Industrial Ecology:

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• Industrial Ecology
• Paving the Way for Sustainability
• November 2006
• The Strategic Influence of Industrial Symbiosis
• Eur. Ing. Malcolm Bailey

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National Industrial Symbiosis Programme

• June 2003
• No methodology
• No members
• 9 practitioners
• 3 pilot regions
• Limited RDA funding

Make something happen!
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National Industrial Symbiosis Programme

• June 2003
• No methodology
• No members
• 9 practitioners
• 3 pilot regions
• Limited RDA funding

• June 2006
• 5000 companies
• 90 practitioners
• 9 UK teams Scotland, Wales, Northern
  Ireland.first nationally based IS programme in
  the world
• 6 million GBP
• Top ranking by DEFRA of its 31 BREW funded
  programmes

Make something happen!
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Industrial Symbiosis

Business Opportunity

Landfill ?
Jobs ?
New Business ?
Sales ?
CO2 ?
Costs ?
Learning ?
Transport ?
Pollution ?
Asset Utilisation ?

Innovation ?
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Regional Economic Strategy

• In common with the Overall Aims of 900756 GHG
  Emission umbrella, the aims of the project are -
  
• To move the region towards a low-carbon economy
  through
• Diversification of the energy mix
• Reduction in energy use (energy use, resource
  efficiency, sustainable construction)
• To demonstrate that through a sustainable
  development approach, the greenhouse gas target
  is not a barrier to economic development and
  regeneration. Rather, to showcase the greenhouse
  gas target as a
• driver for innovation, new partnerships and ways
  of working.
• catalyst for the region to develop and implement
  new technologies
• a measure of our relative success in delivering
  sustainable economic development and regeneration
  of the region. aim one

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Humber Region

• - Programme developed in the Humber region.
• - Excellent political connections with North
  Lincolnshire Council, North-East Lincolnshire
  Council and the East Riding of Yorkshire
• Priorities in the Humber
• a) To develop recycling routes for the
  considerable quantities of inorganic material and
  maintain a sustainability and competitive
  advantage in the food industry.
• b) To contribute to the strategic objectives on
  the South Humber Bank, the full utilisation of
  the utility capacity offered by Immingham CHP
• c) Add value to the inward investment programme

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Case Study 3 Development of the South Humber
Bank

• South Humber Bank Development
• Includes Europes largest CHP750MW
• DTI support

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The Assets
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The Water Networks
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The Proposal
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The Analysis
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The Outcome
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• IS as the vehicle for collaboration
• - non partisan
• technically competent
• Regional Government
• Local government
• Private sector

The Players
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supply chain development
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• Cement / Brick Industry
• Seek
• calcium,
• iron,
• aluminium
• silica
• Food Beverage
• Diatomaceous earth
• Spent filter clays
• Fullers Earth

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Resource issues have developed to reflect the
economic make-up of the region
Plastics
Chemicals
Food Agriculture
Inorganics
Metals
Metals Rich Wastes
Energy Alternative Fuels
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Chemicals
Food Agriculture
Synergy patterns are the basis for strategic
rather than tactical delivery
Inorganics
Energy Alternative Fuels
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A Strategic Future
Supply Chain Options
Plastics
Non Food Crops
Northern Way
Chemicals
Food Agriculture
WEEE Delivery
Sustainable Construction
Inorganics
Metals
Regional Metal Recovery
Biofuels and biomass
Metals Rich Wastes
Energy Alternative Fuels
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Case Study 4 Biorefinery

• Development of the Bio-refinery Concept using
  Glycerine a platform molecule.
• 1 of 10 key platform molecules US dept energy.
• Green feedstock green chemistry
• Development of future chemical and pharma
  industries
• Improved the economics of the biofuels sector.

• Key Parties
• Green Chemistry York University
• National Non-Food Crop Centre
• Biodiesel Supply Chain

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A Strategic Future
Supply Chain Options
Plastics
Non Food Crops
Northern Way
Chemicals
Food Agriculture
In response to the Regional Economic
Strategy.Industrial Symbiosis promotes
economic development and regenerationand is a
showcase in the delivery of greenhouse gas (and
other) targets..
WEEE Delivery
Sustainable Construction
Inorganics
Metals
Regional Metal Recovery
Biofuels and biomass
Metals Rich Wastes
Energy Alternative Fuels
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Key Features

• Business Led
• Economic Benefits pulls through environmental and
  social benefits
• Bottom Up Approach
• Do something NOW
• Initially tactical Company A trades with Company
  B
• Resource mapping regionally and nationally
• Strategic Contributions
• Inward Investment
• Regional Biofuels strategy
• Regional zinc recovery project
• UK is one large industrial park

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• Key Success Factors
• Talk business when talking to businesses
• Buy in from businesses at the beginning
• Not Consultancy
• People we have discussions are the experts in
  their industry
• No back-selling of ideas
• Confidence, deliver early successes, even if
  small to gain buy in. Develop trust, build
  relationships.
• Providing space in a busy worldIndustrial
  Symbiosis has been going on along as
  industry.its just good business .the programme
  is an encourager, promoter of good practice and a
  catalyst

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NISP achievements in 2005/6 to date
Total Cost Savings to Industry 145 Million Total
Additional Sales for Industry 65 Million Total
Diversion from Landfill 1.5 million tonnes
Including 290,000 te hazardous waste Total
Carbon Dioxide Reduction 1.2 million tonnes Saved
330,000 m3 industrial water Total Jobs Created
342 Total Jobs Safeguarded 248 Created 15 new
businesses