Community Meeting

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Welcome to the

• Community Meeting
• October 16, 2008

Program Sponsors
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Todays Objectives

• Introduce you to the partners
• Explain Waste to Profit
• Identify potential business opportunities through
  waste matches

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Agenda

• 730 - 800 Registration/Networking
• 800 - 900 Introduction of Partners
  and
• explanation of
  by-product synergy
• 900 - 1000 Workshop Part 1 Waste
  Identification
• 1000 - 1015 Break
• 1015 - 1045 Case Studies
• 1045 - 1145 Workshop Part 2 Potentials
  for waste
• matches
• 1145 12noon Next Steps

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Introduction to our Partners

• University of Illinois Sustainable Technology
  Center (ISTC)
• Deb Jacobson
• djacobson_at_istc.illinois.edu
• 630-472-5019
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
  Opportunity (IL DCEO)
• Jeff Polsean
• Jeff.Polsean_at_illinois.gov
• 815-967-3871
• Chicago Manufacturing Center (CMC)
• Karen Wan
• karenrwan_at_comcast.net
• 630-815-3556
• IMEC
• Mary Hallock
• mhallock_at_imec.org
• 815-721-4474

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Illinois Department Commerce and Economic
Opportunity

• Jeff Polsean
• Northern Stateline Region Manager

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University of Illinois Sustainable Technology
Center (ISTC)

• Established in 1985
• A division of the IL Department of Natural
  Resources
• Affiliated with the University of Illinois
• One of the State Scientific Surveys
• Natural History Survey
• Water Survey
• Geological Survey
• Waste Management Research Center (WMRC)
• State Scientific Surveys Transferred to
  University of Illinois July 1, 2008
• University Created the Institute of Natural
  Resource Sustainability
• Changed our Name to Illinois Sustainable
  Technology Center (ISTC)

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University of IllinoisSustainable Technology
Center (ISTC)

• Headquarters
• One East Hazelwood Drive
• Champaign, Illinois

• Satellite Offices
• Chicago Region
• 1010 Jorie Boulevard
• Oak Brook, Illinois
• Central Illinois
• 1320 S.W. Monarch
• Peoria, Illinois
• Southern Illinois
• 8450 Montclair Avenue
• Brighton, Illinois

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ISTCs Mission Objective

• ISTC is a change agency that performs research,
  spreads awareness, and facilitates implementation
  regarding practices, technology and systems that
  improve sustainability.

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ISTC Mission Implementation

• ISTC helps businesses and citizens
• Reduce solid and hazardous wastes before they are
  released to the air, water and land.
• Works with companies to identify and implement
  opportunities to meet their waste reduction goals.

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On-Site ISTC Services

• Environmental Regulatory Compliance Assistance
• Research Pilot Testing
• Metal Working Fluids
• Solvent Parts Cleaning
• Fluid Purification (filtration)
• Water Use Reduction
• Energy Use Reduction
• Waste Minimization Assessments
• Environmental Management Systems
• Green Chemistry to Reduce or Eliminate Wastes
• Testing Evaluation of Alternative Technologies

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Sectors Extensively Served by ISTC

• Metal Working
• Metal Finishing
• Plastics Manufacturing
• Printing
• Packaging Manufacturing

• Foundries
• Food Processing
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Military Installations
• Hospitals
• K-12 Schools
• Municipalities

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ISTC Waste to Profit

• Serve as a Technical Consultant to
• Chicago Waste to Profit Network
• Rockford Waste to Profit Network
• Central Illinois Waste to Profit Network
• Southern Illinois Waste to Profit Network

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Creating a Midwest regional Waste to Profit
networkKaren Wan
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Connecting with Chicago

• Regional expansion of WTP
• Share Chicago case studies
• Strengthen Illinois Waste to Profit
• Larger private-public collaboration
• Regional funding opportunities

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Illinois Waste to Profit Innovations

• Supply Chain model
• State-wide model for Midwest duplication
• Further climate change mitigation
• Strengthen regional economic development for
  Illinois

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Tracking Regional Success

• Sharing case studies
• Sharing regional database
• Companies working together across the State
• Working together on addressing state-wide policy
  issues such as composting, anaerobic digestion,
  etc
• Technical staff connections across Illinois

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Bringing regional and global examples to Illinois

• Connects with leading bps network in the world,
  National Industrial Symbiosis Programme,
  www.nisp.org.uk
• EPA Region 5 7 are closely tracking the success
  of the Illinois network
• Expanding these concepts across 11 Midwest states
  in the next year

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IMEC

• Focus on manufacturing and improving
  competitiveness
• Staff with real world experience
• variety of industries
• Variety of job experiences
• Serve Illinois (outside Chicago area)

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Sustainability
The quality of a state or process that allows it
to be maintained indefinitely the principles of
sustainability integrate three closely
interlinked elementsthe environment, the
economy, and the social systeminto a system that
can be maintained in a healthy state
indefinitely.
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Why Should You Care?
Sustainability in business builds and maintains
value to the Triple Bottom Line by promoting
Environmental Stewardship, Economic Prosperity
and Social Equity and Well Being.
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What is a Sustainable Network?

• Requires public/private participation and
  investment
• Addresses
• Private Immediate economic development
  priorities
• Public Long-term health and prosperity for all
  people and the preservation/restoration of the
  planet
• Creates knowledge sharing that the private sector
  could not do alone
• Protects confidentiality of private information
• Creates a system that allows implementation to be
  tracked more effectively
• Connects entrepreneurial companies to established
  companies

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Cradle to Cradle Approach to Sustainability
Packaging Materials
Manufacturing Process
Finished Goods To Customer
Packaging Waste
Manufacturing Process
Packaging Supplier or Recycler
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Chicago Waste to Profit Network

• Improve the financial and environmental health of
  our region by transforming outputs (wastes) to
  industrial inputs (profits)

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What is the Network?

• Innovation Network
• Companies invest a membership fee and their time
  over the course of a year to receive innovation,
  engineering, technical and implementation
  assistance, intra-network meeting opportunities,
  and in depth data collection and analysis.
• Community Network
• Companies meet for a sponsored 1-day workshop to
  network with others and identify near-term
  opportunities for their three top material
  streams. Network facilitators will help to
  determine inter network linkages and
  opportunities.
• Community Network Members are invited to join the
  Innovation Network.

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The Chicago Waste to Profit Network Results
22,118 tons of Solid Waste Diverted from Landfill
42,591 tons CO2 Emissions Reduced
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Recycle

• Chicago Green Interiors
• Glass tiles
• Furniture
• Fabric

10 Point Green Classification Recycled
Content Non-Toxic Local Sustainable/renewable
resources Cradle to cradle Green manufacturing
process Certifications Artisanal/handmade Vintage
/reclaimed Community building/poverty alleviation
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Reuse

• Terracycle
• Soda bottles
• Juice pouches
• Spray nozzles

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Reduce

• Interface Flooring
• Cumulative avoided cost from waste elimination
  activities since 1995 37M
• Total waste sent to landfills from carpet
  manufacturing facilities has decreased by 66
  since 1996
• Total energy used at carpet manufacturing
  facilities (per unit of product) down 45 since
  1996
• Use of renewable energy increased to 27 in 2007
• Percent of recycled and bio-based materials used
  to manufacture products WW increased from 0.5 in
  1996 to 25 in 2007

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Waste Matching Workshop

• Purpose
• To enable you to identify waste matching
  possibilities
• To show you the potential economic value of
  by-product synergy
• Create a mindset of waste as a resource
• To begin the journey of creating a sustainable
  future for the Rockford Community

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Workshop Agenda

• Identify Inputs or By-Products (top 3)
• Name
• Company
• Input or By-Products (type and volume)
• Place post-its on boards
• Break
• Opportunities and Networking
• You will be assigned to a group
• Each group will be facilitated

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Initiating the Dialogue - Part1

• Introductions
• Common Groupings

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How Many of You Have

• Old computers, printers and electronics?
• Old office furniture?
• Obsolete inventory?
• Old marketing literature, stationery, obsolete
  paperwork?
• Off-spec or obsolete chemicals or raw materials?
• Other stuff you dont know what to do with?

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Lets Get Started..

• Choose 3 Materials They can either be byproducts
  that you have or inputs you want. Make sure you
  think about your current raw materials!
• Fill out the information for each on a
  corresponding post-it
• GreenByproduct
• PurpleInput
• Use one post-it for each material, please!

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Begin Matching

• Place Each Material Post-it on the Appropriate
  Poster Board

Company ABC Company Wants Plastic Quantity
10,000 lbs/month
Company XYZ Company Has Broken
Pallets Quantity 100/month
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IntroductionsTell Us

• Your Name
• Your Company
• What does your organization do or make?
• What are the materials you have/want?

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Material Categories

• Construction and Demolition Materials
• Building Materials
• Glass
• Wood
• Sands and Soils
• Chemicals and Materials
• Organic
• Inorganic
• Paints and Solvents
• Plastics and Polymers
• Paper
• Food Wastes

• Metals
• Ferrous
• Non Ferrous
• E Waste
• Ashes and Slags
• Water
• Clean Water
• Process Water (Organic Contaminants)
• Process Water (Inorganic Contaminants)
• Storm Runoff and Grey Water
• Other Materials

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Begin to See the Possibilities

• After the break, you will be assigned to a
  workshop group. These groups will match you with
  others whose haves/wants are similar to your own.
• Pick the Low Hanging Fruit Identify the Obvious
  Correlations between Haves/ Wants on the Board
• Dont Leave it Hanging If there isnt an obvious
  solution on the board, suggest one! Suggest other
  companies/manufacturers that may be able to
  accept your by-product materials.
• Branch Out Network and take advantage of the
  Opportunities to turn your waste into profit
  today.
• Record Progress

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BREAK
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CASE STUDIES
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Success Story
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED Engineered Glass
Products Gilasi/Innerglow Surfaces
WASTE INVOLVED Glass cullet

• ACHIEVEMENTS
• 50 tons of glass cullet diverted from landfill
  and a plan in place to divert up to 900 tons
  annually
• Drives green building materials development and
  competitiveness
• CO2 diverted by use of low energy recycling into
  new material as opposed to landfill and localized
  transportation of materials
• Potential for jobs to be created as business
  grows
• Closed loop life cycle for previously
  non-recyclable glass

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Success Story
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED Curb Appeal
Materials Baxter Healthcare Sherwin Williams Cook
Composites and Polymers Department of Fleet
Management Chicago Center for Green Technology
WASTE INVOLVED Unrecyclable plastic (mixed,
contaminated plastic)

• ACHIEVEMENTS
• 15 Tons of plastic waste diverted from landfill
  to date likely 50 additional tons will be
  diverted from spin-off projects
• New standards established for City Department
  procurement
• CO2 diverted by use of low energy recycling into
  new material as opposed to landfill
• Potential for jobs to be created as business
  grows
• Closed loop life cycle for previously
  non-recyclable plastics

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Success Story
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED Cloverhill Bakery Smurfit
Stone Recycling
WASTE INVOLVED Mixed plastic and paper packaging

• ACHIEVEMENTS
• 2000 tons of high value packaging waste to be
  diverted from landfill annually with a savings of
  roughly 4M
• 10,000 investment in new equipment
• Created a profitable community recycling center
  which benefits all contributing companies and
  spreads the values of sustainability
• Closed loop life cycle for previously
  non-recyclable plastics and fiber products
• CO2 savings from diverting plastic from landfill
  and proximity aggregation of recyclables

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Success Story
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED Abbott Laboratories Arcelor
Mittal Steel
WASTE INVOLVED Sodium hypochlorite (industrial
bleach)

• ACHIEVEMENTS
• 20K tons of industrial bleach was diverted from
  the public sewer system and used to create
  cleaner process water for AcelorMittal Steel
• Taxpayer savings from reduced water treatment
• Transformed a hazardous waste into a beneficial
  reuse byproduct
• CO2 savings from local sourcing of raw materials
• Created greater inter-company communications and
  efficiencies regarding water treatment

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Workshop Part 2
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Begin to See the Possibilities

• After the break, you will be assigned to a
  workshop group. These groups will match you with
  others whose haves/wants are similar to your own.
• Pick the Low Hanging Fruit Identify the Obvious
  Correlations between Haves/ Wants on the Board
• Dont Leave it Hanging If there isnt an obvious
  solution on the board, suggest one! Suggest other
  companies/manufacturers that may be able to
  accept your by-product materials.
• Branch Out Network and take advantage of the
  Opportunities to turn your waste into profit
  today.
• Record Progress

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Recording Group Progress
1. Choose a group recorder
Chemicals and Materials
Wants
Haves

2. Enter participant names and materials 3.
Draw arrows to indicate connections made in
group discussions
Fancy Paint Co.
Have Waste Paint
Mercury Remodeling
Want Paint to Use as Base Coat Material
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Workshop Session
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This workshop is only a start

• In order to realize benefits we must all take
  action
• Contact another company to implement a by-product
  synergy
• Start a recycling program
• Initiate metrics for sustainability

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Moving Forward

• Follow up on opportunities on your own or we
  can help
• Technical team will contact participant companies
  and bridge to Innovation Network
• Reporting back collaborations on synergies is
  highly encouraged contact Mary Hallock
• Synergies can be
• New or optimized recycling efforts
• Actual by-product synergy exchanges or matches
• Reduced waste (plant or organizational
  efficiency)
• Interested in Innovation Network (first meeting
  November 13) contact Mary Hallock or Deb
  Jacobson

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One Last Item

• WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK
• How did you benefit today?
• How can we improve this format?
• How can we get more of the community involved?

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Contacts

• IMEC
• Mary Hallock
• mhallock_at_imec.org
• 815-721-4474
• Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC)
• Deb Jacobson
• djacobson_at_istc.illinois.edu
• 630-472-5019