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SMILE Resource Exchange
Liam McNally
Practitioner
International Synergies Northern Ireland
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About Us
Our Vision
“To strive to lead the world in
industrial ecology solutions.”
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About Us
International Synergies devises and manages industrial
symbiosis programmes around the world and provides
capacity-building support to in-country partners to
implement and develop their own programmes.
About Us
Established in 2005, International Synergies is a
dynamic company employing 30 staff across its
three offices in Birmingham (UK), Brussels
(Belgium) and Portadown (Northern Ireland) as
well as sub-contracting an additional 20.
About us
The company is widely acknowledged as a
world leading expert in the practical application
of industrial symbiosis; having developed a
global network of leading government, business
and innovation partners at the forefront of the
green economy
About us
To date, International Synergies has supported the
implementation and development of industrial
symbiosis-based projects in:
Brazil,
UK,
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China,
Romania,
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• Hungary,
South Africa,
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Indonesia,
Slovakia,
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Australia
Turkey,
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• Mexico,
US.
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Projects are scheduled to launch in 2012 in Poland, Italy,
Germany and Spain
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Our People
In order to provide pioneering but practical solutions to
industry, International Synergies employs the highest
calibre of personnel.
All are experts in the respective fields of aerospace,
chemistry, construction, engineering, environmental
management and research and technology.
We believe the people who work for International
Synergies are very special and share a passion and
commitment towards achieving
“a low carbon sustainable economy”
Capabilities
International Synergies has a wealth of knowledge and
expertise in developing and applying industrial symbiosis
tools and techniques to projects around the world.
The company provides a ‘turn-key’ service of information,
support, tools and systems tailored to enable clients to
successfully implement and develop industrial symbiosis
programmes or apply and adopt the principles of industrial
symbiosis to business activities and processes.
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Capabilities
Information
The company has developed a range of information
manuals and guides with input from experienced industrial
symbiosis practitioners and industry partners to support
clients throughout the life of a project.
The company also provides approved methodologies
across all related aspects of resource data capture and
evaluation including carbon calculation and audit.
Capabilities
Support
We provide ongoing support for each project with a
dedicated team, 24 hour helpdesk support and
access to a global network of experienced
practitioners who can provide advice on specific
queries or general guidance.
Capabilities
Systems
The company’s bespoke on-line resource capture and
analysis tool, SYNERGie, can be configured for use
in all projects and provides access to a wealth of
supporting data and knowledge.
Capabilities
Industrial Ecology Expertise
As a global expert in the practical application of
industrial symbiosis, International Synergies has
close links with an extensive network of specialists in
the field of industrial ecology and can provide
additional expertise in the areas of life cycle analysis,
materials flow analysis green carbon accounting and
eco-design.
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Capabilities
The company offers services in the following areas:
Industrial Symbiosis: Programme Implementation and
•Capacity
Building
• Industrial Symbiosis: Supply Chain Solutions (Public and
Private Sector)
• Industrial Symbiosis: Economic Development (Public Sector)
Industrial Symbiosis: Economic Viability Assessment (Private
•Sector)
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Economic Viability Assessment
International Synergies’ newest innovation applies the
principles of industrial symbiosis to assess the economic
viability of industrial infrastructure or development projects.
This approach establishes an evidence base to support the
feasibility of locating an industrial facility (such as plastics
factory, food production, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or
Energy from Waste plant in a designated geographic location
based on the demographic of available resource streams
Economic Viability Assessment
Who benefits?
Private sector businesses and investors
How does it work?
By collating and analysing a combination of local or regional data sets
including resource stream availability, asset identification and capacity along
with other available data, International Synergies is able to create a
geographic information system (GIS) to calculate indicators and develop
strategies for improving the efficiency of resource flows.
This information can then be used to support investment in:
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Infrastructure development
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Business growth and diversification
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Attracting inward investment (such as for CHP or an AD
facility to an area where substantial feedstock’s are required)
Job creation
Economic Viability Assessment
• Map resources and identify opportunities for
productive use
• Identify sustainable inward investment
• Strategic analysis of economic data and indicators
• Prioritise actions for green growth
Supply Chain Solutions
Through its global portfolio of projects International
Synergies has worked with some of the world’s most
successful organisations such as Michelin, Lafarge
Cement, BP, Samsung and many others helping
them to apply and adopt the principles of industrial
symbiosis into business activities and processes in
order to improve sustainability, corporate social
responsibility (CSR) and bring down costs.
Supply Chain Solutions
Who benefits?
Organisations (with multiple sites or outlets) and supply chains
How does it work?
Industrial symbiosis enables businesses to move underutilised resources
(such as materials,equipment, energy, water and capacity) or current waste
streams up the value chain bringing them back into productive use elsewhere
within the company or supply chain.
Industrial symbiosis is proven to improve commercial competitiveness and
delivers environmental benefits such as CO2 reduction and diversion of
waste from landfill and can also play a fundamental role in helping
organisations achieve a zero waste goal and support delivery of CSR
ambitions.
Supply Chain Solutions
• Waste stream process mapping to identify key cost
cutting opportunities
• Internal/supply chain resource synergy identification
workshops
• Implementation of action plans to uplift waste value
and reduce landfill
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Research and development of innovative new reuse
routes
Contracts to Date
British Sugar
Consultancy
Unique Foods
Consultancy
Birmingham City Council
Consultancy
Midlands
International Industrial
Symbiosis Symposium 2006
Defra
NISP- England
01-Apr-05 31-Mar-10
WRAP () Defra
NISP – England
01-Apr-10 - 31-Mar-12
Scottish Govt NISP
Scotland
01-Apr-06 - 31-Mar-11
Invest Northern Ireland
NISP - Northern Ireland
01-Dec-06 - 31-Mar-14
AEAT
NISP
Wales
01-Jul-08 - 31-Mar-11
Yorkshire Forward
IS - Yorkshire & Humber
01-Apr-06 - 31-Dec-07
Advantage West Midlands
ERDF NISP West Midlands
01-Dec-09 - 31-Mar-13
EU - Switch Asia
TEDA (China)
01-Nov-09 - 31-Oct-13
Defra - SDD
Yunnan (China)
05-Jun-07 – 31-Oct-08
Defra - SDD
Mexico
24-Jan-08 - 31-Dec-09
London Development Agency
NISP London
01-Jul-05 - 31-Mar-08
Advantage West
Midlands
Market Intelligence
01-Mar-09 - 28-Feb-10
Defra - SDD
Brazil - Minas Gerais
01-Dec-08 - 31-Mar-10
Advantage West
Midlands
NISP ++
19-Dec-06 - 31-Mar-08
EU - Life +
Hungary
01-Jan-10 - 31-Dec-12
EU - Life +
Romania
01-Feb-09 - 31-Oct-11
North West Development
Agency
NISP North West
07-Nov-05 - 30-Jun-06
East Midlands
Development Agency
Resource Efficiency
09-Mar-06 - 31-Mar-07
South East Development Agency
NISP - South East
24-Mar-06 – 31-Mar-06
WRAP
(Scottish Government)
NISP - Scotland
01-Oct-10 - 31-Mar-11
Turkey
TTGV
01-Apr-11 - 31-Dec-12
AEAT
Market Intelligence - Wales
01-Dec-08 31-Mar-09
Glasgow Caledonian
University
Waste Analysis (SIC-15)
01-Apr-10 31-Aug-10
EU
Energy Trophy +
01-Apr-07 28-Feb-09
Defra - SDD
South Africa
01-Aug-10 31-Dec-10
Forestry Commission
Biomass Development (RBAN)
01-Nov-09 31-Mar-10
Chicago Manufacturing Centre
IS – Chicago
01-Mar-08 31-May-08
Brazil
Al Invest
31-Dec-11
Staffordshire University
IS Diploma
01-Feb-10 - 31-Mar-11
USBCSD
Company Credentials
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Devised and manage the world’s only National Industrial Symbiosis programme
• Operational since 2003 as regional pilot in West Midlands, England
• Expanded throughout rest of UK in 2005
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• Acknowledged as an Eco-Innovation Exemplar by European Commission since 2007
• Cited as best practice in the EU Waste Framework Directive, 2009
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• Winner the British Expertise Award for Global Environmental Impact, 2009
• Acknowledged as one of the world’s ‘Top 20 Green Game Changing Business innovations’
by the World Wide Fund for Nature, 2010
• Winner of ‘Best Carbon Reduction Project’ at edie.net Awards for Environmental
Excellence, 2010 (automatic entry into European Business Awards for the Environment, 2012)
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DONT TALK ABOUT WASTE
DEAL WITH RESOURCES
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Linear system
Products
Natural
resources
Waste (to disposal)
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Circular system
Products
Natural
resources
Waste to resource
Products
Waste to
resource
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Natural
resources
Challenges faced along the way
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Understanding of IS (lack of awareness / confusion)
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Tendency to ‘box’ IS as waste, or recycling but it is a holistic approach to resource efficiency
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Legislative / Government policies typically focus on
– Material streams - plastics, wood, paper etc
– Sectors - construction, manufacturing, food and drink
– Themes - climate change, recycling
– Regional areas – thus from the outset limiting possibilities
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But for business these issues are not separate
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Business activity is not restricted by administrative boundaries
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Confidentiality (commercial or information) has not been an issue
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Externally Verified NISP England
Outputs
2005 - 2011
5-Year Persistence
Additional Sales
£179,978,763
£899,893,815
Cost Savings
£172,089,262
£860,446,410
Jobs Created
8,770
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6,931,615 Tonnes
34,658,065 Tonnes
12,703,548 Tonnes
63,512,740 Tonnes
Waste Diverted from Landfill
7,780,968 Tonnes
38,904,840 Tonnes
Hazardous Waste Eliminated
408,358 Tonnes
2,042,240 Tonnes
10,547,958 Tonnes
52,739,790 Tonnes
£300+ million
N/A
CO2 Saved
Water Saved
Virgin Material Saved
Private Investment Leveraged
NISP Northern Ireland Outputs (2007-2011)
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1200+
220+
139,000t
6,638t
130,000t
247,000t
£1.4m
£5.50m
£12m
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Members
Synergies completed
Landfill diversion
Hazardous waste saved
Virgin materials saved
CO2 saved
Private investment
Cost savings in businesses
Additional sales for businesses
Jobs created
Jobs safe-guarded
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Notable successes
– Huhtamaki
– Cherry Polymers
– Montupet
– Quinn Glass
– Michelin
– Erne Plastics
– Nampak Plastics
– Braidwater Construction
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Reliance on export
– Paper & plastics to India and China
– Metals to Portugal and Eastern Europe
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Gaps in recycling provision
– Not every industry needs to use virgin materials
– Can be filled through Industrial Symbiosis
– Opportunities for new businesses
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Case Studies - Cross Sector
Larne Lough Nurseries – H&J Martin
Scaffolding planks
Additional Sales £500
Cost savings £1764
Landfill Diversion 2t
CO2 reduction 2t
Frylite – Waste Not Ireland
Plastic (Polypropylene) buckets
Additional sales £800
Cost Savings £560
Landfill Diversion 8t
CO2 Reduction 102t
Virgin material saved 8t
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Case Studies Cross Sector
Ready Egg Products – Recyco
Egg shells
Additional Sales £65,500
Cost Savings £45,500
CO2 Reduction 107t
Michelin –Waste End Strategy
Metfab Waste
Additional Sales £19227
Cost Savings £76481
CO2 Reduction 729t
Virgin Materials Saved 248t
Case Study - Construction
Braidwater – ATG Services
Contaminated Soil
Cost Savings: £1,200,000
Additional Sales: £562,000
CO2 Reduction: 2,099t
Jobs Created: 2
Jobs Safe Guarded: 26
Landfill Diverted: 20,340t
Private Investment: £70,000
Virgin Materials: 20,340
New Businesses Created: 1
Innovative use of CO2
• Reduction of 12,500 tonnes of CO2
emissions
• Successful reuse of waste heat
• 65 new jobs created
• €30 million private investment in
region
Innovative Reuse of Materials
Foyle Hov – Crawford Contracts
Used Astro Turf
Cost Savings £1800
Landfill Diversion 12t
CO2 Reduction 157
Ongoing cost savings will be made due to the reduction in track maintenance
Before
After
All case studies and publications
can be viewed at
www.NISP.org.uk
Some Haves
• Waste heat from plastic product manufacturing
– Waste drying
– Fuel drying
• Solid residual fuels (SRF)
– Cement production
– Power stations
• Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP)/ Carbon Fibre
– Additive to tarmac
– Reinforcement in concrete products
• Spare electroplating capacity
Some Wants
• Ash for alternative cements or agri-products
– Power station ash
– Wood ash
– Cement kiln dust
• Clean wood waste for fuel & animal bedding
– Joinery waste
– Pallets & packaging
• Organic wastes for anaerobic digestion
– Food waste
– Sludges
– Liquids
• Chilled transport
What others say about the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme
“The
CBI supports the work of NISP which should be encouraged and further developed.”
Confederation of British Industry: ‘Making Ends Meet’, February 2011
“International Synergies’ NISP has created a market which puts together those producing waste with
those who can use it; and are willing to pay the most for it. The whole programme has boosted the
UK economy by as much as €3 billion.”
Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Environment, 2010
NISP is one of the World’s top-20 ‘Green Game-Changing’ business innovations.”
Worldwide Fund for Nature, 2010
“[NISP]...is an exemplar of systemic eco-innovation that is vital for future green growth.”
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2011
“We were scratching our heads to find an economically viable reuse process for this
waste and then NISP came along.”
Paul Kinkead, Environmental Manager, Michelin, 2010
European Commission Reports:
“Sustainable Industry: Going for Growth”(DG Enterprise & Industry 2011) advocates “industrial symbiosis as a
recommended policy instrument for improving competitiveness and resource efficiency in Europe.”
“Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe” states: “A number of schemes show the benefits of increased
information flows, and the payback from providing advice or bringing firms together in National Industrial Symbiosis
Platforms: Based on the performance of the UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme,
improving the re-use of raw materials through greater 'industrial symbiosis‘ across the EU could
save €1.4bn a year and generate €1.6bn in sales.” (Sept 2011)
“Economic Analysis of Resource Efficiency Policies” (DG Environment Aug 2011):
The report considered 120 programmes across 23 countries.
Criteria for selection included “Expectation of large resource efficiency potential, coverage of key sectors, coverage
of key resources (including water) and” the economic structure of the country”. Based on further screening the report
selected nine cases for further analysis. NISP was said to give “the widest environmental and economic
benefits” and “optimises the use of resources”.
Key factors identified as underpinning NISP’s success included “cross sectoral synergies between industries” and
“backing of national funding”. The report further suggests that an “EU.wide network has the potential to be even more
successful than NISP”
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