Lean waste stream : reducing material use and garbage using lean principles /: reducing material use and garbage using lean principles. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marc Jensen.
• Authors: Jensen, Marc
• Contents: The Garbage Can; Looking Inside the Magic Box; Garbage and Wealth; Garbage as Embodied Process Costs; Garbage vs. Material Waste; Endnote; ; Getting Rid of Our Waste ; Landfilling; Energy Recovery; Recycling; Downcycling and Upcycling; Recycling as a Last Resort; Waste Avoidance Strategies; Reuse; Minimization and Prevention; Endnotes; ; Garbage Auditing ; Planning the Audit; Safety for the Audit; Dumpster Diving Safety; Conducting an Audit Autopsy Style; Include Recycled Material in Your Audit; Vacuum Hoses; Hazardous or Sensitive Materials; Garbage Audit Data Collection; Conducting a Live Audit; Ongoing Garbage Monitoring; Endnote; ; Interrogating the Garbage ; Garbage Interrogation Worksheet; ; Making Improvements ; Improvement Teams; Project Selection Criteria; The Project Team; The Project Charter Tool; Value Stream Mapping; Capturing Garbage on a Value Stream Map; Garbage and Material Waste Data Box; Building a Baseline Value Stream Map; Mapping Time; Mapping Improvements; Process Mapping Presentations; Making Improvements That Stick; Endnote; ; Effective Recycling Programs ; Design for Recyclability; The Psychology of Effective Recycling; Sharing the Rewards of Recycling; Waste Sorting and Segregation; Making Garbage Transparent and Accountable; Postconsumer Recycling vs. Material Recapture; Endnotes; ; Composting Programs and Organics ; Food Waste; Plant Waste from Landscaping; Municipal Compost Yards; Plant Waste from Operations; Biodegradable Materials; Edible/Consumable Landscaping; Endnotes; ; Transportation and Storage of Garbage ; Process Improvement and Spaghetti Diagrams; Garbage Compaction; Small-Scale Compactors; Styrofoam Densifiers; Reducing Dumpster Pulls—External Waste Handling Costs; Water in the Garbage; Dewatering Slurry; Endnotes; ; Reuse and Repurposing ; Reusable Containers; Relationship with the Supplier; Repurposing and Reusing Containers; Specialty Markets for Materials; Material Exchange Programs; Virtually Any Waste Product Can Be Reused for Something; Endnotes; ; Waste Prevention through Design ; Source Reduction Efforts; Simplify Suppliers; Purchasing Controls; Compressed Gas Leaks; Preventative Maintenance Practices; Biomimicry; Endnotes; ; Paperwork Reduction ; Why Do We Use Paper?; Advantages and Disadvantages of Paper; Advantages; Disadvantages; Active Processes vs. Records Retention; Analyzing Paper Use with a Paper Audit; Records Retention Policies and Document Destruction; Build a Robust Electronic File System; Common Sources of Office Waste Resulting from Paper Use; Reducing Toner Use; Paperwork Reduction vs. Paperless Office; Endnote; ; Regulated Waste Segregation ; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Defining Hazardous Waste; Measuring Hazardous Waste; Exploring Nonhazardous Alternatives; Regulated Medical Waste; Confidential Paperwork; Waste Hoarding; Training and Information; Endnotes; ; Afterword: Maybe Don’t Call It Green ; Appendix A: Conducting a Garbage Audit at the University of Oklahoma; Appendix B: Norman, Oklahoma, Municipal Compost Facility; Appendix C: Regulated Medical Waste at St. John Medical Center; ; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 363.72850684; Waste minimization; Recycling (Waste, etc.)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482253191
• Related ISBNs: 9781482253177
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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