It’s Not Waste…

10th November 2008 : Nigel Holmes

• What is Industrial Symbiosis• Establishing networks• IS in Practice : Outputs • Team Profile • Priorities for 2008-10• Sectors & Materials• ‘Difficult’ Materials• Delivery Partners• Zero Waste - Opportunity

Presentation Overview

Alistair at work…

What is NISP?

• National programme: launched in July 2005

• FREE resource efficiency support

• NISP Scotland funded by Scottish Government

• Creating sustainable procurement and consumption patterns that reduce dependency on virgin resources

• Use IS to reduce costs and additional business

• Waste or spare resource becomes a saleable by-product or resource input for another company

‘Cradle to Grave’

Traditional linear supply chain

‘Wastes’ end up in landfill

Symbiosis Networks

Build networks, find Synergies

Between company support

Identify Synergy Opportunities

What resources are being underused? Need to know :• Location • Quantities• Specifications, EWC classification• Timing (project, batch, or continuous)• Restrictions (commercial, regulatory, technical, etc)

Information gathered to identify synergy opportunities :• From direct contact, visits, or referrals• From ‘Synergy Workshops’ and other NISP events

Distillery Resources

WASTE HEAT

SPENT GRAIN

Whisky Distillery

TRANSPORT

GREY WATER

OAK BARRELS

CARBON DIOXIDE

POT ALE

Industrial Symbiosis Examples

Transfer heat to neighbouring site for space heating

agriculture or aquaculture

Whisky Distillery

Sell for animal feed

Extract Proteins

Fuel Source Transfer to neighbouring site

Pot ale processing

Use for making garden furniture

Use to smoke fish

Fuel source

Backhaul opportunity

Warehouse location

IS in Practice : Scotland Outputs

Highlights from 2007-08

• landfill diversion 46,265 tonnes

• CO2 reduction 28,279 tonnes

• Cost savings £558,775

• Additional sales £674,974

(2007-08 Landfill diversion target was 35,000 te)

8,750 te Tarmac planings from Edinburgh Tram project

Example Synergies

• 8,750 te road planings from TIE tram project

• 6,000 te paper mill sludge to IVC

• 9,000 te fibre sludge to composting

• 6,000 te canal dredgings to composting

• 550 te zoo dung to compost and back as topsoil

• 2500 te tyre fibre to arena surfacing

• 2000 te off-spec soda ash to cement works

• 24 te bananas for composting

Overall Priorities for 2008-10

• Not just highnn tonnage materials

• Increased focus on ‘difficult’ materials

• Priority sectors for NISP Scotland 2008-10

– Food/Drink : Whisky & Fish

– Oil, Gas, & Chemicals

– Construction & Infrastructure Projects

• Sectors reflect Scotland key industries

• Avoid overlap, building links with Envirowise & WRAP

Priority Industry

Specific Priorities 2008-10

Specific Scotland priorities set by Scottish Government :

• Commercial food wastes

• Fish wastes

• Decommissioned Oil Rigs

• Drilling Muds

• Waste Oils and Solvents

• Industrial Plastics

• Large Scale construction Projects

Brent Spar

Fish Wastes

Drilling Muds

Current Projects

• Food & Drink– Work with SFDF on member support for Zero Waste– Whisky sector new build projects

• Oil, Gas & Chemicals– Outlets for remediated drilling muds– Plastics Refinery project– Biofuels synergies, EfW

• Construction– M74 alternative materials– FRC scope for recyclate content– Material logistics opportunities

Priority Sectors : Materials

Sector Established Emerging Difficult

Food, Whisky, & Fish

Sugary wastes Spent grain Pot ale Fish wastes

AD feedstocks AD digestate Plastics

Blood, bones Fish mortalities Crab waste Shellfish waste Packaged food

waste

Construction & Infrastructure Projects

Aggregates Clean wood

Soils, Peat Sub-soils Bottle Plastics Plasterboard

Contaminated soil Dirty wood Dirty plastics Asbestos

Oil, Gas & Chemicals

Off-spec plastic (single stream)

Waste Oil

Waste solvents ETP sludge Lime residue Spent carbon

Drill cuttings Shot-blast grit Rig deconstruction Oily sludges

Opportunity : Zero Waste

• Increasing number of companies adopting ‘Zero Waste’ as corporate policy including Wisemans, FMC, Diageo, Michelin.

• Zero Waste = nothing to landfill

• Larger companies are creating demand for a ‘Zero Waste’ solution. Some waste management companies responding…

• Opportunity to promote alternative technologies such as AD, IVC, MBT

• NISP Scotland is assisting our member companies to deliver their ‘Zero Waste’ targets.

No more landfill?

Summary

• Industrial Symbiosis theory & practice

• Commercial & Environmental Benefits

• Priorities for 2008-10 : – sectors & materials reflect Scotland drivers– use innovation to tackle ‘difficult’ materials – early engagement with major projects– collaboration with delivery partners

• Thanks for listening - Any Questions?

Salmon food from spent grain