Transcript What is Industrial Symbiosis?

EXPLOITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS:
Birmingham’s Circular Economy Potential
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited
Edgbaston Cricket Ground
11th April 2013
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What is Industrial Symbiosis?
• Numerous academic definitions...
In essence:
• Industrial symbiosis is a systems approach to a more
sustainable and integrated industrial economy that
identifies business opportunities to improve resource
utilisation (materials, energy, water, capacity, expertise,
assets etc)
Source: Lombardi and Laybourn (2012) Journal of Industrial Ecology 16(1)
Industrial Systems: Linear v Circular
Transition towards
Circular System
Products
Linear System
Products
Natural Resources
Natural
Resources
Waste
A
Waste
Products
Resource
Natural Resources
Workshops
Opportunity Mapping
Case Study: Birse Civils – Project in Selly Oak
Company:
• Birse Civils Ltd
Summary:
• The company was searching for a
suitable sustainable material to use
for the temporary diversion of the
canal
Achievements:
• Cost Saving £40,000
• CO2 reduced of 375 tonnes
• Saving of 1,000 tonnes of Virgin
Material
• Saving of 6,000 tonnes of Water
• Additional Sales of £9,000
NISP (West Midlands) Delivered Outcomes
April 2005 - March 2013
METRICS
Unit
Results to Date
Lifetime Impact*
Cost savings
£
41,402,903
124,208,710
Additional sales
£
69,517,963
157,009,435
CO2 reduction
T
1,695,590
5,086,770
Landfill diversion
T
1,136,795
4,250,385
Hazardous waste eliminated
T
27,990
83,970
Virgin material savings
T
3,346,775
10,040,326
Water savings
T
4,446,425
13,339,274
Jobs
Private investment
NB: Independently verified
*limited to 5 years - 20% decay pa
3,269
£
£115,368,177
£4 million Investment
Our International Experience
United Kingdom
Slovakia
NISP
Reducing Production Waste
by Industrial Symbiosis
England, Scotland, N. Ireland & Wales
Defra, Scottish Government, Invest
Northern Ireland, Welsh Government
Country
Project
Region/State
Client
Bratislavsky kraj
ERDF
Finland
Motiva/
SITRA
Belgium
essencia
Brussels
Helsinki
Poland
Turkey
EUR-IS
NISP Turkey
Wroclaw
Climate KIC
Iskenderun Bay area
BP
China
Tianjin Economic Development
Area Industrial Symbiosis Network
Netherlands
Province of Limburg
Tianjin
European Union Switch Asia
Limburg
South Korea
Italy
Co-operation on Eco-Park
Development
ENEA
Rome
Mexico
NISP Mexico
Toluca Lerma
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Romania
ECOREG
Suceava
European Union Life+
Brazil
NISP Brazil
South Africa
Minas Gerais
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Al-Invest
South Africa Industrial
Symbiosis Pilot Programme
Gauteng Province
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
China
Hungary
NISP Hungary
Kozep-Magyarorszag, Budapest
European Union Life+
Climate KIC
Pilot Project – Circular Economy
Yunnan Province
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Identifying Investment Opportunities for Tysley
Environmental Enterprise Zone (TEEZ)
Tomorrow
Inward
Investment
Future
Innovation
• Opportunities for green growth and inward investment
• Businesses to benefit from technology transfer
• ‘Catalyst’ developments (key opportunity sites)
• Innovation potential for new business creation
• Opportunities for green growth and inward investment
• Transport infrastructure for resource efficiency
Position Birmingham as leader in resource
recovery technologies
Today
Synergies
• Potential resource and energy synergies
• Transport infrastructure for resource efficiency
Specific Investment Opportunities based on
Local Resources
Recovered acids
Acids
MSW
RDF
ERF
Site 2
- Pyrolysis
- Gasification
Char
Non-recyclable
plastics
Bottom ash for metal recovery
Site 3
- RDF/ERF
- Drying facility
Food waste
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
WEEE
Medical waste
Fuel cells
Recovered metals
Paper sludge
Non-recyclable
Plastics manufacturer
- Closed loop bin bags
for B’ham
- Plastics innovation
Repaired equipment
ASR
Clean plastics
plastic
s
Industrial
plastics
Site 1
- Acids recovery
- Pre- MRF
- Plastics washing
- Gasification
Bin bags
Future Vision: Integrated Resource Recovery System
with Innovation Centres
Tomorrow
Inward
Investment
Future
Innovation
• Capture precious metals from incinerator bottom ash
• Use anaerobic digestion to anchor urban farming
integrated system
• Innovate means to recycle lithium-ion and nickel metal
hydride batteries in a cost-effective way
• Establish WEEE reprocessor to recover plastics, precious
metals and rare earth elements from WEEE
Position Birmingham as leader in resource
recovery technologies
Today
Synergies
• Recover Palladium from road sweepings
• Small-scale local combined-heat-and-power (CHP)
opportunities anchored by existing incinerator
Recent European Policy on Industrial Symbiosis
• Best Practice under the European Waste Framework
Directive (2009)
• Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011)
• DG Enterprise Sustainable Industry-Going for Growth &
Resource Efficiency (2011)
• European Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community
(2012)
• European Resource Efficiency Platform (2013)
Underpinning Evidence for the EU:
COWI Report (2011)
• Economic analysis of resource efficiency policies; “the
National Industrial Symbiosis Programme has the maximum
possible score based on economic and environmental
benefits amongst 120 policies from 23 countries”
• The report presents evidence to support a European-wide
replication of NISP stating, “NISP shows high potential for
improving resource efficiency, and the programme could be
successfully replicated in every EU Member State”
• “NISP has significant implications for profitability…and
provides for a long-term sustainable investment for growth”
Now in Mainstream Industrial Policy...
“The new Industrial Policy update launched recently included
practical proposals for industrial symbiosis schemes across
Europe...Industrial symbiosis will be one of our priorities in 2013”
Commissioner Potočnik in a speech to the
Business Europe Advisory Board and Support Group (October 2012)
Birmingham...Home of Industrial Symbiosis
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Denmark
EU (Commission)
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
Turkey
USA
Birmingham’s Best Kept Secret
2007
International Synergies’ NISP is accredited by the European Commission as an
Exemplar of Eco-Innovation through its Environmental Technologies Action Plan
2009
British Expertise International Award for implementing the National
Industrial Symbiosis Programme on a Global Scale
2010
International Synergies received the Environmental Excellence Award for Best Carbon
Reduction Programme for NISP
2010
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) declared
Industrial Symbiosis “a la NISP” an “excellent example of systemic innovation vital for
future green growth”
2010
NISP has been highlighted as 1 of 20 Worldwide Green Game Changing Innovations in
a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
2013
Worldwatch Institute Europe, Best Practice Business Sustainability and Innovation in
Publication launched at European Parliament, June 2013
2013
International Synergies has been chosen to organise a Public Private Partnership on
industrial symbiosis for the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) Copenhagen in October
How Far We Have Come
2004: Industrial Symbiosis as a 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: Nature Climate Change
Assessing industrial
symbiosis’ contribution to
climate change mitigation
and energy security
2012: Energy Delta Institute
2013: Financial Times
Mainstream Business Education
What More We Can Do...?
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Support Birmingham's’ Businesses
Big contribution to Birmingham’s CO2 reduction target
Maximise innovation from local universities
Support Birmingham’s Green Commission (especially on growth)
Support LEP target on jobs and GVA
TEEZ potential alone is… 500 jobs, 55kt carbon pa, £2M pa cost
savings, £15M pa GVA
Industrial Symbiosis “IS” is “Born in Birmingham”
Thank You for Listening...
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited
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