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Name
Brie Fulton
Title
Sustainability Program Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bio
Brie is a Sustainability Program Manager at the Berkeley Lab. She leads the development and implementation of the Lab's zero waste plan. Brie has a background helping organizations define and execute their sustainability strategy, foster employee engagement, as well as measure and communicate their environmental footprint. Past roles include managing sustainability and communications at Straus Family Creamery and as a consultant for a variety of Fortune 500, nonprofit, and government organizations. She earned her B. A. in Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and her MBA in Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School.
Redefining the Path to Zero Waste: Driving Strategy with Data
"Berkeley Lab, a research campus with a daily population of five thousand, has used data gained from more than 120 waste audits to inform their strategy to meet ambitious zero waste goals. Faced with a diverse set of waste streams and a decentralized network where employees best respond to what is relevant to them, the Sustainable Berkeley Lab (SBL) group needed to take a personalized approach. So, in 2017, SBL developed a program to conduct mini waste audits on a building-by-building basis and communicate the results. The data has informed targeted strategies to tackle the many types of waste streams found across the Lab's campus. Data from audits is processed, analyzed and distributed publicly using Google Data Studio (see reporting at www.bit.ly/sblwaste).
The data from the audit program has helped the Lab to:
Focus on reducing contamination rather than simply trying to meet a 90% diversion target
Motivate building occupants by showing them how their building ranks against others
Identify single under-desk waste bins as the most contaminated source of waste (4.5 times more contaminated than central 4-bin waste stations).
Highlight food and organics as the primary contaminate of the landfill waste stream (about 50%).
Better identify buildings that needed specific infrastructure, bins, and signage.
Monitor and track trends of increased diversion and decreased contamination.
This program was set up with limited resources and is replicable on many levels. Attendees can learn how data can be collected and shared to engage and motivate people.
Redefining the Path to Zero Waste: Driving Strategy with Data
"Berkeley Lab, a research campus with a daily population of five thousand, has used data gained from more than 120 waste audits to inform their strategy to meet ambitious zero waste goals. Faced with a diverse set of waste streams and a decentralized network where employees best respond to what is relevant to them, the Sustainable Berkeley Lab (SBL) group needed to take a personalized approach. So, in 2017, SBL developed a program to conduct mini waste audits on a building-by-building basis and communicate the results. The data has informed targeted strategies to tackle the many types of waste streams found across the Lab's campus. Data from audits is processed, analyzed and distributed publicly using Google Data Studio (see reporting at www.bit.ly/sblwaste).
The data from the audit program has helped the Lab to:
Focus on reducing contamination rather than simply trying to meet a 90% diversion target
Motivate building occupants by showing them how their building ranks against others
Identify single under-desk waste bins as the most contaminated source of waste (4.5 times more contaminated than central 4-bin waste stations).
Highlight food and organics as the primary contaminate of the landfill waste stream (about 50%).
Better identify buildings that needed specific infrastructure, bins, and signage.
Monitor and track trends of increased diversion and decreased contamination.
This program was set up with limited resources and is replicable on many levels. Attendees can learn how data can be collected and shared to engage and motivate people.
