Pollutants – Page 4 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

Use QDIP sheets to identify environmental issues

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Posted on June 17, 2012April 6, 2020
Posted in Energy, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Pollutants, Raw Materials

Visual controls are an important part of any process. One of the best examples I have seen was at a supplier I visited a few years ago. I haven’t seen it used many other places, which surprises me, since it is so simple. It’s called QDIP, which stands for Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity. As

More reasons why coal-fired power plants need to go!

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Posted on April 8, 2012May 15, 2020
Posted in Energy, Pollutants

Most of my previous thoughts about coal-fired power plants were centered around the CO2 emissions they produce, and how it is leading to climate change. As I’ve done more research, the direct impact on human health could be an even larger reason for getting off of our dependence on coal. The Clean Air Act requires the US

No one likes taxes, except for some environmentalists

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Posted on April 7, 2012March 31, 2020
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Pollutants, Solid Waste, Transportation, Water

The more I study solutions to our environmental issues, the more I get frustrated with our economic structure. The answer is pretty simple, but we fail to make any progress on it. Align our purchased price of an item with the true cost. If oil and coal have a negative impact on the environment, then

Rockwell Collins goes green with LEED buildings

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Posted on March 29, 2010October 1, 2019
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy, Land and Building Use, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

I had the opportunity to tour one of the LEED certified buildings on the Rockwell Collins campus in Cedar Rapids, IA. The older building of the two is Gold certified, and the newer one is Silver. At the beginning of the project, they discovered that many LEED buildings cost around $250 per square foot. They

Depressing trip to the landfill

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Posted on September 28, 2009June 29, 2014
Posted in Land and Building Use, Pollutants, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

As part of supporting Rockwell Collins’ ISO-14001 team, I helped setup a tour of the local landfill for employees. If you’ve never been to a landfill, you need to go. It will inspire you to do way more recycling than you do now! Most of them will give you free tours, since they realize the