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Symbiosis 1

• An interaction between two different organisms
  living in close physical association to the
  advantage of both
• Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Edition

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Symbiosis 2

• A mutually advantageous association or
  relationship between persons
• Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Edition.

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Industrial Symbiosis Defined

• Industrial Symbiosis as part of the emerging
  field of Industrial Ecology, demands resolute
  attention to the flow of materials and energy
  through local and regional economies. Industrial
  Symbiosis engages traditionally separate
  industries in a collective approach to
  competitive advantage involving physical exchange
  of materials, energy, water, and/or by-products.
  The keys to industrial symbiosis are
  collaboration and the synergistic possibilities
  offered by geographical proximity
• (Chertow, 2000)

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What is Industrial Symbiosis in the real world?

• Talking to people about shared problems
• Having an open mind and remaining receptive to
  new ideas
• Revisiting historic problems when new
  information/technology comes to light
• Being realistic about the options
• Being realistic about the resources available to
  deliver it

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Waste or Resource?

• "The cost of your waste disposal is not so much
  the charges for disposal, rather the loss of the
  value of that you are getting rid of"

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Fundamentals detailed understanding of waste
generation 1

• Systems thinking? Understanding the dynamics of
  the waste production process
• Holistic approach can you eliminate wasteful
  activities?
• Waste production data good quality?
• Waste mapping what is the actual disposal
  route?
• How many actors are involved? Who is actually
  doing the waste handling and management?

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Fundamentals detailed understanding of waste
generation 2

• Logistical issues is it practicable to separate
  out materials?
• Are there any barriers to segregation SLAs?
• Investment of time and effort in understanding
  the soft issues as well as the harder
  infrastructure issues

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Characteristics and Constraints

• Clinical and pharmaceutical waste clearly
  requires specialist handling and disposal
• Other waste streams are not dissimilar from those
  produced at any large facility where there are
  many buildings and people
• Infection control is paramount waste
  segregation is secondary? Can it be integrated?
• Waste composition is complex and mixed
• The public is it realistic to expect good
  segregation on a ward?

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More fundamentals

• Is it still waste? What is its status?
• Crucial to remain abreast of developments in the
  classification and definition of wastes
• Case law - changes to interpretation
• Crucial to understand the EAs drive to encourage
  and promote alternative handling and disposal
  options low risk waste management activities
• WML 1994 Exemptions (Schedule 3)

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Difficulties of segregating waste

• Number of reports refer to better segregation as
  the key why is it so hard to implement?
• Where does the effort need to be focused?
• Are there other local organisations facing the
  same issues?
• Information is king NISP has access to the
  information concerning the regulations, case
  studies, local facilities, local contractors and
  capacity

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Segregation achieved What Next?

• Viable recycling/reuse route(s)
• Viable markets
• Local contractors
• Interim storage requirements? EHS?
• Is alternative disposal route/method secure and
  sustainable?
• Your Duty of Care

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Maintaining the momentum what to do?

• Essential that staff embrace any related
  initiatives and stick with them!
• Important to recognise that personnel will suffer
  from initiative fatigue
• Combating apathy and resistance to change? Custom
  and practice?
• Essential to think SYSTEM managing wastes
  better will also drive other improvement
• Explain the causal relationship between the
  wastes generated Macro level issues e.g. CO2
  emitted, Micro level issues e.g. ease the
  workload on operational and facility management
  staff

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Whats your waste worth?
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Which wastes can be readily sold on?

• Clearly both soft clinical waste and sharps
  require specialist handling and disposal
• Other specialist wastes e.g. Ethidium bromide,
  Radioactive isotopes and pharmaceuticals such as
  cytotoxic drugs also require specialist handling
• The other wastes routinely produced closely
  resemble those produced from any large densely
  populated workplace
• Many of these wastes with careful forethought and
  planning can be segregated and potentially become
  an income stream

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Simply put

• Where theres muck theres brass! But is it
  really worth anything?
• Proper segregation is essential if a revenue
  stream is sought
• Ballpark figures for delivered waste Stainless
  steel trades for 1500 per tonne
• Clear glass 30 per tonne
• Mixed paper 35 per tonne Computer paper 130
  per tonne
• Haulage costs often a show-stopper can this be
  shared? Milk-rounds, back-loads etc

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How much might it be worth?

• Materials recycling Week, Recoup, The London
  Metal Exchange, Textiles Recycling Association
  are all good sources of information concerning
  current prices and grades of recovered material
• Catering (kitchen) waste for in-vessel composting
  is now favourable
• Gate fee for Landfill includes 24 per tonne LF
  Tax for active wastes and the escalator is now
  set to rise by 8.00 per tonne each April until
  2010/2011

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Some quick examples of wastes with a value!

• Confidential paper and cardboard
• Flowers and other compostable material
• Metals Food tins / ferrous and non-ferrous
• Old equipment / White goods / Furniture
• Toner cartridges
• Pallets/ Cable drums/ timber and wood
• Small Projects, Development / Civils Buildings
  etc

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Impact of the Landfill Tax

• By the financial year 2010 / 2011 the tax will be
  levied at 48 per tonne
• Crucial to start thinking about strategies for
  limiting your exposure to the financial impact of
  landfilling wastes

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Why bother? Where can NISP assist?

• Significant cost benefits
• Reduce management effort
• Minimise incident occurrence
• Soft issue benefits - Improve staff morale and
  motivation
• NISP has developed an extensive database of
  solution and service providers
• Promote cultural change Deming cycle PDCA
• Promote renewed thinking if the only tool you
  have is a hammer then after a while everything
  begins to look like a nail!!!

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Where are synergies identified?

• Materials
• Facilities
• Services
• Energy
• Fuel
• Land
• Transport
• Experience/ideas

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Will symbiosis be of help to me?

• The value of information about goods and
  services may even eclipse the value of the goods
  and services themselves,
• Problem shared is a problem halved
  collaboration with other nearby organisations
  facing similar issues
• NISP facilitates and drives the process

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Next steps

• Contact your local NISP representativeSteve
  Filkinsteve.filkin_at_nisp.org.ukTel 0121 766
  4560Fax [phone]Mobile [phone]
• Arrange for site visit to discuss options
• The service is FREE