Sustainable solutions to lower waste in production area

Waste Management

Production Area

Large quantities of waste are produced in the production areas, this waste generally comes from raw materials or faulty machinery.

This part brings solutions to help companies reduce and better manage the waste produced in the production area.

Raw Materials - Adopt a Sustainable Approach

Cost

EFFORT

IMPACT

Upstream:

If you have large volume of lost raw material, investigate the reasons and address them.

Downstream:

Collect and, if possible, send back to supplier to be reprocessed in their plant. Find alternative businesses willing to use the discards to make other products, or send to recycling
If biomass, consider using it in food processing systems (see opportunity on food waste)
If suitable, consider using it as a fuel to offset consumption of fossil fuels.

Tackle Product Loss (from faulty machinery or products mismanagement)

Cost

EFFORT

IMPACT

Upstream:

If you have large volume of lost product, investigate the reasons and address them.

Downstream:

If possible repair and repack and redirect towards second-hand or refurbished branches
Collect and send to recycling

Tackle Other Wastes

Cost

EFFORT

IMPACT

Downstream:

Collect, segregate and recycle materials according to material

Buddies - Experience sharing

The « sustainability journey » may feel overwhelming sometimes, but you are not alone.

Our Buddies have tried, succeeded, failed to implement change in their companies. They share their experience so you can learn, take shortcuts, get inspired and ask questions.

Everybody can become a Buddy and give back to the community; if you are keen, get in touch with us.

Rémi Cesaro

Founder & Director - Zero Waste City

Founder and Director of the consulting business Zero Waste City, Rémi provides engineering consulting services to large commercial and industrial facilities on waste management, energy efficiency, and packaging design.

He has gained a strong experience as a consultant covering a wide range of industries and technologies in New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore.

He is a certified TRUE Advisor (Total Resource Use Efficiency) by the U.S. Green Building Council Inc. This certification recognised his knowledge in Zero Waste programs and his ability to support businesses to achieve the TRUE Zero Waste certification.

zerowastecity.com