1. Industrial Symbiosis: Contribution to Green Growth
James Woodcock
International Coordinator
International Synergies Limited
Welcome colleagues from around the world …especially travelled so far …occasionally meet at someone else’s conference

2. Contents Who we are The NISP Delivery Model
Verified Programme Achievements
Green Growth
Innovation and knowledge transfer
Energy
Job creation
Success Factors
Potential for Further Impact

3. 1. International Synergies Ltd.
“International Synergies strives to lead the world in innovative industrial ecology solutions for a low carbon, sustainable economy. ”

4. International Synergies Ltd.
Founded in 2005
Offices in Birmingham, Brussels and Belfast
30 direct employees + 20 sub-contract
Working across 5 Continents
ISO14000 and ISO9000 accredited

5. International Synergies Ltd.
Employees with many years of senior industry experience:
Chemicals
Water
Plastics
Bio-fuels
Construction
Oil & Gas
Telecommunications
Automotive
Aerospace
Wind energy
Waste
Consultancy

6. 2. National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP):
Model of delivery

8. 1. Building the IS Network
Recruit new business members
Access a diverse range of resources, sectors, business sizes and locations
Larger the network, the greater the opportunity
Currently 15,000+ industry members and growing

9. 2. Quick Wins Workshop
Facilitating the exchange of information between businesses
Tried and tested, interactive business opportunity model
Can generate 300+ potential synergies from a facilitated ½ day session

10. 3. Resource Mapping

11. 4. SYNERGie Management System
On-line project and data management tool
Information on resource and contact details
New and stored data
Report generating capabilities
Vital support and management tool for UK practitioners

12. 5. Facilitated Synergy: Role of Practitioners
Identify ‘IDEAS’
Make introductions
Facilitate negotiations
Provide technical expertise
Mine the network for answers and opportunity
Use their industry expertise and knowledge

13. 6. Outputs Reports for Facilitated Synergies
Summarising the outcomes of the synergy
Acts as a sign off document for all involved parties
Provides an audit trail for IS activity and intervention
Used for external verification purposes

14. 3. NISP Achievements
(England)

15. NISP delivered Outcomes April 2005 – March 2012
METRICS
Unit
RESULTS
TO DATE
5YEARS Projection with 20% decay
5YEARS Projection with no decay
Landfill diversion T
9,074,493
21,863,907
45,372,465
CO2 reduction
7,869,473
17,555,721
39,347,365
Virgin material savings
11,679,029
33,262,089
58,395,145
Haz waste eliminated
420,739
369,204
2,104,145
Water savings
14,114,161
34,825,914
70,565,805
Cost savings
£205,648,184
£411,546,215
£1,028,240,920
Additional sales
£198,520,840
£351,614,047
£992,604,200
Other metrics
Jobs created
Qty
10,000+ jobs have been directly created and safeguarded
Jobs saved
People trained in IS
6,296
Private investment
£ 316,610,204

16. Demonstrated value for money
Unit Benefit Realised
In Year Spend
Lifetime Spend
€1 new income generated for industry
€0.02
€0.005
€1 saved by UK industry
1 tonne of virgin material saved
€0.48
€0.100
1 tonne of water saved
€0.40
€0.080
1 tonne of CO2 reduced
€0.73
€0.150
1 tonne of waste diverted from landfill
€0.64
€0.130
1 tonne of hazardous waste eliminated
€13.74
€2.740

17. 30 million tonnes CO2-eq reduction
Input savings
Lower embedded energy in processing recycled materials than virgin raw materials
Process savings
Savings in gas, electricity or other fuel use by one of the synergy partners principally through innovation
Fuel substitution
Replacing fossil fuels with other non fossil fuel sources in industrial processes
Transport savings
Reduction in transport directly associated with synergies
Disposal savings
Reduction in biodegradable material sent to landfill
Energy Savings
Production of energy through, for example, anaerobic digestion and utilisation of waste heat 17

18. 4. Prospecting for Value – Driving Innovation

19. Waste hierarchy: Prospecting for Value
Prevention
13%
NISP achieves 90% of its benefits at the top two levels of the waste hierarchy
Reuse
77%
Recycle 5%
Recovery 5%
Disposal 0%
Analysis of 25% of synergies
completed in
% tonnage

20. Technology and Innovation: Eco-Innovation Exemplar
Some potential synergies require innovative solutions
New technologies
New applications for existing technologies
New markets
Immediate application of R&D and technology innovation
Studies find that 70% of all synergies included innovation
50% involved best available practice
20% involved new research and development
EU Environmental Technologies Action Programme (ETAP) Eco-Innovation Exemplar since 2007

21. Prospecting for value requires...
Changing mindset to look for value
Connecting the dots
Materials suppliers
New technologies (micro-entrepreneurs)
New markets

22. OECD Identifies IS as Critical to Growth Agenda
Transformation
OECD has recently declared industrial symbiosis
‘a la NISP’ to be “an excellent example of systemic
innovation vital for future green growth”
Transformation
Pollution Control
Cleaner Production
Eco-efficiency
Lifecycle Management
Closed-loop Production
Industrial Symbiosis
Production Process
Green products
Eco-design
New business models
New modes of provision
Mass application
Product & Service
Organisational Boundary
Incremental Innovation
Systemic Innovation

23. “Long term culture change needs long term business engagement”
IS Transforms Individual Businesses:
e.g. John Pointon & Sons Ltd
Pre – NISP: animal renderer
inputs: carcasses
outputs: landfill
perception: dirty industry
Initial NISP stage: animal by-products diverted from landfill to cement industry
Second stage: improved efficiency of processes
Third stage: move into bio-fuels utilising more by-product
Fourth stage: move to AD and grid connection
Fifth stage: transfer in of innovative technologies
Current situation
inputs: carcasses, organic residues
outputs: energy, minerals
vision: clean energy company
Transformation
“Long term culture change needs long term business engagement”

24. DENSO Flux and Mil-Ver Metals
DENSO Manufacturing in automotive supply chain
37te of Hazardous Material from radiator coating process.
NISP facilitated link to Aluminium secondary smelter
Able to use flux material in manufacturing process
€108k Cost Savings
DENSO manufacturing components for automotive sector.
Flux material waste a by-product of car radiator coating processes.
Costing DENSO £90k a year to dispose of as hazardous waste
NISP able to facilitate links to local aluminium reprocessor – Mil-Ver Metals
Flux able to be used as a substitute raw material in smelting process.
Milver collecting all material after a successful trial was initiated by NISP and solution is zero cost to DENSO
Milver also getting benefit from low cost raw material – WIN / WIN

25. How far have we come?

26. 2004: Industrial Symbiosis as Novelty

27. 2010: Financial Times Managing Climate Change
One company’s waste may turn out to be suitable fuel for another, says
Sarah Murray
“If companies can make use of waste, it will be a big benefit”
Dax Lovegrove

28. 2012: Assessing industrial symbiosis’ contribution to climate change mitigation and energy security

29. 2011: Birmingham Big City Plan
Tyseley Environmental Enterprise District – Framework for Action (May, 2011)
Birmingham’s Priorities for Tyseley:
“Support businesses and organisations to capitalise on low carbon opportunities and maximise industrial symbiosis.”

30. International Working Conference on Industrial Symbiosis 2012
Vision of IWCAIS: To advance the application of IS to global themes where IS has proven ability to deliver:
Climate change & energy security
 Eco-innovation & green growth
 Materials security
 Regional economic development
IWCAIS attendees representing 6 continents
companies, practitioners, policy makers and shapers
producing 3-5 detailed recommendations for using IS to achieve the global theme goals.  

31. Create space for demand-led innovation
How far we have come
Create space for demand-led innovation
Convene stakeholders for collaboration
Hold materials in the economy for longer
Create green growth and materials security
Contribute to reducing budget deficit (EU)
Deliver across 6 continents
For our own programme NISP have a couple of benchmarks to offer … moving from a good idea with no data to verified outcomes over a protracted period of time. My colleague ian will say something more about this tomorrow but has been achieved against a background of severe constraints. Another is the reaction of the press …this is a 2004 article ion a local newspaper ..at the time really happy to get the publicity BUT compare this to an end of 2010 FT special on climate change discussing IS as a serious contender for addressing climate change through fuel substitution etc

32. Success Factors Practitioners Industrial expertise
Long term relationship building & facilitation
Marrying data & expert knowledge
Working with the regulator to ‘enable’ IS activity
Engagement Model
Extensive, diverse network
Business opportunity programme
History of exemplary performance
Demand pull on innovation
Data
Quality NISP data & limited access to regulatory data

33. Potential For Impact
With greater resource, understanding and removal of constraints:
More companies, greater network potential
More outputs, greater resource potential
More innovation, greater pull on new technologies

34. 4. European and Global Impact

35. International outreach

36. International recognition for NISP
EU Waste Framework Directive – best practice
Resource Efficiency Flagship Initiative – one of 3 best practice examples
OECD – innovation exemplar programme 2011
WWF – Highlighted as one of 20 world-leading ‘Green Game-changing Innovations’
DG Environment – Received maximum possible score based on economic and environmental benefits amongst 120 policies from 23 countries (COWI, 2011) 36

37. James Woodcock
International Coordinator
International Synergies Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)