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Sustainability at Purdy

Portland, Oregon

Global Leader in Professional Painting Tools since 1925

Brenda Demaree- Facility/Sustainability Manager Purdy

ResourceFULL April 25, 2012

• Saves Resources
• Reduces Environmental

Impact

• Savings to the Bottom

Line

WHY ZERO TO LANDFILL IS IMPORTANT

"...82% of surveyed landfill cells had leaks while

41% had a leak area of more than 1 square foot,"

according to Leak Location Services, Inc. (LLSI) website (March 15, 2000).

Landfills Contaminate the Water Table

Landfill Facts

• Landfill Hazardous Discharge:
• Leachate (Contaminated Water)
• Air Emissions
• All landfills will eventually fail and leak leachate

into ground and surface water.

THE JOURNEY TO ZERO

Waste Stream Reduction

• Management Support
• Employee Education
• Green Team
• Goal Setting
• Waste Stream Identification
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Employee Engagement
• Celebrate!

Energy Efficiency

• Light fixtures replaced
• Air compressor efficiency
• Air leak remediation
• Energy Trust Collaboration
• Corporate Goals

Transportation

• 4-day/10-hr workweek

schedule

• Bio-diesel fuel made from

used kitchen oil

• Microsoft Map Point

program

• Average of 73 employees

car pool daily

Commit To:

Reduce Reuse Recycle Eliminate Waste Zero to Landfill

The Goals We Set

Purdy Green Team

2006 2008

2012 Purdy Green Machine

Green Team Tours

• Examine the entire

waste stream

• Eliminate waste at

the source

• Conduct Periodic

Audits

• Recycle the Obvious

First Dumpster Dive

Identify the Waste Stream

Bad - Plastic Silverware Better - Compostable Silverware Best - Reusable Silverware

Most Favored Option Least Favored Option

RETHINK

Waste Minimization – How Does it Work?

Six Months of Stockpiled Bales

Filament Reuse

10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 4th Qtr 2008 1st Qtr 2009 2nd Qtr 2009 3rd Qtr 2009 4th Qtr 2009 63,260 43,040 19,280 9,680

Garbage to Landfill

(Pounds per Quarter)

100% Elimination of Rubbish Removal Cost!

Items that we have not found a way to reduce or recycle

• Cigarette Butts- Have toxic material, plastic won’t break down
• Latex Gloves/ Nitro Gloves
• Epoxy Liners
• Filters from dust collection
• Ear Plugs

Covanta helps communities turn trash into electrical power, a process known as Energy-from-Waste (EfW) or waste-to-energy (WTE). They currently own and operate over 40 EfW facilities throughout the United States, each of which provides power for its community along with an environmentally sound alternative to landfill dumping.

Last Steps: Incineration

Engaging Employees

Earth Day April 18th, 2012

• Challenge suppliers to reduce
• Participate with suppliers in

reuse

Supplier Partnership How we work together

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Smith and Bybee Lake Clean Up Sitton School Clean Up

Purdy Employee’s Volunteer

S T A R S

Students Teachers Achieving Recycling Success

• Educate School Kids on Recycling
• Educate employee families on environment
• Donated 1” brush seconds to all 83 Portland public schools, over 4000 brushes

donated in 2011

• Job Shadowing

SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference

6-21-23-2011

5-20-2011

Sherwin-Williams Ontario, California Powder Plant

Z2L Eco Summit

Portland, Oregon June 7-8, 2011

• Best Practice
• Engage Employees
• Teach Sustainability

Purdy Tomato Garden

• Tomatoes were sold and the

money was donated to the Oregon Food Bank

SCRAP

• Farmer's Markets

School House Supply Oregon Food Bank

Donations included rubber bands, tissue paper, cardboard inserts, strapping, craft paper, roller lint and other various items that can be reused

Sustainable Donations

10K Lbs / Year!

Thank You…. Questions?