{"id":15880,"date":"2016-10-20T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/review-of-the-facts-that-guide-waste-management-inc-s-ceo\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:01:27","slug":"recycling-increases-economic-value-contrary-to-waste-managements-commentary","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/recycling-increases-economic-value-contrary-to-waste-managements-commentary","title":{"rendered":"Revisi\u00f3n de los \u201cHechos\u201d que Gu\u00edan al CEO de Waste Management, Inc."},"template":"","class_list":["post-15880","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-big-waste","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6244,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[41],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"

The CEO of Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) commented to CNBC\u00a0that, based on the facts, glass and organics should not be collected because they lack economic value for shareholders. In a related panel discussion, the need for top-down legislation to help recycling was deemed unnecessary. Accordingly, WMI is reducing its investments in recycling. “As profits in this … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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El CEO de Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) coment\u00f3 a CNBC que, bas\u00e1ndose en los hechos, el vidrio y los org\u00e1nicos no deber\u00edan ser recolectados porque carecen de valor econ\u00f3mico para los accionistas. En un panel de discusi\u00f3n relacionado, se consider\u00f3 innecesaria la necesidad de legislaci\u00f3n de arriba hacia abajo para ayudar al reciclaje. En consecuencia, WMI est\u00e1 reduciendo sus inversiones en reciclaje. \u201cA medida que las ganancias en esta \u00e1rea disminuyen\u201d, afirma un informe, \u201cWMI ha reducido su inversi\u00f3n en reciclaje de $300 a $400 millones por a\u00f1o a menos de $20 millones por a\u00f1o (ver Waste Dive de septiembre)\". 6<\/a>, 7<\/a>, y 14<\/a>).<\/p>\n

No estoy de acuerdo con estos \u201chechos\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

Estos comentarios indican que el modelo de negocio de David Steiner est\u00e1 desequilibrado y que no se da cuenta de lo que ha sucedido en Estados Unidos en los \u00faltimos 40 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n

La \u201clegislaci\u00f3n de arriba hacia abajo\u201d citada es en realidad una manifestaci\u00f3n del activismo de base, de abajo hacia arriba, que ha cambiado las reglas del juego para el reciclaje en innumerables comunidades. WMI puede ser la empresa de reciclaje m\u00e1s grande del pa\u00eds, pero lo logr\u00f3 a rega\u00f1adientes y luchando contra estas nuevas reglas, tales como: reciclaje obligatorio para hogares, negocios, escuelas e instalaciones gubernamentales, precios por unidad para hogares (como Pago por Uso), contenido reciclado m\u00ednimo para fabricantes, prohibiciones de bolsas de pl\u00e1stico y empaques de espuma de poliestireno, prohibiciones de todos los reciclables de vertederos e incineradores, dep\u00f3sitos en envases o leyes de botellas<\/strong>. Estas reglas fueron impuestas por organizaciones ambientales ciudadanas y locales en pueblos, ciudades y condados. Aqu\u00ed es donde se toman las decisiones sobre la gesti\u00f3n de residuos s\u00f3lidos y reciclaje.<\/p>\n

Quiz\u00e1s Steiner quiere hacernos creer que su compa\u00f1\u00eda es v\u00edctima del poder arbitrario del gobierno. Pero sus verdaderos n\u00e9mesis son las personas comunes y corrientes que quieren m\u00e1s reciclaje que conduzca a cero residuos. Al mismo tiempo, los recicladores claman por el redise\u00f1o de productos y empaques, menos t\u00f3xicos y menos contaminaci\u00f3n por parte de los fabricantes. El futuro es menos desperdicio y las empresas que aprendan a maximizar su retorno de la inversi\u00f3n de los materiales que manejan ser\u00e1n recompensadas. La mayor\u00eda de los accionistas (que, despu\u00e9s de todo, son personas) ya saben esto y ven los beneficios a largo plazo del reciclaje.<\/p>\n

WMI genera m\u00e1s dinero utilizando su infraestructura de vertederos que reciclando. Wall Street ha advertido constantemente a los accionistas que el reciclaje es malo para el precio de las acciones de WMI. Por lo tanto, la motivaci\u00f3n de WMI est\u00e1 clara. Los comentarios de Steiner reflejan este inter\u00e9s propio. Pero \u00e9l omite sus intereses a largo plazo (y los de WMI).<\/p>\n

En la pr\u00e1ctica, Waste Management lucha contra la prohibici\u00f3n de desechos de jard\u00edn en vertederos e incineradores. Ahora, Steiner quiere eliminar el reciclaje de vidrio porque no es econ\u00f3mico para WMI. Sin embargo, basta con ir a un estado con una ley de botellas para ver un mercado vibrante de vidrio para calc\u00edn limpio.<\/p>\n

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El reciclaje de vidrio es en NYC. BRC, Inc. Sirve a la comunidad ofreciendo reciclaje de botellas en Brooklyn y el Bronx. Aqu\u00ed Lucien Mingot carga botellas de vidrio puestas para la recolecci\u00f3n mensual en Union Street en Park Slope, Brooklyn.\u00a0Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Neil Seldman<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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En Kansas City, Ripple Glass tiene se cuadruplic\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente<\/a> la recuperaci\u00f3n de vidrio a 20%. Strategic Materials en Houston entr\u00e9<\/a> WMI se retir\u00f3 de la recolecci\u00f3n de vidrio por no ser rentable. Ellos s\u00ed est\u00e1n obteniendo ganancias. En lugar de recibir dinero por este vidrio de la industria de abrasivos, WMI utiliza su vidrio sucio de la planta de clasificaci\u00f3n de materiales para cubrir el vertedero.<\/p>\n

Steiner tambi\u00e9n se opone a la tendencia en la recolecci\u00f3n de org\u00e1nicos. Esto est\u00e1 desviando aproximadamente 30% de los residuos en comunidades que han adoptado la recolecci\u00f3n a pie de acera. Este material es invaluable para el pa\u00eds, que necesita reemplazar nuestra tierra superficial, muy disminuida. El compostaje crea empleos, ahorra agua (ver ILSR\u2019s, \u201cCompost tiene m\u00e1s impacto del que crees\u201d<\/a><\/em>), y aplicaciones de los programas de compostaje para revertir el cambio clim\u00e1tico (ver, el Proyecto de Carbono del Condado de Marin<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Las empresas de compostaje, los invernaderos y los jardines tienen un impacto transformador en las comunidades.<\/p>\n

Waste Management pone los residuos org\u00e1nicos en vertederos y recupera metano, uno de los menos eficiente y m\u00e1s da\u00f1ino para el medio ambiente<\/a> m\u00e9todos para recuperar metano de materia org\u00e1nica (Ver Comunicado de prensa de ILSR sobre la nueva regla de la EPA de EE. UU. sobre emisiones de vertederos<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n

La falta de un modelo de negocio de compostaje por parte de Steiner perjudica el valor para los accionistas al centrarse solo en el corto plazo, enviando m\u00e1s basura a los vertederos ahora. Los vertederos son el principal activo de la empresa. El valor de la capacidad de los vertederos en el futuro es mucho mayor que el valor actual. Por lo tanto, cuanto m\u00e1s la empresa pueda procesar restos de jard\u00edn y desechos de alimentos en programas de compostaje o instalaciones de digesti\u00f3n anaer\u00f3bica, m\u00e1s valor futuro crear\u00e1.<\/p>\n

El movimiento de reciclaje de base de EE. UU. siempre ha querido \u201cm\u00e1s\u201d como reconoci\u00f3 Penny Hansen, la primera experta en reciclaje de la EPA, ya en 1972. M\u00e1s separaci\u00f3n en origen, 2
\nm\u00e1s compostaje, m\u00e1s prohibiciones de materiales y productos t\u00f3xicos y dif\u00edciles de gestionar, y m\u00e1s responsabilidad corporativa para eliminar materiales t\u00f3xicos. Mientras Waste Management se aferra al viejo paradigma de la basura, el movimiento de reciclaje de Estados Unidos ha evolucionado hacia un movimiento de cero residuos.<\/p>\n

El Sr. Steiner se aferra al viejo c\u00e1lculo de vertedero que hizo rica y poderosa a su empresa. Pero los tiempos han cambiado. Sus pol\u00edticas ahora perjudican los intereses a largo plazo de los accionistas.<\/p>\n

Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Andrea Westmoreland v\u00eda Wikimedia Commons (Licencia CC 2.0)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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