Category: Solid Waste

Green Your Work by Kim Carlson – Book Review

Green Your Work was written by Kim Carlson, who has led several different businesses through a green transformation, and well before all the “cool kids” were doing it. Green Your Work: Boost Your Bottom Line While Reducing Your Carbon Footprint The book is very well organized, into three main section, for a total of 14
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Minitab Tutorial and Excel Data Tables for Utilizing the EPA’s Statistical Analysis at RCRA Facilities document

In March 2009, the EPA published the document called “STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GROUNDWATER MONITORING DATA AT RCRA FACILITIES” The document is meant to provide support to RCRA facilities on how to apply the correct statistical techniques. It is essentially a statistics reference guide focused on groundwater contamination data. However, it is a good statistical reference
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Top 5 reasons why environmental problems can hide within a Lean Six Sigma initiative

Lean and Six Sigma are established approaches to improving processes to make organizations more successful. It seems only natural that we would be able to reduce environmental problems with these same approaches. Just by having an improvement program, you will naturally improve the environment when you take out waste and inefficiencies in your company. However,
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Saving Two Fully Laden Jumbo Jets Worth of Material at Greencore

Three case studies were put together by S A Partners and Keivan Zokaei at the Greencore Food to Go Manton Wood factory in the UK, which is the world’s largest and most sophisticated sandwich manufacturing facility. They produced more than three million sandwiches every week for supermarkets, convenience stores, garage forecourts and coffee shop chains.
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10 tips for greening your 5S workplace organization events

5S is the foundation of any process improvement activity. When done correctly, it can dramatically change the mindset and efficiency of the people in a work, office or home environment. However, a 5S can also lead to an increase in landfill waste, cleaning chemical use, and exposure to toxic vapors. Check out our list of 10
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Toyota Kentucky facility reflects parent company’s commitment to the environment

I was fortunate to take a tour of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) facility in Georgetown, KY. I say fortunate because it is one of the best manufacturing facilities in North America, and Toyota is one of the top companies in the world. When you want to benchmark how a company implements lean and
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“Six Sigma for Sustainability” book is a must-read!

My background in statistics and Six Sigma was what started me down the path of process improvement. Later on, I added the Lean approach and experience, to balance out my approach, and make it more holistic. As I became more focused on environmental sustainability in my personal life, I quickly saw how nicely these techniques
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Simple checklist to green your office or restaurant

Portland is leading the charge once again. In 2006, the Portland Office of Sustainable Development (now the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability) commissioned research with dozens of local small businesses. The research revealed that businesses will embrace resource efficiency and sustainability if those services are offered in an easy, one-stop approach. Sustainability at Work is the
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