Industrial Symbiosis Activity
Around the Globe
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive, International Synergies Limited
Chairman, European Industrial Symbiosis Association
19th February 2014
Ankara, Turkey
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Agenda
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What is industrial symbiosis
Drivers and context
Focus on Europe
International Synergies’ NISP® around the
world
• Some international developments
• Common challenges
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Industrial symbiosis – move to a circular
economy
Transition to a
Circular economy
Linear system
Products
Products
Natural
Resources
Natural Resources
“Waste”
Waste
to
Products
Resource
Natural resources
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Elements of Industrial Symbiosis
• Network of diverse organisations
• Expert facilitation
• Fostering eco-innovation and long-term culture change
• Yielding profitable transactions in:
- Novel sourcing of inputs
- Value added destinations for non-product outputs
- Improved business and technical processes
Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012, Journal of Industrial Ecology 16(1):28-37
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International Synergies’ Global Experience
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Denmark
Slovakia
Finland
Belgium
Poland
Turkey
Canada
South Korea
USA
Romania
Mexico
Chile
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Brazil
Italy
Hungary
South Africa
China
Australia
Drivers for Industrial Symbiosis
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Volatility of resource pricing
McKinsey report, Resource Revolution
At risk critical raw materials
Rising awareness of sustainability issues
Carbon Trading to include Scope 3 embedded emissions
Climate Change Mitigation
Imperative for practical approaches to create growth
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Economic impact of Industrial Symbiosis
• Micro: Individual businesses –
• Reduced cost of raw materials
• Reduced cost of waste disposal
• Revenue from new products
• Leading to increased profits and competitiveness
• Macro: Economy –
• Return on investment for Government
• Stimulates (eco-) innovation
• Control of critical materials
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Focus on Europe
Denmark
Finland
Belgium
Slovakia
Poland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Turkey
Italy
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Hungary
Romania
European Policies Promote Industrial
Symbiosis for Green Growth
• European Waste Framework Directive - Best Practice (2009)
• Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011) – exemplar case study
• DG Enterprise: Sustainable Industry-Going for Growth &
Resource Efficiency (2011) – exemplar case study
• DG Regions: Connecting Smart and Sustainable Growth through Smart
Specialisation – exemplar case study (2012)
• European Resource Efficiency Platform (2013) key recommendation
• DG Environment: Priority for industrial policy in (2013) recommendation
• DG Enterprise: Communique on Green Entrepreneurship (2013)
• Horizon 2020 (2014) included to deliver circular economy: Waste1
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2003 – Launch in UK of NISP
• Regional to national in 2 years
• Supported by economic development agencies and
central government investment
• Delivered by International Synergies Limited
• Focus: connecting industry, creating opportunity
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NISP (England) Delivered Outcomes
April 2005 - March 2013
METRICS
In Year Benefits*
Landfill diversion
CO2 reduction
Virgin material savings
Hazardous waste eliminated
Water savings
Cost savings
Additional sales
Jobs
Private investment
£36.8 million investment since 2005
*all outputs independently verified
Rate of return for Govt. 9:1
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Lifetime Impact (Max 5 year)
9.4 million tonnes
8.4 million tonnes
12 million tonnes
0.42 million tonnes
14.5 million tonnes
47 million tonnes
42 million tonnes
59.9 million tonnes
2.1 million tonnes
73.2 million tonnes
£214 million
£209.2 million
10,000+
£317 million
£1.1 billion
£1.0 billion
Industrial Symbiosis Opportunities:
Attracting Inward Investment
1 partner
Rejected Loads
2 partners
4 partners
Vermiculture
Soil Conditioning
7 partners
Paper Sludge & Ash
Aggregate Production
12 partners
Water
Paper Co
Waste Paper
2 partners
Incineration
5 partners
Power
1 partner
Screening
Materials
Plastics
Organics
Construction
5 partners
4 partners
4 partners
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Specific Regeneration Opportunities based on
Local Resources
Recovered acids
Acids
MSW
RDF
Site 1
- Acids recovery
- Pre- MRF
- Plastics washing
- Gasification
ERF
Site 2
- Pyrolysis
- Gasification
Char
Non-recyclable
plastics
Bottom ash for metal recovery
Site 4
- RDF/ERF
- Drying facility
Food waste
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ASR/ash for metal recovery
Needs site with industrial
buildings
- AD with urban farming
Site 3
- WEEE repair & metals
recovery
- Technology incubator
- Fuel cell recovery
Recovered metals
Paper sludge
Non-recyclable
Plastics manufacturer
- Closed loop bin bags
for Birmingham
- Plastics innovation
Repaired equipment
ASR
Clean plastics
plastic
s
Industrial
plastics
Bin bags
WEEE
Medical waste
Fuel cells
2010 – Launch in Hungary
• Regional: Central Hungary
• Programme supported by LIFE+, Climate
KIC, Ministry of Environment
• Programme delivered by IFKA
• Focus: landfill diversion - innovation
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Hungary – IS Success in Infrastructure
Development
• New road construction between two
neighbouring towns
Previously had to travel through a large detour
2 ½ KM of road built using waste aggregate, bricks
and foundry sand
Low grade road development, fifth of cost of main
roads, improving poorer communities
• Total resources – 6,000 tonnes
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2013 – Launch in Belgium
• Regional: Flanders
• Programme supported by
• essenscia (trade body)
• VITO (government)
• Programme delivered by essenscia
• Focus: business opportunity
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2013 – Launch in Netherlands
• Province of Limburg
• Programme supported by Municipality
• Programme delivered by Netherlands
Enterprise Agency
• Focus: innovation
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2013 – Launch in Finland
• National/ regional
• Programme supported by Sitra, National
Innovation Fund
• Programme delivered by Motiva, SME
• Focus: foster innovation, new business
activity
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Uutta liiketoimintaa teollisista
symbiooseista -työpaja
Yhteenveto työpajasta
Korjaamo, Helsinki
12.4.2012
Osallistujat
Turun amk Gaia Group Oy Ajon Apu Oy
Indufor Oy SYKE Fortum Oy Mikkelin amk
Aalto-yliopisto St1 Biofuels Oy Metsä Group
Uusioaines Oy Kouvola Innovation Oy PBI
UPM Kierrätysverkko Oy Spinverse Consulting
Oy Kemira Oyj L&T Recoil Oy Ekokem Oy Ab
Muotoilutoimisto Kaisa K
SITA Suomi Oy
Tikkurila Oyj Lassila & Tikanoja Oyj
Forchem Oy Oy Sinebrychoff Ab Risain Oy
HSY CEE-Centre for Environment and Energy
Digipolis Oy EcoChange Oy Ferroplan Oy
Neste Oil Corporation
Ahlstrom Oyj
Ympäristöyritysten liitto ry
Tekes FSKK Oy
Tiistaina 11.3. järjestettiin Pohjoismaiden ensimmäinen teollisia symbiooseja edistävä
NISP-työpaja Korjaamolla. Aamupäivän aikana potentiaalisia synergioita, resurssien
tarjoajien ja hyödyntäjien kohtaamisia, löytyi todella hyvin, jopa yli odotusten. Neljän
pöydän ääreen kokoontuneet yritysten edustajat tunnistivat kaikkiaan 165 resurssia ja
mahdollisia synergioita jo 119.
Osa osallistujista keskittyi ideomaan, miten tällaista toimintamallia kannatta kehittää
Suomessa ja miten eri toimijat osallistuisivat tähän. Todettiin että eri puolilla Suomea on
paljon osaamista ja hankkeita juuri resurssien tehokkaamman hyödyntämisen
mahdollistamiseen.
Tästä on hyvä lähteä kehittämään uusia symbiooseja Suomessa!
En ollut ajatellut, että muitakin
kuin pääraaka-aine ja
päätuotteita voisi symbioosilla
löytyä
- Pekko Kohonen
Recoil Oy
Mitä työpajan jälkeen?
• Sinulle lähetetään yritys/ organisaatiokohtainen synergiaraportti
• Käynnistä keskustelut mahdollisten yhteistyökumppaneiden kanssa
edistääksesi mahdollisia synergioitasi. Tähän voit saada apua työpajan
järjestäjiltä
• Olemme käytettävissäsi, ole aktiivinen, pyydä apua, haluamme seurata
synergioiden edistymistä.
Mentiin hyvin kokreettisiin
asioihin. Niiden pohjalta oli
helppoa muodostaa näkemys mitä
on tarjolla ja haussa
- Maarit Leppänen
SITA Finland Oy
Miten symbioosien verkosto kehittyy seuraavaksi?
• Seuraava työpaja 11.4 Jyväskylässä
• Resurssitiedot viedään yhteiseen tietokantaan.
• Tietokantaa täydennetään eri tavoin
• Tietokannan avulla tunnistetaan uusia synergioita ja niiden
toteutumista vauhditetaan
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Ota yhteyttä!
Susanna Perko 0294 618 250 [email protected]
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Paula Eskola 040 555 29 61 [email protected]
Example of synergies found in Jyväskylä
workshop
Biorefinery, BioGTS
Biogas and biodiesel production, building started
2013
• Raw materials, grease containing materials from
industry and services (e.g. restaurants)
• Survey of raw material potential and logistics
ongoing
RAW MATERIALS
LOGISTICS
Food production industry
• Grease containing
wastes from meat
refining
• Dairy grease containing
wastes
• Fish guts
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Logistics and
transport
• Transport services
• Use of biodiesel in
vehicles
TECHNOLOGY
Energy production
• Interest in
technology
(motors using
biofuels)
NISP® and the Circular Economy in China
• Three programmes delivered in China since 2007
• Yunnan, South West China
• Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA)
• Jiangsu Province industrial parks
• Working with Chinese government, commercial
organisations in China, UK FCO, GIZ from Germany
• Visiting Guangzhou later in 2014 to discuss applicability
to regional development
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IS Success in Tianjin: Splitting sludge for value-add
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NISP® to WISP in South Africa
• Pilot work in Johannesburg - 2010
• Launch of Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme
(WISP) 2013
• Expansion of activities to Kwa Zulu Natal Province 2014
• Moving towards a nationally coordinated programme
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WISP Synergy: ACA Threads (pty) Ltd
• Virgin polypropylene spools for threads collected when
new orders delivered to customers
• Used spools to social enterprises for cleaning, label
removal
• Returned spools reused by company
• Cost saving
R460,000 (€19,600)
Customer saving
R55,000 (€2,400) Landfill savings
Customer rebate
R41,500 (€1,800)
Social enterprises
R120,900 (€5,000)
income
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Four Global Themes – circular economy
Theme 1: Eco- Innovation and Green Growth
Recommendation: Foster Demand-Led Innovation through Industrial
Symbiosis Networks
Theme 2: Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation
Recommendation: Incentivise Carbon Reductions through Industrial
Symbiosis Credits
Theme 3: Material Security
Recommendation: Move Materials up the Waste Hierarchy through
Industrial Symbiosis Innovation
Theme 4: Regional Economic Development
Recommendation: Close Local Loops through Industrial Symbiosis
Planning
2013 Global Green Growth Forum
Public Private Partnerships
Public Sector creates the context to enable IS
• Regulation
• Investment
• Address externalities (e.g. price of carbon, water)
Private Sector actions the synergies for green
growth
• Technologies
• Resources
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• Demand-pull eco-innovation
• Investment
Aims and Objectives for EUR-ISA - 2013
Action for Inclusive Green Growth
Closing Loops for a Circular
Economy
Delivering a Resource Efficient
Europe
International Synergies Limited and NISP:
Recognition from all sectors
2014
Design Circular Economy Session, invited speaker, at GLOBE 2014
2013
Chief Executive awarded Edie.net’s Sustainability Leader of the Year Award
2013
International Synergies organises a Public Private Partnership on industrial
symbiosis for the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF)
2013
Worldwatch Institute Europe, Best Practice Business Innovation in a Living
Economy features NISP as exemplar
2010
NISP highlighted as 1 of 20 Worldwide Green Game Changing Innovations
in a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
2010
International Synergies received the Environmental Excellence Award for
Best Carbon Reduction Programme for NISP
2010
OECD declares Industrial Symbiosis “a la NISP” an “excellent example of
systemic innovation vital for future green growth”
2009
British Expertise International Award for implementing Industrial Symbiosis
on a Global Scale
2007
NISP is accredited by the European Commission as an Exemplar of EcoInnovation through its Environmental Technologies Action Plan
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Industrial Symbiosis: Common Challenges
• Ongoing investment
• Engaging across government siloes
• Enabling cross-sector working
• Regulation
BUT …
• No risk
• Low investment- high reward
• Can be done today!
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Thank you for listening
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
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