Solid Waste – Page 6 – Lean Six Sigma and the Environment

EC 033: Lean Six Sigma and Sustainability Presentation at GPSEN Symposium in Jan 2017

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Posted on July 14, 2018September 28, 2018
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary In this podcast, I share a presentation I gave at the Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network (GPSEN) Sustainability Symposium back in January 27. 2017. I was still working at Rockwell Collins at the time. I discuss how Lean and Six Sigma techniques have been used for sustainability initiatives, as well as with Lean Portland

EC 029: Lean Principles within Reuse Organization Nonprofits

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Posted on April 1, 2018April 1, 2018
Posted in Employee Engagement, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary In this podcast, I share a presentation about the employee-led improvements taking place at reuse nonprofit organizations Free Geek and The Rebuilding Center, with coaching and assistance from Lean Portland, a volunteer Benefit company of Lean consultants in Portland, Oregon. Free Geek is working on a daily management system and trying to increase the

EC 022: Lean Six Sigma and Wasted Food Workshop

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Posted on July 13, 2017December 29, 2019
Posted in Kjell Van Zoen, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary On this podcast, I share the actual audio from the “Reducing Food Waste Workshop: A Lean and Six Sigma Approach” given on April 28th, 2017, hosted by the Port of Portland, which is located at the Portland International Airport (PDX). I mentioned this workshop in Podcast #20, if you want to hear the background on how

EC 020: Lean Six Sigma and Wasted Food

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Posted on April 28, 2017December 29, 2019
Posted in Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary On this podcast, I talk about a recent presentation I gave at the Port of Portland (at the Portland airport). I was asked to present on how Lean and Six Sigma can be used to help reduce food waste. There is a big effort to make reductions in the Portland area, and we had

EC 018: Lean Six Sigma and Sustainability Radio Interview

By -admin
Posted on February 11, 2017February 12, 2022
Posted in Energy, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary On this podcast, I was interviewed by Luke Andersen for a radio show and podcast called Northwest Business, on 1080 The Fan, here in Portland. It is focused on bringing attention to local businesses in the Portland area. He wanted to know more about Lean, Six Sigma and Sustainability. I haven’t really talked much

EC 017: Applying Lean and Green at Plywerk with Kjell Van Zoen and David Hall

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Posted on January 21, 2017January 1, 2023
Posted in Employee Engagement, Kjell Van Zoen, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste, Transportation

Summary In this podcast, I conduct my first interview, and it turned out great! I met up with lean consultant and former owner of Plywerk, Kjell Van Zoen, along with Dr. David E. Hall, sustainability consultant for Plywerk and professor at Portland State University. We discuss how Kjell and Dave worked together to make Plywerk more eco-conscious,

EC 015: Tips for Encouraging Environmental Behavior Change

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Posted on December 16, 2016February 25, 2022
Posted in Energy, Podcast, Solid Waste

Summary In this podcast, I play the recording of the presentation I gave at the 2nd Annual Green Festival Expo in Portland on Dec 11, 2016. I talk about the misconception that education is sufficient to get people to change behaviors. I review a study on getting hotel guests to reuse their towels, and show

EC 013: Interview #2 on e6s Methods Podcast about Greening Your Lean Event

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Posted on September 23, 2016November 10, 2020
Posted in Employee Engagement, Lean Six Sigma Tools, Podcast, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

Summary For episode 13, I’m playing another interview I had with e6s Methods podcast, hosted by Aaron Spearin. We go over tips for greening your 5s events. I also go over this in detail in Episode 9 of my podcast, which you can find at LeanSixSigmaEnvironment.org. In this episode, we go beyond just the green discussion,

EC 012: Setting up a Green Team at Work

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Posted on September 2, 2016August 21, 2025
Posted in Employee Engagement, Energy, Podcast, Solid Waste, Water

Summary For the next podcast, I wanted to talk about setting up and improving an environmental (eco) green team at your work. This is one of the early activities you can do to improve sustainability at your job, or within organizations you work with. I discuss my own experiences with creating and maintaining green teams at

Lean Green Waste: Linear Materials

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Posted on July 12, 2016March 23, 2022
Posted in Kelly Singer, Raw Materials, Solid Waste

This article was originally posted in the Lean Green Institute website by Kelly Singer. Most of the things we extract from the earth and manufacture end up in landfills. An estimated 90 percent of materials extracted to make durable goods in the United States become waste almost immediately in the manufacturing process. Once the product is made,