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Assignment #4

Environmental Activities, Aspects, Impacts, Objectives Assessment.

Tim Hortons

Adlet Issatayev, Matthew Gabb, Xiaoqing Zhang, Francia Leiva

2-12-2018

ENVR- 9190


ACTIVITIES

ASPECT

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

OBJECTIVE

Making coffee

Energy consumption

Solid waste

Water waste

Heat waste

  • Water pollution
  • Organic waste

To increase the time before a pot is throw away. Contact local farmers to compost coffee grinds

Dishwashing

Water pollution

User materials

  • Water contamination

To reduce water consumption, reduction of “materials” use

Energy consumption

Emissions

  • Greenhouse emission
  • Hazardous material

To switch to energy efficient products, appliances  

Bagel making

Solid waste

Heat waste

Non-recyclable waste

  • Air pollution/ emissions
  • Biodegradable waste

To use the machine more effetely when possible. Heat distribution in the store

Garbage disposal

Solid waste

Non-recyclable waste

  • Long term landfill pollution
  • Long term environmental impact (plastic)

To reduce waste and increase garbage diversion

Janitorial duties

Waste pollution

Water waste

User materials

  • Cleaning chemicals affect the water supply
  • Depletion of fresh water

To switch to an eco friendly cleaning materials
reduce water usage by zoning areas to clean  

Food prep

Solid waste

Non-recyclable waste

User materials

  • Plastic waste created
  • landfill material
  • indirectly contorting to leaching

To reduce food waste, Time prepping food to reduce energy consumption  

Inventory management (supply chair)

Emissions

Packaging waste

  • Long term Emissions released due to logistics  

To make 10% of out fleet to use EV tech

Drive through order wait times

Emissions

  • Long wait times cause more green house emissions due to idling cars

To increase flow of orders, and speed up order fulfillment to reduce wait times

Salting (Canada)

User materials

land and water pollution  

Rusting

  • Salt affects ecosystems in both water and land

Use sand, reduce quantities of salt used on roads, walk ways.

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