Advancing the Circular Economy through Industrial Symbiosis Tracy Casavant Program Director tracy@lhsbc.com Timo Makinen National Lead Practitioner timo@lhsbc.com

What is Industrial Symbiosis? Mutually beneficial business collaboration to create circular or shared resource flows Waste-to-input is most common other physical or operations-based resource collaborations e.g., shared lab space, research facilities, utilities, warehousing, etc. O&G hose mftr Insulation waste Teddy bear mftr

Industrial Symbiosis: Advancing the Circular Economy Industrial Symbiosis includes Waste as Resource and Returning By-products, two of five key business models underpinning a circular economy “Circular Advantage Innovative Business Models and Technologies to Create Value in a World without Limits to Growth”, Accenture, 2015

The Evolution of Industrial Symbiosis Serendipity Audits & Studies, Waste Exchanges Facilitated Serendipity / Passive Engagement

Is this the best forum for connecting businesses Is this the best forum for connecting businesses? Can you provide a bit more detail on the elements of and support delivered through the program? For example, workshops (how do they work?  What is the main expected outcome? How do select which businesses to bring together at a workshop) What kinds of support do the practitioners provide outside the workshops (e.g. business case development, regulation/legal advice, links to consultants, etc.)   Is this informed by past successful EIN initiatives? In other words, how did businesses connect to one another in the past, and does this build upon those methods? Workshop Process  NISP uses a facilitated process to bring about industrial symbiosis, engaging businesses from the outset via workshops that are facilitated by locally-based practitioners trained according to international NISP protocol. Based on the NISP model, the workshop agenda would generally be as follows, using a start time of 8:00 AM:   8:00 Networking, Registration, Coffee 8:30 Opening address (standard overview presentation tailored to local context) 9:00 Guest speaker(s) (usually local business champions already practicing industrial symbiosis; government supporters, etc.) 9:20 Detailed workshop instructions 9:30 Coffee break 9:50 Haves, Wants & Synergies Working session facilitated according to international protocol License includes all training materials, handouts, etc. Frequently, local business champions also receive training ahead of the workshop to provide facilitation support at the working tables. 11:30 Networking, lunch. During this time, workshop facilitators (i.e., the local practitioners) review working session outcomes. 12:30 Closing Message: Reinforce key messages and collective value; remind businesses they can opt-out of sharing data in the workshop outcome mini-report; close with key highlights from the working session

NISP Characteristics that Create Success Regional scale Facilitated Experienced practitioners to shepherd implementation All sectors, all sizes Synergie® software The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme: The Pathway To A Low Carbon Sustainable Economy report (available online) presents some additional insights with respect to the NISP model. For example, the report notes that there were 60 practitioners across 13 regions, giving some indication of the scale of the operation. Furthermore, the report notes that in 5 years, 12,500 businesses were engaged, the majority of which were surprisingly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The report also introduces the role and importance of regional Program Advisory Committees comprising mainly business representatives. Lastly, the report underscores the diverse resource streams and business sectors that the program engaged.

EU Waste Framework Directive Amendments 2018 "Waste management in the [EU] should be improved and transformed into sustainable material management … promoting the principles of the circular economy … in a way that preserves resources and closes loops” "In order to promote sustainable use of resources and industrial symbiosis, Member States should take appropriate measures to facilitate the recognition as a by-product of a substance or an object resulting from a production process the primary aim of which is not the production of that substance … the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts in order to establish detailed criteria … prioritising replicable practices of industrial symbiosis.“ Official Journal of the EU L150 Vol 61, 14 June 2018

2 2 6 NISP® CANADA – 18 MONTH PILOT October 2017 – March 2019 Regions BC Lower Mainland AB Greater Edmonton Practitioners Per Region Workshops Per Region

NISP® Canada: Funders and Supporters

NISP® Canada Process http://www.metrovancouver.org/media-room/video-gallery/mv-video/277699619

NISP® Works to Avoid This Discarded pallets, City of Edmonton Waste Management Centre

Before & After with NISP® Canada Spent paper rolls Tidy recycled textiles

RE-PURPOSE YOUR WASTES AS RESOURCES GENERATE NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BE PART OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY METRO EDM OUTCOMES $5.9M econ benefit to businesses 11,000 tonnes CO2e saved 251,000 tonnes waste diverted METRO VAN OUTCOMES $375,000 econ benefit to businesses 19,000 tonnes CO2e saved 2,700 tonnes waste diverted 12 WORKSHOPS 350+ PARTICIPANTS 3,500 IDEAS 1,920 RESOURCES www.nispcanada.ca Industrial Symbiosis connects industries and creates business opportunities. Canada's National Industrial Symbiosis Program builds business-to-business connections that identify opportunities for waste re-purposing and other forms of resource collaboration, thereby creating economic, environmental and social benefits to businesses and surrounding communities.

Material Resources by Category (Item Count) Have Total 400 Want 200 Aggregate Ag & Food Chemicals Glass Metals Plastics Wood

NISP® Canada Worked! Other Lessons No new regulations but businesses saved $ and took eco-action Some attended more than 1 workshop or drove hundreds of km All sectors, all sizes, diverse resources Canadians know each other – global lead in referrals Biggest barrier is ….. Funding, even though $1M investment catalysed millions

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