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Getting Out of the Red and into the Green: A Review of Environmental Procurement in the Vivarium Jim Wallace, Director, Science Associates UK Tom Mistretta, AIA Vice President, Principal Laboratory Planner, HDR CUH2A

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Facility Waste & Recycling Waste Bedding • Issues – Disposal costs more than product – Regulatory controls – Processing/contaminated wastes – Processing/allergen exposure from waste bedding/cages – Storage

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Contributions to impact: Reusable % 100

100

100

100

-1,7

-3,22

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10

-3,83

-0,68

-3,44

-5,5

-8,38

-1,44

-4,26

-20 -26,6

-30 energy ciclo completo

global w arming (GWP100) prodotto finito

ozone layer depletion (ODP) 1ivc usata

Production

human toxicity

fresh w ater aquatic ecotox.

2ivc usata svuot. lettiera

marine aquatic ecotoxicity

3ivc usata lavaggio

Ventilation

Analizzando 1 p materiale 'ciclo completo'; Metodo: CML 2 baseline 2000+raw nuovo2 netto / West Europe, 1995 / Caratterizzazione

terrestrial ecotoxicity

4ivc usata sterilizz

photochemical oxidation

5fine vita

Sterilization

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acidification

eutrophicat

% 100

100

Contributions to impact: Reusable 100

100

- 1 ,7

-3 ,2 2

100

100

100

1 00

100

1 00

100

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -1 0

-3 ,8 3

- 0 ,6 8

- 3 ,4 4

- 5 ,5

- 8,3 8

- 1,4 4

- 4 ,2 6

-2 0 - 2 6 ,6

-3 0 energy c ic lo c o mple to

g lo b a l w a r ming o z o n e la y e r d e p le tion h u ma n to x ic ity ( G W P1 0 0 ) ( O DP) p r od o tto f in ito

1 iv c u s a ta

f r e s h w a te r a q u a tic ma r ine a qu a tic e c o to x . e c o to x ic ity

2iv c u s a ta s v u ot. le ttie3r iv a c u s a ta la v a g g io

te r r e s tr ia l e c o to x ic ity p h o to c h e mic a l o x id a tion

4 iv c u s a ta s te r iliz z

A n a liz z a n d o 1 p ma ter ia le 'c ic lo c o mp le to '; Meto d o : CML 2 ba s e line 2 0 0 0 + r aw n uo v o 2 n e tto / W e s t Eu r op e , 1 9 9 5 / Ca r a tter iz z az io n e

Production

5f in e v ita

Ventilation Science Associates©Sterilisation

ac id if ic a tio n

e u tr op h ic

Contributions to Impact: Disposable % 100

100

100

100

100

100

100

-2,69

-3,67

f resh w ater aquatic ecotox.

marine aquatic ecotoxicity

100

100

100

-0,936

-0,242

-0,389

terrestrial ecotoxicity

photochemical oxidation

acidif ication

100

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -1,1

-1,34 -10 energy

global w arming (GWP100)

ciclo di vita monouso

IV C monouso

ozone layer depletion (ODP) Electricity Italy

human toxicity

Landf ill Plastics (excl. PV C)Incin. Plastics (excl. PV C)

A nalizzando 1 p materiale 'ciclo di vita monouso'; Metodo: CML 2 baseline 2000+raw nuovo2 netto / West Europe, 1995 / Caratterizzazione

Production

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eutrophicatio

% 100

100

100

100

100

100

100

99,3

100

100

100

90 82,6 80 71,6

73,6

70 62,7 60 49,5

50 43,8

38,8

40 32,4 30 18,3

20

10

0 energy ciclo completo

global w arming (GWP100)

oz one lay er depletion (ODP)

human toxicity

f resh w ater aquatic ecotox .

marine aquatic ecotoxic ity

terres trial ecotoxicity

photochemical oxidation

cic lo di vita monouso

Conf ronto di 1 p materiale 'c iclo completo' con 1 p materiale 'ciclo di vita monous o'; Metodo: CML 2 baseline 2000+raw nuovo2 netto / West Europe, 1995 / Caratterizzazione

Reusable

Disposable

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acidif ication

eutrophic

Conclusions :Life Cycle Assessment • Use phase impacts are most important in the re-usable system; • Production impacts dominate for disposable system • Life cycle of re-usable system cuts -Climate impacts at least 50% reduced – Fossil fuel consumption reduced by 60% Science Associates©

Facility Design Disposable Caging

=

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Facility Design Disposable Caging X 60,000,000/day

X 60,000,000/day

=

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X 2,860,000/day

Facility Design Disposable Caging 10,000,000/year 3 mice/cage change cage 1/10 days

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338,000/day



Environmental Procurement Considerations Human Health Impacts –Toxicological –Non-toxicological –Work environment

Missing: Social impacts Production equipment

• Resources

Other factors to difficult to quantify

–Water –Land –Energy and materials –Global warming potential

• Ecological Consequences –Ozone depletion –Eutrophication –Photo-oxidant formation –Ecotoxicological –Acidification –Habitat alterations Science Associates©

Facility Design Disposable Caging Disposable Caging

Recyclable Caging

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