Mark Fournier, Lasell College - Massachusetts Green Career ...
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Marc <strong>Fournier</strong><br />
Marc <strong>Fournier</strong><br />
Assistant Director for Plant Operations<br />
& Sustainability, LEED AP
Saving money (over the long term)<br />
Complying with <strong>Massachusetts</strong> Waste Ban and<br />
Universal Waste regulations<br />
Conserving valuable natural resources<br />
Employee motivation and OTJ satisfaction<br />
Mitigating the effects of climate change for us<br />
and our kids<br />
Doing the right thing
We are here to help you with your individual<br />
issues!
Top Five Materials Disposed in 2000 in Comparison<br />
With All Other Materials<br />
All Other Materials<br />
26%<br />
Corrugated<br />
Cardboard<br />
7%<br />
C&D<br />
10%<br />
Other Organics<br />
11%<br />
Paper<br />
28%<br />
Food<br />
18%
“Waste Ban" regulations (310 CMR 19.017) prohibit<br />
<strong>Massachusetts</strong> solid waste management facilities from<br />
accepting the following recyclable and/or toxic items<br />
for disposal or transfer for disposal.<br />
Construction & Demolition Materials: Asphalt<br />
Pavement, Brick, Concrete, Metal & Wood *<br />
Cathode Ray Tubes<br />
Glass Containers<br />
Lead Acid Batteries<br />
Leaves & Yard Wastes<br />
Metal Containers<br />
Recyclable Cardboard & Paper<br />
Single Polymer Plastics<br />
Whole Tires<br />
White Goods (Large Appliances)
Universal Wastes covered in the <strong>Massachusetts</strong> Rule:<br />
Hazardous batteries, primarily nickel cadmium (NiCd)<br />
and button batteries;<br />
Mercury-containing devices, such as thermostats,<br />
manometers, switches, water meters, thermometers,<br />
and gauges;<br />
Mercury-containing lamps, such as fluorescent lamps;<br />
and<br />
Hazardous waste pesticides, e.g. mercury-based<br />
pesticides, arsenicals, and chlorinated pesticides;<br />
banned or suspended pesticides; pesticides subject<br />
to recall by the manufacturer or FIFRA; certain unused<br />
pesticides, and/or pesticides collected in a stateapproved<br />
waste pesticide collection program.
No one size fits all: size, sectors, materials,<br />
geography<br />
Small and medium businesses are<br />
underserved<br />
Municipalities can play a role
Adjoining businesses<br />
Private businesses &<br />
public entities (muni’s,<br />
state institutions, etc.)<br />
Large & small<br />
businesses<br />
Business recycling<br />
organizations: Center<br />
for Ecological<br />
Technology, IRN, etc.
Haulers/Recyclers<br />
Business organizations like the Chamber of<br />
Commerce, Rotary Club, Lions Club<br />
Piggy-backing off of existing business<br />
projects/programs<br />
Personal relationships are so important!
Evaluate your current system (hauler name,<br />
contract details, service level, costs)<br />
Identify who arranges for & pays for waste<br />
management services<br />
Search for prospective partners in your<br />
building or local area<br />
Perform a waste audit to determine type and<br />
quantity of recyclables that could be diverted
Indentify suitable collection areas at your<br />
business and nearby<br />
Determine container, signage, and employee<br />
education needs<br />
Identify an in-house leader<br />
Identify and work with willing, enthusiastic<br />
haulers on source reduction/recycling/trash<br />
collection options<br />
Perform due diligence regarding your<br />
recycler/hauler’s claims (beware the “Dirty<br />
MRF’s)<br />
Monitor and make adjustments continuously,<br />
especially by reducing your trash<br />
collection services as recycling increases
In order of relative priority:<br />
Cardboard<br />
Mixed Paper<br />
Bottles & Cans<br />
(aluminum, steel, plastic,<br />
& glass) – especially from<br />
food service operations<br />
Organics<br />
Universal wastes
Dual stream – where fiber<br />
and container streams are<br />
collected separately<br />
Single stream – where fiber<br />
and container streams are<br />
collected together<br />
There is still a vigorous<br />
debate ensuing about the<br />
merits and drawbacks of<br />
both systems, although the<br />
single stream train has left<br />
the station…
Resource Management (RM) compensates<br />
waste contractors based on performance in<br />
achieving waste reduction goals rather than<br />
the volume of waste disposed<br />
RM aligns waste contractor incentives with the<br />
client’s recycling & waste reduction goals<br />
Fosters innovative approaches that reduce the<br />
use of materials, lower waste, increase<br />
recycling, and lower costs<br />
One example: sharing the revenue obtained<br />
from the sale of recyclables between the client<br />
and recycler/waste hauler
Access<br />
Color coding<br />
Labeling
Designed and<br />
constructed a new<br />
recycling and trash<br />
transfer site at<br />
Forest Suites at<br />
<strong>Lasell</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Resulted in greater<br />
efficiency, higher<br />
recycling rates, and<br />
improved working<br />
conditions for staff
Karandon Garage at <strong>Lasell</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> converted from<br />
landscape storage to a<br />
recycling center for scrap<br />
metal, mercury containing<br />
products, paint, and other<br />
materials<br />
Winslow boiler room used for storing electronics,<br />
toner cartridges, and electronic media for recycling<br />
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) boxes<br />
placed in IT, Plant Operations, and the Bookstore for<br />
recycling rechargeable batteries
<strong>Lasell</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
partnered with the<br />
Wellesley, MA<br />
Recycling & Disposal<br />
Facility 4.5 miles<br />
away to recycle scrap<br />
metal, cardboard,<br />
paint, air<br />
conditioners, tires,<br />
and other materials
The most important<br />
component – often<br />
forgotten<br />
Monitor continuously<br />
Translate into the<br />
Translate into the<br />
languages used by<br />
your employees
Engage your<br />
employees in<br />
developing new<br />
systems<br />
Many of them<br />
Many of them<br />
really want to do<br />
the right thing<br />
and will surprise<br />
you by helping<br />
create innovative<br />
ways to help out
<strong>Lasell</strong> <strong>College</strong> began<br />
purchasing remanufactured<br />
toner cartridges through New<br />
England Office Supplies<br />
Instituted a blind program to<br />
purchase post-consumer<br />
recycled content copy paper<br />
Savings from purchasing<br />
remanufactured toner<br />
cartridges used to offset<br />
higher recycled copy paper<br />
costs<br />
New campus standard developed to print business cards<br />
on post-consumer recycled content paper and list it on our<br />
cards
Reusable totes and<br />
other containers<br />
Donations of surplus<br />
food, furniture,<br />
appliances,<br />
equipment, etc.
Marc <strong>Fournier</strong><br />
Assistant Director for<br />
Plant Operations &<br />
Sustainability, LEED AP<br />
<strong>Lasell</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
1844 Commonwealth<br />
Avenue<br />
Newton, MA 02466<br />
(617) 243-2291, (617)<br />
721-0223 (cell)<br />
mfournier@lasell.edu