitude to apply.
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This PowerPoint compilation offers a comprehensive overview of 20 leading innovation management frameworks and methodologies, selected for their broad applicability across various industries and organizational contexts. These frameworks are valuable resources for a wide range of users, including business professionals, educators, and consultants.
Each framework is presented with visually engaging diagrams and templates, ensuring the content is both informative and appealing. While this compilation is thorough, please note that the slides are intended as supplementary resources and may not be sufficient for standalone instructional purposes.
This compilation is ideal for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of innovation management and drive meaningful change within their organization. Whether you aim to improve product development processes, enhance customer experiences, or drive digital transformation, these frameworks offer valuable insights and tools to help you achieve your goals.
INCLUDED FRAMEWORKS/MODELS:
1. Stanford’s Design Thinking
2. IDEO’s Human-Centered Design
3. Strategyzer’s Business Model Innovation
4. Lean Startup Methodology
5. Agile Innovation Framework
6. Doblin’s Ten Types of Innovation
7. McKinsey’s Three Horizons of Growth
8. Customer Journey Map
9. Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation Theory
10. Blue Ocean Strategy
11. Strategyn’s Jobs-To-Be-Done (JTBD) Framework with Job Map
12. Design Sprint Framework
13. The Double Diamond
14. Lean Six Sigma DMAIC
15. TRIZ Problem-Solving Framework
16. Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
17. Stage-Gate Model
18. Toyota’s Six Steps of Kaizen
19. Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Framework
20. Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
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Building Your Employer Brand with Social MediaLuanWise
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4. Under the current system there is a lack of
incentive to design better products
there is no cost to
business to continue to
throw away more and
more material
there are no incentives
to create products that
last longer or are
more easily recycled
Currently many goods are designed to be
obsolete in just a few years.
5. We dispose of a lot of stuff…
…each year Americans throw away about
1,600 pounds of trash, much of it products
and packaging!
4.4 lbs/day
29 lbs/week
1,600 lbs/year
6. That means by age 25 you’ve
thrown away …
40,000 pounds
7. Photo courtesy: George Hall
By the time you’re 50 you’ve thrown away 80,000 pounds –
or the weight of a Boeing 737
And that’s just one person!
8. Many of the
products we use,
and their
packaging,
impact the
environment and
our health in
unintended ways
10. Today, we look to local
governments to manage this
increasingly complex waste
stream.
11. The amount of waste generated has
continued to rise & the costs of waste
management continue to rise with it!
Source: US EPA
12. Local governments are responsible for
dealing with any and all waste that comes
their way.
They have no control over:
- the quantity of waste
- or the materials
13. Taxpayer dollars are spent to clean up the mess
Either picking up goods
that have been illegally
discarded
Or through environmental remediation needed to
remove the toxic substances from our drinking
water and soils
16. Product Stewardship directs all
those involved in the life cycle of a product
to take responsibility for the impacts to our
health and the natural environment that
result from the production, use, and end-
of-life management of the product.
18. Product Stewardship means looking at
the impact of a product:
from the time it
is raw materials
until it is
discarded
Raw
Materials
Manufacturing
Transportation
Retail Use Disposal
19. …everyone has a role to play
from those who
make it
to those
who sell
it
to
those
who
buy it
Producers
Distributors
Retailers
Consumers
Waste Management
Responsibility:
To produce goods that
are safe for their
customers & the
environment
20. …everyone has a role to play
from those who
make it
to those
who sell
it
to
those
who
buy it
Producers
Distributors
Retailers
Consumers
Waste Management
Retailers and other businesses have a
unique ability to educate their
customers and their suppliers about
opportunities to reduce unintended
environmental and health impacts
from their products, and to help
provide solutions for collection and
recycling.
21. …everyone has a role to play
from those who
make it
to those
who sell
it to
those
who
buy it
Producers
Distributors
Retailers
Consumers
Waste Management
Responsibility:
-Buy and use the best product
-Dispose or recycle all goods responsibly
22. How do we start?
Batteries
Carpet
Electronics
Fluorescent Lighting
Gas Cylinders
Medical Sharps
Mercury Products
Thermostats
Packaging
Paint
Pesticides
Pharmaceuticals
Phone books
Radioactive Devices
Tires
23. Thermostats
PROBLEM: Toxic Mercury
Average thermostat contains 4 grams of mercury
In 1994, there were approximately 63 million mercury
thermostats in use within the residential sector alone,
equal to about 277 tons of mercury.
Expansion of Thermostat Recycling Corp. program to:
• chain wholesalers, heating and cooling contractors,
HHW facilities, retailers
15 states now have laws that ban or restrict the sale of
mercury thermostats.
Potential Benefit: More than $267,000 PER YEAR in direct
savings or service benefit for Nebraska.
24. PROBLEM: Toxic metals, pollute soil & water
3 Billion sold annually
Only 10-12% of rechargeable batteries are
recycled.
Even fewer single use batteries are recycled.
Potential Benefit: More than $1.8 million PER
YEAR in direct savings or service benefit for
Nebraska.
Batteries
25. PROBLEM: Excessive Waste
10% of paint sales becomes leftover
(2006 = 75 million gallons in the U.S.)
$640 million dollars/yr mgt cost
(avg. cost: $8/liquid gallon)
Potential Benefit: More than $3.5 million PER
YEAR in direct savings or service benefit for
Nebraska.
Paint
26. PROBLEM: Toxic Mercury
Environmentally sound in that they last longer and use
just a fraction of the energy of incandescent bulbs.
More than ½ billion fluorescent bulbs sold annually.
Potential Benefit: Nearly $500,000 PER YEAR in direct
savings or service benefit for Nebraska.
Fluorescent Lamps
27. Pesticides
PROBLEM: Environmental Impacts
Risk to human health.
High cost to collect.
U.S. pesticide expenditures totaled more
than $11 billion in 2000 and 2001
Potential Benefit: More than $2.2 million
PER YEAR in direct savings or service
benefit for Nebraska.
28. PROBLEM: Injury during disposal, transmission of
disease.
Estimated that over 3 billion disposable needles and
syringes, and an additional 900 million lancets
enter the municipal solid waste stream each year in
the U.S.
Sources:
Those managing their own healthcare.
Intravenous drug users.
Potential Benefit: More than $1.1 million PER YEAR in
direct savings or service benefit for Nebraska.
Medical Sharps
29. Electronics
Cell phones, computers, music players
(ipods), blue tooth, lap tops, etc.
23 state electronics laws
Manufacturer and retailer take-back
programs in response to dialogue (e.g.
Staples, Best Buy, HP, Dell, LG, etc.)
Potential Benefit: More than $3.7 million
PER YEAR in direct savings or service
benefit for Nebraska.
PROBLEM: Toxic Materials
30. PROBLEM: Unnecessary Waste
660,000 tons of waste/year
Voluntary industry guidelines developed
• Opt out
• Recycling
• Sustainable production
90% of publishers now with opt out program
Potential Benefit: More than $230,000 PER YEAR
in direct savings or service benefit for
Nebraska.
Phone Books
32. Call2Recycle
In this program
individual battery
manufacturers pay a
license fee to
Call2Recycle
Then Call2Recycle
handles all the
administration & pays
all costs associated with
collecting & recycling
batteries
MFG License fee
• retail locations
serve as collection
points at no cost
to them
Batteries are recycled!
www.call2recycle.com
33. Customer
purchases CFL
in a hardware
store
CFL bulb is
used at home
Stores collects
bulbs & sends
them to a
recycling facility
Recovered
materials can
make new bulbs
Used bulbs can
be returned to
any store that
collects them
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Current Cities
Broken Bow Chadron Grand Island Hastings
Hebron Kearney La Vista Lincoln
Nelson North Platte Omaha Ogallala
Red Cloud Superior
34. Product Stewardship
The Basic Concept.
• Shared responsibility.
• The greater the ability, the greater the
responsibility.
• All costs should be included.
• The costs of product manufacture
should be minimized.
• Financial incentive for manufacturers.
35. The Basic Concept.
• Flexibility in determining how to
address impacts.
• Performance measured by results.
• Incentives for “cleaner”
• Incentives for end-of-live system
• In realizing these principles, industry
will need to provide leadership.
• Government leadership
• Industry and government education
36. Product Stewardship doesn’t necessarily change the
way consumers handle their goods when they no
longer need them and it doesn’t necessarily require
an entirely new infrastructure.
Many Product Stewardship programs
will continue to use existing collection
infrastructure.
Product Stewardship shifts waste
management costs from the public to
the private sector
37. Nebraska’s Foundation
• Not full product stewardship
• Financial burden on tax payers
• Infrastructure for future product
stewardship programs
• Nebraska is putting the pieces together
• National voluntary product stewardship
programs
40. Who makes product stewardship
happen?
Businesses
Local governments
State governments
Environmental/health
organizations
Other institutions
41. What can you do now?
1. Take advantage of voluntary programs that
already exist
2. Urge major retailers who have take-back
programs in other parts of the country to
start one where you live
42. 3. Be a responsible consumer
A. Buy Better Products
o Buy goods that are durable
o Buy used when possible
o Look for environmentally preferable goods
• That don’t contain toxins
• Are made from recycled materials
B. When you are finished:
o Resell
o Reuse
o Recycle
o Or safely dispose of your goods
44. CFL bulb recycling with partnerships at various hardware and home improvement
stores throughout Nebraska.
Grant funding to communities & businesses to facility electronic waste collections.
Battery Recycling: Pre-paid and pre-addressed collection boxes
for battery shipments to the Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Corporation.
Cell Phone Recycling: Collecting cell phones through a
partnership with Wireless Alliance
45. Construction & Demolition Waste Management: Assist with
construction waste management plans, tracking materials
recycled, and identifying service providers. Research and
development to achieve LEED status.
Finishing Technologies: Hands-on training system intended to instruct
members of the surface coating industry using state-of-the-art virtual
reality technology.
Waste Assessments: A non-regulatory overview of a business’
volume of waste produced. Sustainability planning services which
would include a broader look at all aspects of the company.
46. Curb Side Recycling: Through Recycling Enterprises,
members of WasteCap Nebraska can offer discounted home
recycling services to their employees living within the service
area.
Green Team Roundtables: Networking and educational opportunities for
businesses interested in starting a green team, expanding the projects of the
green teams or just have an interest in using green principles.
Green Ambassadors: Speakers bureau aimed at educating Nebraska’s
business leaders on product stewardship and the services of WasteCap
Nebraska.
Service Directory: A directory of recycling service providers and
business/non-profits who reuse materials. Available in book form and on
the WasteCap Nebraska website.
47. You are invited to become a member of WasteCap
Nebraska today. As a member, you can enjoy all of the
service benefits previously listed, plus numerous
educational and networking opportunities throughout
the year.
Plus you become a part of helping Nebraska
businesses practice and develop product stewardship.
Ask for your membership application today!
49. How to Start Today!
Call your local & state representatives
Start small with your Product Stewardship
program
Be an “Another Bright Idea” collection
point
Be a “Call to Recycle” collection point
Ask your local municipality to have a
collection event (E-Scrap)
Ask your favorite retailers to start product
stewardship programs
{Customize this for your presentation} Thank you. My name is ______________________. I am a Green Ambassador with WasteCap Nebraska. The Green Ambassadors is a speakers bureau program utilizing college interns to present information to Nebraska business leaders. I would like to thank __________________________ for allowing me to present my information today. I am a student attending ___________________________ majoring in ____________________. I plan to graduate in ____________________ and am looking for a career in _________________. Before we begin, I do need to ask you to help me out. Since this program is grant funded, it is important that we keep an accurate record of where we’ve been and who we’ve spoken to. I have a form here that I’ll pass around. Please place your name on it. I have a few requirements to meet, including presenting to a minimum number of people. So, it’s very important that you sign your name for me. If you want more information about any of our programs you can place a check mark on the sheet now, or just let me know after the program. I also need to ask you to complete this evaluation of my talk today. Again this is for grant reporting purposes. You don’t need to place your name on it, but please do complete it and leave it at your setting for me to pick up when we’re through today.Let’s go ahead and get started with this program.
I’d like to thank the Product Stewardship Institute for helping me with the information for this presentation today. If you’d like to learn more about the Product Stewardship Institute, please feel free to visit their website at www.productstewardship.us
Every day each of us uses hundreds of products. Let’s just think about the products we have touched since we’ve been in this room together today. {name a few of the products}
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds (13 kg) per week and 1,600 pounds (726 kg) a year. All this trash adds up.
If each of us produces 1600 pounds of trash each year, that means by the time we’re 25 – which isn’t very old – we’ve produced 40,000 pounds of trash. Can you imagine 40,000 pounds of trash in your back yard?
Is anyone in here 50 years old? Been on a plane lately? Imagine all that in trash. And now imagine O’Hare, Kennedy, or any other major airport and the heaping piles of trash we produce.
Part of theproblem is that all these products and their packaging can impact the environment and our health in unintended ways. When you throw away a wrapper, you don’t think about where it goes beyond the trash bin.
But some products contain toxins that can be unintentionally released into our environment. Lead, mercury, cadmium, lithium, flame retardants, special coatings, gases, and other toxins can escape as these products are crushed or slowing break down in our landfills. Once this happens, these toxins can get into our soil, water system, and even into our own bodies.
We have a growing problem with waste. Not only are more people in Nebraska producing waste, but each individual is also producing more waste. In 1960 each person was producing 2.68 pounds of waste per day, but in 2008 that number has grown to 4.5 pounds per day. And now multiply that by each person in this room, in this town, and in this STATE!
Our landfills are most often owned and operated by our local governments. But they have no control over the type of waste that is coming in or how much. And when there are restrictions, people have no place to put their unwanted items.
So, they often are left to sit in storage, left for new property owners to figure out, or worse, are dumped illegally. This clean-up costs tax payers even more money.
So what do we do? Where do we go from here?
This is where Product Stewardship comes in. Product Stewardshiplooks at everyone who is involved in a products life cycle and directs responsibility to each of them.
It specifically looks at those who design, make, and sell the products we use. Product stewardship moves the responsibility off us as individuals and off our municipalities.
This may seem like an overwhelming project, and we need to know where to start. The Product Stewardship Institute has identified these products as the place to start. They’ve chosen these items based on several factors including their harmful effects on the environment and to humans and the quantity of items disposed of. Let’s review some of these items to get a better understanding of the problem.
Pesticides can pose risks to human health and the environment, and they are used and disposed of in significant quantities. Currently, there is a lack of collection programs due to the high costs of collection and the lack of funding. There are numerous opportunities for pesticide manufacturers, retailers, and other industry stakeholders to join with government officials to reduce the impacts from pesticide manufacture, use, storage, and disposal.
Nebraska has already begun the product stewardship movement. Here are a couple of examples.
Call 2 Recycle is a battery recycling program that was actually started by the battery manufacturing industry. Manufacturers pay a licensing fee to Call2Recycle. Call2Recycle works with local retailers to serve as collection points. Consumers can return their spent rechargeable batteries and cell phones to the retail location and then Call2Recycle will pick those batteries up and recycle them. This prevents batteries from entering our landfills and puts them to good use! It costs nothing to the retailer or the consumer to recycle these batteries.
Another Bright Idea is a WasteCap Nebraska program. WasteCap works with local retailers, mostly hardware stores and libraries to serve as collection points for CFL bulbs. Consumers can return their burned out CFL light bulbs to a participating retailer, the bulbs are collected and then sent to a recycling facility so that the mercury can be collected and used again in a new bulb. We are working on increasing our locations throughout the state, but here are our current locations.Many of the other products previously listed are being recycled. The telephone book industry has started opt-out programs. Several companies recycle carpet into such products as decorative concrete, hot mix asphalt, coal based fuel pellets, block flooring, and sediment prevention bales. And other companies recycle or resell paint. While these are excellent programs, they are not true product stewardship because the manufacturer is not taking their products back. Instead the consumer is having to do the work to seek out these recycling opportunities.
These next slides outline the basic concepts behind Product Stewardship.* The responsibility for reducing product impacts should be shared among the industry (designers, manufacturers, and retailers), government, and consumers.* The greater the ability an entity has to minimize a product’s life-cycle impacts, the greater is its degree of responsibility, and opportunity, for addressing those impacts.Manufacturers have the greatest ability to make an impact because they are the ones choosing the raw materials, design and production processes, and distributing the product.* All product lifecycle costs should be included in the total product cost– from using resources, to reducing health and environmental impacts throughout the production process, to managing products at the end-of-life.As with the Call2Recycle battery recycling, the cost of the program is built into the cost of the batteries. You’re paying for it whether you use it or not.* The environmental costs of product manufacture, use, and disposal should be minimized, to the greatest extent possible, for local and state governments, and ultimately shifted to the manufacturers and consumers of products. * Manufacturers should thus have a direct financial incentive to redesign their products to reduce these costs.
Those that are responsible for reducing the health and environmental impacts of products should have flexibility in determining how to most effectively address those impacts. The performance of company’s product stewardship programs will be measured by their results.Policies that promote and implement product stewardship principles should create incentives for the manufacturer to design and produce “cleaner” products – products made using less energy, materials, and toxins, and which result in less waste (through reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting) and use less energy to operate. These policies should also create incentives for the development of a sustainable and environmentally-sound system to collect, reuse, and recycle products at the end of their lives. In realizing these principles, Government will also provide leadership in promoting the practices of product stewardship through procurement, technical assistance, program evaluation, education, market development, agency coordination, and by addressing regulatory barriers and, where necessary, providing regulatory incentives and disincentives. Industry and government shall provide – and consumers should take full advantage of – information needed to make responsible environmental purchasing, reuse, recycling, and disposal decisions.
{read slide} We are not trying to recreate the wheel, just perfect it. We know that most people don’t have much free time anymore and so Product Stewardship has to be simple for the consumer.
In studying product stewardship in Nebraska, we’ve learned some things.First, Nebraska’s practice of government-funded collection programs is not full product stewardship because it does not share proportional responsibility with industry.And the current system places all of the financial burden on Nebraska tax payers.Current voluntary programs do provide infrastructure for future industry operated product stewardship programsWe’ve got a great start to product stewardship here in Nebraska. And through the Product Stewardship initiative, several opportunities are available to participate in national voluntary product stewardship programs.
WasteCap Nebraska has already begun to lay the foundation of Product Stewardship through partnerships with other agencies, a grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, Nebraska Environmental Trust, and assistance from the Product Stewardship Institute.Weknew that it was critical to know and understand our foundation. We identified what was already happening in Nebraska and we established a baseline of current activities in the state. From here we must build more product stewardship programs.
This is why we have developed the Nebraska Product Stewardship Toolkit. This online toolkit will help any business or community begin the transformation to product stewardship. It outlines what responsibilities each of us has in the product life-cycle and shows us how to take action.
It’s going to take all of us to make this happen. Local business, governments, health and environmental organizations, and you.
We can all help to make a difference. Take advantage of the voluntary programs that are already out there. Talk to your favorite retailers about product stewardship. Tell them you’d like to participate in programs they establish.
And be a responsible consumer. Buy better products, that are durable, perhaps used, and products that don’t contain toxins but that are made from recycled materials. Once you’re done with the product, resell it, reuse it, recycle it, or safely dispose of it.
WasteCap Nebraska is here to help you develop your product stewardship program in a common sense way. We offer several programs to help your business be an environmentally conscious business.
We currently offer several programs that can already help your business become more profitable and environmentally aware. The programs are also outlined on our blue program summary sheet. I have several available for you to take with you. {read the programs/describe them}
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WasteCap Nebraska is a non-profit organization that works with businesses across the state of Nebraska to improve environmental practices and increase profit. We would love to welcome each of you as a member to WasteCap. Memberships are very affordable and as a member you are able to take part in all of our programs at little or NO charge. If you are interested in membership, please see me after the presentation. There is no cost to join today. I’ll simply take down your information and our membership director will be in contact with you.
For more information on everything presented today and to get more ideas on what you can do, please visit the Nebraska Product Stewardship Toolkit online. Visit our website for the link to the toolkit.
You’ve received a lot of information today. And you may be wondering to yourself, “What am I supposed to do?” I want you to start small. Don’t overwhelm yourself. You can start by simply talking to your political representatives. Or start your own product stewardship program in your business. Start with Another Bright Idea or Call to Recycle. You don’t have to do anything complicated to begin. You can also host an E-Scrap collection event, & WasteCap will be here to help you with that. And finally, talk to the retailers you do business with and ask them to start product stewardship programs.
I’d be happy to take any of your questions.Thank you again for having me today. If you are interested in receiving any of our services or becoming a WasteCap Nebraska member, I do have information available today.