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Industrial Symbiosis:
Contribution to Green Growth
James Woodcock
International Coordinator
International Synergies Limited
Contents
Who we are
The NISP Delivery Model
Verified Programme Achievements
Green Growth
Innovation and knowledge transfer
Energy
Job creation
Success Factors
Potential for Further Impact
1. International Synergies
Ltd.
“International Synergies strives to
lead the world in innovative
industrial ecology solutions for a low
carbon, sustainable economy. ”
International Synergies Ltd.
• Founded in 2005
• Offices in Birmingham, Brussels and Belfast
• 30 direct employees + 20 sub-contract
• Working across 5 Continents
• ISO14000 and ISO9000 accredited
International Synergies Ltd.
Employees with many years of senior industry experience:
• Chemicals
• Telecommunications
• Water
• Automotive
• Plastics
• Aerospace
• Bio-fuels
• Wind energy
• Construction
• Waste
• Oil & Gas
• Consultancy
2. National Industrial
Symbiosis Programme
(NISP):
Model of delivery
1. Building the IS Network
• Recruit new business
members
• Access a diverse range of
resources, sectors, business
sizes and locations
• Larger the network, the
greater the opportunity
• Currently 15,000+ industry
members and growing
2. Quick Wins Workshop
• Facilitating the exchange of
information between
businesses
• Tried and tested, interactive
business opportunity model
• Can generate 300+
potential synergies from a
facilitated ½ day session
3. Resource Mapping
4. SYNERGie Management System
• On-line project and data
management tool
• Information on resource and
contact details
• New and stored data
• Report generating
capabilities
• Vital support and
management tool for UK
practitioners
5. Facilitated Synergy:
Role of Practitioners
Identify ‘IDEAS’
Make introductions
Facilitate negotiations
Provide technical expertise
Mine the network for
answers and opportunity
• Use their industry expertise
and knowledge
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6. Outputs Reports for Facilitated
Synergies
• Summarising the outcomes
of the synergy
• Acts as a sign off document
for all involved parties
• Provides an audit trail for IS
activity and intervention
• Used for external verification
purposes
3. NISP Achievements
(England)
NISP delivered Outcomes
April 2005 – March 2012
METRICS
Unit
RESULTS
TO DATE
5YEARS Projection
with 20% decay
5YEARS Projection with
no decay
Landfill diversion
T
9,074,493
21,863,907
45,372,465
CO2 reduction
Virgin material savings
T
T
7,869,473
11,679,029
17,555,721
33,262,089
39,347,365
58,395,145
Haz waste eliminated
T
420,739
369,204
2,104,145
Water savings
Cost savings
T
£
14,114,161
34,825,914
70,565,805
£205,648,184
£411,546,215
£1,028,240,920
£198,520,840
£351,614,047
£992,604,200
Additional sales
£
Other metrics
Jobs created
Qty
Jobs saved
Qty
People trained in IS
Qty
10,000+ jobs have been directly created
and safeguarded
6,296
Private investment
£
£ 316,610,204
Demonstrated value for money
In Year
Spend
Lifetime
Spend
€0.02
€0.005
€1 saved by UK industry
€0.02
€0.005
1 tonne of virgin material saved
€0.48
€0.100
1 tonne of water saved
€0.40
€0.080
1 tonne of CO2 reduced
€0.73
€0.150
€0.64
€0.130
€13.74
€2.740
Unit Benefit Realised
€1 new income generated for
industry
1 tonne of waste diverted from
landfill
1 tonne of hazardous waste
eliminated
30 million tonnes CO2-eq
reduction
Input savings
Lower embedded energy in processing recycled
materials than virgin raw materials
Process savings
Savings in gas, electricity or other fuel use by one of
the synergy partners principally through
innovation
Fuel substitution
Replacing fossil fuels with other non fossil fuel
sources in industrial processes
Transport savings
Reduction in transport directly associated with
synergies
Disposal savings
Reduction in biodegradable material sent to landfill
Energy Savings
Production of energy through, for example,
anaerobic digestion and utilisation of waste
heat
4. Prospecting for Value
– Driving Innovation
Waste hierarchy: Prospecting
for Value
Prevention
13%
Reuse
77%
Recycle
5%
Recovery
5%
Disposal
0%
NISP achieves 90%
of its benefits at
the top two levels
of the waste
hierarchy
Analysis of 25% of synergies
completed in 2010-2011
% tonnage
Technology and Innovation:
Eco-Innovation Exemplar
• Some potential synergies require innovative solutions
– New technologies
– New applications for existing technologies
– New markets
• Immediate application of R&D and technology
innovation
• Studies find that 70% of all synergies included
innovation
– 50% involved best available practice
– 20% involved new research and development
• EU Environmental Technologies Action Programme
(ETAP) Eco-Innovation Exemplar since 2007
Prospecting for value
requires...
• Changing mindset to look for value
• Connecting the dots
– Materials suppliers
– New technologies (micro-entrepreneurs)
– New markets
OECD Identifies IS as Critical to
Growth Agenda
Transformation
OECD has recently declared industrial symbiosis
Transformation
‘a la NISP’ to be “an excellent example of systemic
innovation vital for future green growth”
Production Process
Pollution
Control
Lifecycle
Management
Eco-efficiency
Closed-loop
Production
Industrial
Symbiosis
Cleaner
Production
Product & Service
Green
products
Ecodesign
New
business
models
New modes
of provision
Mass
application
Organisational Boundary
Incremental Innovation
Systemic Innovation
IS Transforms Individual Businesses:
e.g. John Pointon & Sons Ltd
• Pre – NISP: animal renderer
inputs: carcasses
outputs: landfill
perception: dirty industry
• Initial NISP stage: animal by-products
diverted from landfill to cement industry
• Second stage: improved efficiency of
processes
• Third stage: move into bio-fuels utilising
more by-product
• Fourth stage: move to AD and grid
connection
• Fifth stage: transfer in of innovative
technologies
• Current situation
inputs: carcasses, organic residues
outputs: energy, minerals
vision: clean energy company
Transformation
“Long term culture change
needs long term business
engagement”
DENSO Flux and Mil-Ver Metals
• DENSO Manufacturing in
automotive supply chain
• 37te of Hazardous Material
from radiator coating
process.
• NISP facilitated link to
Aluminium secondary
smelter
• Able to use flux material in
manufacturing process
• €108k Cost Savings
How far have we come?
2004: Industrial Symbiosis as Novelty
2010: Financial Times Managing Climate
Change
One company’s waste
may turn out to be
suitable fuel for
another, says
Sarah Murray
“If companies can make
use of waste, it will be a
big benefit”
Dax Lovegrove
2012: Assessing
industrial symbiosis’
contribution to
climate change
mitigation and
energy security
2011: Birmingham Big City Plan
• Tyseley Environmental
Enterprise District – Framework
for Action (May, 2011)
• Birmingham’s Priorities for
Tyseley:
“Support businesses and
organisations to capitalise on
low carbon opportunities and
maximise industrial symbiosis.”
International Working Conference
on Industrial Symbiosis 2012
Vision of IWCAIS: To advance the application of IS to
global themes where IS has proven ability to deliver:
• Climate change & energy security
• Eco-innovation & green growth
• Materials security
• Regional economic development
IWCAIS attendees representing 6 continents
• companies, practitioners, policy makers and shapers
producing 3-5 detailed recommendations for using IS to
achieve the global theme goals.
How far we have come
Create space for demand-led innovation
Convene stakeholders for collaboration
Hold materials in the economy for longer
Create green growth and materials
security
• Contribute to reducing budget deficit
(EU)
• Deliver across 6 continents
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Success Factors
• Practitioners
– Industrial expertise
– Long term relationship building & facilitation
– Marrying data & expert knowledge
– Working with the regulator to ‘enable’ IS activity
• Engagement Model
– Extensive, diverse network
– Business opportunity programme
– History of exemplary performance
– Demand pull on innovation
• Data
– Quality NISP data & limited access to regulatory data
Potential For Impact
• With greater resource, understanding and removal of
constraints:
– More companies, greater network potential
– More outputs, greater resource potential
– More innovation, greater pull on new technologies
4. European and Global
Impact
International outreach
International recognition
for NISP
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EU Waste Framework Directive – best practice
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Resource Efficiency Flagship Initiative – one of 3
best practice examples
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OECD – innovation exemplar programme 2011
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WWF – Highlighted as one of 20 world-leading
‘Green Game-changing Innovations’
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DG Environment – Received maximum possible
score based on economic and environmental
benefits amongst 120 policies from 23 countries
(COWI, 2011)
James Woodcock
International Coordinator
International Synergies Ltd
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)121 433 2650
www.international-synergies.com
www.iwcais.com