Mark Fournier, Lasell College - Massachusetts Green Career ...

Marc Fournier
Marc Fournier
Assistant Director for Plant Operations
& Sustainability, LEED AP

Saving money (over the long term)
Complying with Massachusetts Waste Ban and
Universal Waste regulations
Conserving valuable natural resources
Employee motivation and OTJ satisfaction
Mitigating the effects of climate change for us
and our kids
Doing the right thing

We are here to help you with your individual
issues!

Top Five Materials Disposed in 2000 in Comparison
With All Other Materials
All Other Materials
26%
Corrugated
Cardboard
7%
C&D
10%
Other Organics
11%
Paper
28%
Food
18%

“Waste Ban" regulations (310 CMR 19.017) prohibit
Massachusetts solid waste management facilities from
accepting the following recyclable and/or toxic items
for disposal or transfer for disposal.
Construction & Demolition Materials: Asphalt
Pavement, Brick, Concrete, Metal & Wood *
Cathode Ray Tubes
Glass Containers
Lead Acid Batteries
Leaves & Yard Wastes
Metal Containers
Recyclable Cardboard & Paper
Single Polymer Plastics
Whole Tires
White Goods (Large Appliances)

Universal Wastes covered in the Massachusetts Rule:
Hazardous batteries, primarily nickel cadmium (NiCd)
and button batteries;
Mercury-containing devices, such as thermostats,
manometers, switches, water meters, thermometers,
and gauges;
Mercury-containing lamps, such as fluorescent lamps;
and
Hazardous waste pesticides, e.g. mercury-based
pesticides, arsenicals, and chlorinated pesticides;
banned or suspended pesticides; pesticides subject
to recall by the manufacturer or FIFRA; certain unused
pesticides, and/or pesticides collected in a stateapproved
waste pesticide collection program.

No one size fits all: size, sectors, materials,
geography
Small and medium businesses are
underserved
Municipalities can play a role

Adjoining businesses
Private businesses &
public entities (muni’s,
state institutions, etc.)
Large & small
businesses
Business recycling
organizations: Center
for Ecological
Technology, IRN, etc.

Haulers/Recyclers
Business organizations like the Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary Club, Lions Club
Piggy-backing off of existing business
projects/programs
Personal relationships are so important!

Evaluate your current system (hauler name,
contract details, service level, costs)
Identify who arranges for & pays for waste
management services
Search for prospective partners in your
building or local area
Perform a waste audit to determine type and
quantity of recyclables that could be diverted

Indentify suitable collection areas at your
business and nearby
Determine container, signage, and employee
education needs
Identify an in-house leader
Identify and work with willing, enthusiastic
haulers on source reduction/recycling/trash
collection options
Perform due diligence regarding your
recycler/hauler’s claims (beware the “Dirty
MRF’s)
Monitor and make adjustments continuously,
especially by reducing your trash
collection services as recycling increases

In order of relative priority:
Cardboard
Mixed Paper
Bottles & Cans
(aluminum, steel, plastic,
& glass) – especially from
food service operations
Organics
Universal wastes

Dual stream – where fiber
and container streams are
collected separately
Single stream – where fiber
and container streams are
collected together
There is still a vigorous
debate ensuing about the
merits and drawbacks of
both systems, although the
single stream train has left
the station…

Resource Management (RM) compensates
waste contractors based on performance in
achieving waste reduction goals rather than
the volume of waste disposed
RM aligns waste contractor incentives with the
client’s recycling & waste reduction goals
Fosters innovative approaches that reduce the
use of materials, lower waste, increase
recycling, and lower costs
One example: sharing the revenue obtained
from the sale of recyclables between the client
and recycler/waste hauler

Access
Color coding
Labeling

Designed and
constructed a new
recycling and trash
transfer site at
Forest Suites at
Lasell College
Resulted in greater
efficiency, higher
recycling rates, and
improved working
conditions for staff

Karandon Garage at Lasell
College converted from
landscape storage to a
recycling center for scrap
metal, mercury containing
products, paint, and other
materials
Winslow boiler room used for storing electronics,
toner cartridges, and electronic media for recycling
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) boxes
placed in IT, Plant Operations, and the Bookstore for
recycling rechargeable batteries

Lasell College
partnered with the
Wellesley, MA
Recycling & Disposal
Facility 4.5 miles
away to recycle scrap
metal, cardboard,
paint, air
conditioners, tires,
and other materials

The most important
component – often
forgotten
Monitor continuously
Translate into the
Translate into the
languages used by
your employees

Engage your
employees in
developing new
systems
Many of them
Many of them
really want to do
the right thing
and will surprise
you by helping
create innovative
ways to help out

Lasell College began
purchasing remanufactured
toner cartridges through New
England Office Supplies
Instituted a blind program to
purchase post-consumer
recycled content copy paper
Savings from purchasing
remanufactured toner
cartridges used to offset
higher recycled copy paper
costs
New campus standard developed to print business cards
on post-consumer recycled content paper and list it on our
cards

Reusable totes and
other containers
Donations of surplus
food, furniture,
appliances,
equipment, etc.

Marc Fournier
Assistant Director for
Plant Operations &
Sustainability, LEED AP
Lasell College
1844 Commonwealth
Avenue
Newton, MA 02466
(617) 243-2291, (617)
721-0223 (cell)
mfournier@lasell.edu