New Ideas in Resource & Energy Efficiency 22 nd April 2010

Some Challenges

UK Resource Efficiency Challenges By 2010 Industry Own CCA targets Improve Energy Efficiency by 14% Reduce Water usage by 20% Reduce Hazardous Waste by 25% and from April 2010 EA Toolkit (READ) for EPR A1 Permit Holders Part of Pollution Inventory return Will steer EA Focus

Some Answers

Transforming the Tees Valley Process Industry Industry Plan Marketing Tees Valley for future investment Innovation Carbon Capture and Storage Energy efficiency Training Supply Chain Development Feedstocks Teesside Infrastructure for New Investment Improved partnership working

Transforming the Tees Valley Process Industry Industry Plan Marketing Tees Valley for future investment Innovation Carbon Capture and Storage Energy efficiency Training Supply Chain Development Feedstocks Teesside Infrastructure for New Investment Improved partnership working

Tees Valley Energy Projects Is your business located in the Tees Valley? Does energy consumption make up at least 10% of your operating costs? Do you have energy efficiency projects that you would like to implement? Would these projects reduce energy costs, cut carbon emissions or demonstrate novel energy efficiency technologies? If YES to all - Financial support from ONE’s Tees Valley Investment Programme might be available to help you. Contact Ian Findley at

NEPIC & Sustainable Manufacturing Resource Efficiency Clubs – Chemicals Club – 12 companies - 10 surveys » Energy » Raw Materials » Water » Effluents » Wastes » Culture & Behaviours – Identified up to £4m savings – Technical & financial support

10 Group - Key Numbers Total Turnover ~ £340m Total Materials ~ £174m Total Employment ~ £30m Total Energy ~ £34m Total Water ~ £2.3m Total Waste & Effluent disposal ~ £2m Total Packaging ~ £1.2m

11 Regular Process Reviews Four techniques : Mass Balance Waste Auditing Process Improvement Plan Specialist Tools

12 WHY? “The Toddler Technique” Or 5 Whys! Where’s the Waste?

A Worst Practice Guide 2. Worst practice doesn’t just happen A good measure of ignorance is always helpful if you are seeking to attain worst practice status. 1.Worst practice is the synergistic combination of many elements of bad practice 3. To be really bad you need to work at it! Many organisations can recover from the odd element of bad practice.

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