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IN ENGLAND. Rob Bresler – Senior Practitioner NISP East of England. What is Symbiosis ?. ‘ An interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association to the advantage of both’ Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Edition. What is ‘ Industrial Symbiosis’ ?.
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IN ENGLAND Rob Bresler – Senior Practitioner NISP East of England
What is Symbiosis? ‘An interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association to the advantage of both’ Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Edition
What is ‘Industrial Symbiosis’ ? “Industrial symbiosis engages traditionally separate industries and other organisations in a network to foster innovative strategies for more sustainable resource use (including materials, energy, water, assets, expertise, logistics etc.) Through the network, business opportunities are identified leading to mutually advantageous transactions for innovative sourcing of required inputs, and value-added destinations for non-product outputs.” [Lombardi & Laybourn, submitted]
Industrial Symbiosis Industrial symbiosis is based on the same principle governing the natural eco-system All resources (including materials, energy, water, logistics and asset utilisation) fulfill a specific role in an industrial process and once used are recovered, reprocessed or modified and reused elsewhere in the industrial network before the cycle starts again. Circular System Traditional Process • NISP accelerates the transition toward the circular economy
NISP INCREASES Jobs Sales Learning Bottom line Innovation New business Inward investment Knowledge transfer Utilisation of assets What can NISP achieve with you? NISP REDUCES Use of Virgin resources Use of potable water Hazardous waste CO2 emissions Transport Pollution Landfill Costs Risk Connecting industry – creating opportunity
NISP’s 5 Year Achievements (2005 – 2010) • Divertedover 7 million tonnes of waste from landfill • Reducedcarbon dioxide (equivalent) by over 6 million tonnes • Generated£176 million in additional sales • Reducedcosts for industry by over £156 million • Attracted over £131 million in private investment in reprocessing and recycling • Cutthe use of virgin materials by 9.7 million tonnes • Reduced water usage by industry by 9.6 million tonnes • Eliminatedover 363,000 tonnes of hazardous waste
NISP – working across sectors Hospitality, food & drink Manufacturing Construction Transport Mining & Aggregates Waste management & recycling Agriculture & forestry Chemicals Utilities Retail High-tech & electronics Power Finance Academia
BSkyB Biomass + Clearpower • New BSkyB studios planned – Osterley, West London • Required alternative Energy source • NISP Linked BSkyB with Clearpower – able to provide expertise in biomass energy source to power the new building (12,000t/yr). • NISP also helped to source fuel for the biomass burner • Result = 8,000te of CO2 equivalent saved
Mil-Ver Metals &Denso Manufacturing UK Summary: • Hazardous Waste generated from Denso producing air conditioning units was collected and reprocessed by Mil-Ver and used in its manufacturing process • Achievements: • Cost Saving €45,000 • Hazardous waste diverted from landfill: 15 tonnes • Carbon emissions reduced by: 242 tonnes
Bristol Port Initiative • Over 60 companies actively involved • Quarterly meetings to share best practice • Champions Group to lead and guide the Initiative Results to date: • Landfill diversion – 37,417 tonnes • CO2 savings – 10,424 tonnes • Cost savings – £287,475
Agrivert and M&M worked together as a joint venture to process Oxfordshire County Councils food waste Agrivert located their AD plant next to M&M’s Waste Transfer Station and together they won the OCC contract Results: Divert 45,000 tonnes of material from landfill Generate energy for 2,500 homes Energy from Oxford Food Waste
Worktops - Recycled content • Tate Modern, Metronet, • Sykes & Son Ltd, GlassEco • Over 12 months; • Carbon emissions reduced by: 12 tonnes • Waste diverted from landfill: 12 tonnes • Additional sales generated: £20k • Businesses assisted: 4 • Reused within London • Sheet MDF used as exhibition display at Tate Modern • Recovered and re-processed by Sykes & Co Ltd, City of London oldest building contractors. • Transported to GlassEco manufacturing facility. • Re-used as mould formwork and structure for GlassEco worksurface products. • Tube train glass manufacture into of tabletops for TfL
Tata Chemicals (Brunner Mond) – Lafarge • Contaminated soda ash, was being landfilled • Lafarge looking for alternative raw materials for cement feedstock • 2,000 tonnes per annum ash diverted to cement kiln • Saving £70k disposal costs for Tata, aggregates tax for Lafarge Pincroft – Edelchemie • 2 m³/week of ammonia solution previously diluted and sent to drain • Now blended into fertiliser product. • Saves water, CO2 and virgin materials
Current areas of interest • Fertiliser additives & Peat free compost • Recyclatrack • Alternative aggregate additives • Alternative outlets for plastic films • New products • Pyrolysis – oil based fuels
Thank you for listening • For more information visit • www.nisp.org.uk • Rob.bresler@nisp.org.uk • Tel: 0845 094 9501