GT briefing October 2014 waste avoiding, managing or designing it out

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GT BRIEFING OCTOBER 2014: WASTE: AVOIDING, MANAGING OR DESIGNING IT OUT

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Make, use, and throw away has become the mindset of the generations following the industrial revolution


Source: http://www.nature.com/news/environment-waste-production-must-peak-this-century-1.14032

Global waste has increased ten-fold in the last century and will continue to do so


Global solid waste composition 2012

Food waste is a critical challenge for global society

Organic, 46%

Paper, 17%

Plastic, 10%

Glass, 5% Metal, 4%

Other including e-waste, 18%


Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Head of an independent panel of experts advising the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (Source: BBC)

"If food was as expensive as a Ferrari, we would polish it and look after it."

By 2025 the world’s urban population will fill a line of garbage trucks 5,000 kilometres long, every day

"If no food were wasted there would be enough for for everyone in the world.”

Sources: UN/FAO, Nature

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28092034

http://www.fao.org/save-food/key-findings/en/?fb_locale=ru_RU

http://www.nature.com/news/environment-waste-production-must-peak-this-century-1.14032#/peak


In Sweden two million tonnes of

waste, some imported from the

UK, Italy, Norway and Ireland, is

burnt to produce 670,000 tonnes

worth of fuel oil energy providing

one million homes with heating

and 260,000 with electricity.

(Source: Impactlab)

Managing the world’s waste piles: Around the world landfills are transforming waste to energy

http://www.impactlab.net/2014/09/12/sweden-now-recycles-99-percent-of-its-garbage/


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New emerging technologies could also help to address the global waste problem

Rice waste

Parsley waste

Industrial products Biodegradable plastic products Electricity


Nanoscopic Robot Recyclers

How is that possible? Machines will sort products being recycled, separating materials into categories based on their size, shape, and color, and on their physical and chemical properties. In the future: These mixtures of materials will be shredded into microscopic particles so that nanoscopic robots can recognize different types of materials and collect them in a pure form, to be reused by industry. The potential result: Reducing the amount of waste that cannot be used and has to be thrown away today – to almost zero.

Soon futuristic, nanoscopic robot recyclers could signal the end of household bins, as we know them

Source: Imagine 2050 from Veolia

http://www.veoliaenvironmentalservices.co.uk/Documents/Publications/Main/Imagine 2050/Imagine 2050 Brochure.pdf


Managing waste is not enough: We must rethink and redesign future products and business systems

DESIGN & MANUFACTURE

RETAIL

CONSUMER

RECYCLE

REPAIR & REUSE


A shift towards a circular economy is compelling from a business perspective

A shift could add… • More than US$1 trillion

to the global economy by 2025

• Create 100,000 new jobs within the next five years

(Source: “Towards the Circular Economy” from World Economic Forum, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and McKinsey & Company)

http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/business/reports/ce2014

http://www.weforum.org/

http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/

http://www.mckinsey.com/


Zero waste and cradle-to-cradle is becoming top-of mind for many companies

CRADLE ---TO--- CRADLE

GOAL: ZERO

WASTE


New business models are already driving the circular economy

(Source: FastCompany )

Companies Business models

Vodafone’s Red-Hot plan

Product as services – leasing access to and not selling ownership of a service

Tata Motor Assured

Next Life Sales – efficiently recovering and re-conditioning products after use and then putting the same products into the market

BMW Product transformation – not all products can be reconditioned in their entirety but most products have components that can be reused

Starbucks Recycling 2.0

ThreadUP Collaborative Consumption

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681904/5-business-models-that-are-driving-the-circular-economy

http://www.thredup.com/

http://www.tatamotorsassured.com/

http://www.tatamotorsassured.com/

http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/technology/technology_guide/articles/recycling.html?source=categories&article=recycling

http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/recycling

http://www.thredup.com/


While it is encouraging that many companies are changing, it is also critical to work on changing the mindset and behaviour of consumers worldwide

LeftoverSwap DanChurchAid ReFood

FOOD WASTE

http://www.gohalfsies.com/


New technologies make it possible for consumers to reduce waste from packaging and plastic products

Packaging free WikiPearl Yogurt

Edible cutlery from Bakey’s

Edible water packaging


How will the future of waste impact your

organization and industry?

Click here to read the full briefing: Waste: Avoiding, Managing or

Designing it Out

In November, look out for trends in action on Wearables: Fab, fashion or functional?


This presentation is adapted from the GT Briefing October 2014: Waste: Avoiding, Managing or Designing it out. Electronic copies of the briefing and of our The Global Trends Fieldbook: From Data to Insights to Action are available on www.globaltrends.com, and printed copies of The Global Trends Fieldbook and The Global Trends Report can be purchased on Amazon.com and Amazon’s European sites. Don’t forget to register at www.globaltrends.com now to make sure you don’t miss our next monthly briefing (they are free)!

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