NRF PROTECT 2018 Concurrent session produced by FMI

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Making Cents Out of
Hazardous Waste
Peg Chandler and Erica Fransen

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Key Facts
• 2,782 grocery retail stores in 35 states under nearly two dozen banners
• 274 fine jewelry stores under names like Fred Meyer Jewelers and Littman Jewelers
• 38 food production or manufacturing facilities producing high quality private-label
products
• 1,489 supermarket fuel centers
• 2,268 retail pharmacies
• 215 Little Clinic locations inside select stores in 9 states
• 8 specialty pharmacies / infusion facilities

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State Toxic? Yes or No? Which State?
YES!
California
Connecticut
Michigan
Washington
YES!
California
Connecticut
Michigan
Washington
YES!
ALL 50 STATES
RCRA Waste
3 Takeaways – How To
• Be in compliance and identify hazardous waste
• Rules and Regulations
• Across the country
• Contain and manage costs efficiently
• Promote associate product lifecycle awareness

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Agenda
• Why hazardous waste must be properly
managed in our stores
• What is hazardous waste; which products are
included?
• How to manage hazardous waste
• Costs and Risk Reduction- nicotine recycling;
other recycling programs; top opportunity
products
Headline$
Retailer Total Settlement
99 Cents Only $ 2,360,000
Albertsons $ 3,387,000
AT&T $ 52,000,000
Big Lots $ 3,500,000
Costco $ 3,500,000
CVS $ 13,570,000
Direct TV $ 9,500,000
Fed Ex $ 3,400,000
Home Depot $ 27,840,000
Lowe's $ 18,100,000
Macys $ 375,000
Raley's $ 1,600,000
Rite-Aid $ 12,300,000
Safeway $ 9,870,000
Save Mart $ 2,550,000
Target $ 22,500,000
Walgreens $ 16,570,000
Walmart $ 27,000,000
WinCo Foods $ 750,000

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Hazardous Waste Definition
• A Hazardous Waste is waste that either:
– includes a chemical that is specifically listed as hazardous, such as
nicotine,
– or exhibits one or more of these characteristics:
• Ignitable
• Reactive
• Corrosive
• Toxic
Hazardous Waste and Retailers
Industrial Setting
• Relatively few large waste streams
• Onsite “waste expert”
• Known process; known wastes and
doesn’t vary
• Very stable workforce
• Few facilities
Retail Setting
• Many small waste streams
• No onsite “waste experts”
• No info on chemical ingredients (we
don’t make the products or know the
ingredients)
• Less stable workforce; high turnover
• Thousands of stores in multiple states
with patchwork regulations

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What is Hazardous Waste?
 California and Washington
 More stringent than Federal
 Aquatic toxicity
 Detergents, soaps, and lotions are
hazardous
 Remember, it must first be a waste
(damaged, leaking, out of code, or
otherwise cannot be marked down,
donated or sold) to be a hazardous
waste
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
(RCRA) - Federally Hazardous Waste

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Universal Waste
• Batteries – check toys
• Mercury containing equipment
• Spent fluorescent bulbs
• Some states beginning to include aerosols
• “Low-hanging fruit” during inspections
The WERCS Process
THE WERCS
600K
Products
8000
Suppliers
Required Products
Ingredient Data
Storage, Shipping,
Hazard Waste, Restriction,
Reports, Custom Data,
Safety Data & Documents
WERCSmart™
Web Portal
24/7/365 Access
2
Business
Days
55 Retailers

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WERCS UL – Web App
WERCS UL – Web App

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Web Viewer
Where Does It Go?

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Hazardous Waste Storage
Product Lifecycle –
Associate Awareness

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Product Lifecycle Awareness
• Merchandisers– General Awareness
• Hazardous product recycling mail-back
programs
• Nicotine
• Aerosols
• Commercial chemical products
NICOTINE RECYCLING

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Don’t forget about store use
chemicals
RCRA Empty
• Used Cleaning Products - Are they empty?
• All wastes have been removed using
practices commonly employed industry-
wide to remove wastes from containers
(pouring and draining) AND
• No more than 1 inch residue remains OR
• If container is less than 119 gallons
• No more than 3% by weight can remain

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TOP Opportunity Products
1. Drink mixes
2. Home cleaning
3. Respiratory adult cold/cough/flu
4. Respiratory adult allergy/sinus
5. Respiratory pediatric
6. Laundry detergent
7. Cooking spray
8. Toothpaste
9. Eye care
10. Dish detergents
11. Multiple vitamins
12. Air care
13. Soft contact lens care
14. Performance daily hair care
15. Treatments first aid
16. Acid blockers
17. Gummie supplements
Item Categories Items
1. Pam Cooking Spray
2. Mio/Crystal Light/Tang Water Enhancers
3. Nasacort Spray
4. Allegra Allergy Relief
5. Comet Powdered Cleaner
6. Zyrtec Allergy
7. Tide Liquid Detergent
8. Bleach
9. Cold Eeze – Daytime Nighttime Cold Medicine
10. Mucinex Cold Medicine
Address Top Opportunity Products
• Many of the top item categories/items are seasonally
related. (Allergy, Cold, Respiratory, Summer Sun care, Air care)
– Work with Sales teams on product forecasting potentially hazardous
items so excess product does not become waste at the end of the season.
– Educate retail teams on aggressive sales efforts before potentially
hazardous items become waste. (Discounts)

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Address Top Opportunity Products
• Liquid Water Enhancers continue to be top waste
items. (Federally regulated)
– Work with Sales teams on forecasting items that could become
hazardous waste.
– Communicate to Retail teams the importance of rotating potentially
hazardous items to reduce the opportunity of it becoming waste.
Watch Dumpster

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3 Takeaways – How To
• Be in compliance and identify hazardous waste
• Contain and manage costs efficiently
• Promote associate product lifecycle awareness