Industrial Symbiosis: An Overview

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Industrial Symbiosis An Overview

• Murat Mirata

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WBCSD

• After Rio in 92, established in 95
• A coalition of 140 companies from 30 countries
  more than 20 sectors
• Pre-eminent business voice on Sustainable
  Development (SD)
• Aims to
• develop closer co-operation between business,
  government and all other organizations concerned
  with the environment and SD
• encourage high standards of environmental
  management in business itself.

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The Global Network

• WBCSD
• Policy Development
• Business Leadership
• Best Practice
• Global Outreach

• Regional Councils
• Practice Oriented
• Focusing on regional realities
• /needs/interests

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BCSDNorth Sea Region
Mission to be a leading organisation in
transforming the principles of Sustainable
Development into PRACTICAL and PROFITABLE
actions

• Businesses and professional leaders from diverse
• range of companies and organisations in
• North Sea Region
• Members recognise the long term business
• success depends on economic, environmental
• and social performance

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A Metaphor - Ecosystems
Type I
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A Metaphor - Ecosystems
Type II
Ecosystem Component
Limited Sinks for Wastes
Limited Resources
Ecosystem Component
Ecosystem Component
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A Metaphor - Ecosystems
Type III
Ecosystem Component
Energy
Ecosystem Component
Ecosystem Component
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Currently Dominant
Products
Energy Resources
By Products ( Wastes)
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Sustainability Requirements

• Include
• Closing the material cycles
• Reduced dependence on non-renewable resources
• Further eco-efficiency improvements

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Industrial Ecology
Renewable Energy
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LCA, DfE
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Industrial Symbiosis (I)
industrial symbiosis is perceived to be
describing a system with the right mechanisms
that Enable the use of unwanted and/or low
value outputs (wastes and by-products) of
certain industrial functions as useful inputs
for the others (preferably with added value to
its producer) providing environmental and
economic performance improvements
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Industrial Symbiosis (II)

• calls for the cooperation among economic actors
  so as to enable more efficient utilisation of the
  existing supporting functions (transportation,
  logistics, utilities, waste mgt., etc) and to
  develop newer and more effective ones, providing
  not only environmental but also economic gains.

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Beyond solid waste Management!

• Materials
• Common Purchasing
• Supplier specifications
• Material exchange
• Energy
• Waste heat utilisation
• CHP
• New energy sources

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Beyond Solid Waste Management!

• Transportation
• Shared Transportation
• Shared logistics
• Shared fleet maintenance
• Human resources
• Information Communication Tech.

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Determinant Factors
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Catalog Current Situation
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Analyses

• Resource Requirements
• Prevention potentials
• Quantit. Qualitat. attributes of resources in
  waste by-product streams
• Synergies among existing activities
• Additional Synergies

• How sustainable is what they are doing?
• How sustainable is the way they are
• doing what they are doing?

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Identify Synergies
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Implement
PRODUCTS
INPUTS
BY-PRODUCTS
WASTES
INPUTS
Overcome Barriers
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Ongoing Support

• Common Infrastructures/Utilities
• Transportation
• Human Resources

PRODUCTS
INPUTS
New Products
Innovative Technologies
BY-PRODUCTS
WASTES
PRODUCTS
INPUTS
Alternative Resources
BY-PRODUCTS
WASTES
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Resource Availability Maps
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Benefits

• Environmental Benefits
• Improved materials, water, energy use
  efficiency
• Reduction of emissions
• Development diffusion of cleaner technologies
• Promotion of cleaner production on a system
  and/or community basis

• Social Economic Benefits
• Cost savings
• Improved process and product efficiency.
• Reduced waste management
• Reduced infrastructure cost
• Opportunities for
• new investments
• for joint ventures.
• Generate employment
• Guidance for future development

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Success Factors

• Right mix Diversity of companies
• Management commitment Openness
• Information availability
• Regulatory economic conditions
• Finding ways to manage uncertainties

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Change Perceptions
FROM
TO
By-products / Raw materials
Wastes
Cost Reduction
Business Opportunity
From our Company
To our System
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Humber Region
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Background

• Environmental Problems
• Sensitive river ecosystem
• Water pollution
• Solid waste.

• Recognition of on-going initiatives in
• the area
• Numerous innovative synergies
• Humber Bundle CHP

• Diversity of the sectors A strength

• Economic development promoted.

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Current Situation

• Preliminary Study
• Introduction of the concept creating ownership
• Collection Analyses of data
• Identification of synergies
• Implementation
• Continuous monitoring and support.

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On going
On going
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Preliminary Study Concluded

• CHP plant Humber Bundle can
• Provide cost savings 1,8 to 5,8 Million
• Significantly reduce CO2 (3,3 Million t/y), SOx
  (48 t/ye) NOx (11 kt/y) emissions
• Attraction of new investment with total output
  800 Million/year, creating 2400 new jobs.

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Examples of Potential Synergies
Protein Extraction
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In West Midlands

• Preliminary Study
• Main resource flows
• Potential areas of synergies
• Key actors
• Company ownership a steering committee
• Data collection Analyses
• Synergies
• Resource Availability maps

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In West Midlands

• Programme recently launched
• Outstanding commitment by companies public
  authorities
• 7 synergies identified before formal data
  collection has started.

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National IS programme

• Humber Region
• West Midlands
• Mersyside
• Teeside
• Ireland
• Grangemouth
• Southampton

Identify and implement synergies among regions