industrial ecology and industrial symbiosis

1. PRESENTATION BY
TAURAI MPASO
R113641T
TURNING INDUSTRIAL AREA INTO AN ECO –
INDUSTRIAL PARK IN ZIMBABWE: CASE STUDY
TITLE

2. WHAT ARE ECO INDUSTRIAL PARKS??
• A COMMUNITY OF MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE FIRMS LOCATED TOGETHER IN A
COMMON PROPERTY. MEMBER BUSINESSES SEEK ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL,
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH COLLABORATION IN MANAGING
ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ISSUES.
• BY WORKING TOGETHER, THE COMMUNITY OF BUSINESSES SEEKS A COLLECTIVE
BENEFIT THAT IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS EACH COMPANY
WOULD REALIZE BY ONLY OPTIMIZING ITS INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Lowe(1997)

3. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM

4. POLLUTION
River
discharg
e
Massive
emission
s
Land
fills

5. EXPENSIVE PRODUCTION COSTS
Unsustainable
processes
price
s
price
s
Sustainable
processes
PRODUCT A
Cost of
production
convectional
methods
Cost of
production
IEP
=
$100
= $60

6. EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

7. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

8. ECO INDUSTRIAL PARKS
EIP’S OPERATE BASED ON THE CONCEPTS OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY,
COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES NOT ONLY INCLUDE BY-PRODUCT
SYNERGY (“WASTE-TO-FEED” EXCHANGES), BUT CAN ALSO TAKE THE
FORM OF:
• WASTEWATER CASCADING
• SHARED LOGISTICS AND RECEIVING FACILITIES
• GREEN TECHNOLOGY PURCHASING BLOCKS
• MULTI-PARTNER GREEN BUILDING RETROFIT
• DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEMS
• LOCAL EDUCATION & RESOURCE CENTRES.

9. HOW THEY OPERATE
• INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY WAS POPULARISED IN 1989 IN AN ARTICLE BY ROBERT
NICHOLAS SALAPOUS – WHERE HE SUGGESTED THAT OUR INDUSTRIAL
ECOSYSTEM BEHAVES LIKE A NATURAL ECO-SYSTEM I.E. THEY ARE SYMBIOTIC
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDUSTRIES.

12. BENEFITS

13. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
• THERE IS DECREASED PRODUCTION COSTS
• EXTRA CASH COMES IN - WASTE AND BY PRODUCT
SELLING
• DECREASED WASTE MANAGEMENT
• DECREASES COSTS OF COMPLIANCE
• DECREASES COST OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - AS
THESE COSTS WOULD BE SHARED WITH OTHER
COMPANIES.

14. ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
• DECREASE DEMAND ON NATURAL RESOURCES
• DECREASED WASTE IN FORMS OF SOLID WASTE, AIR
EMISSIONS, WASTEWATER

15. SOCIAL BENEFITS
Job Creation
Reduced Traffic
Noise and Pollution
Reduced odors
Visual mitigation less waste disposed to landfills

16. AIM
• ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL
SETUP AND PRACTICES TO DEVELOP
FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION, IMPROVED
MATERIAL EFFICIENCY, BETTER WASTE
MANAGEMENT AND INCREASED ECO
EFFICIENCY.

17. OBJECTIVES
• TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE TRACES OF NATURALLY
OCCURRING SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
• TO IDENTIFY COMMON INPUTS REQUIRED AND BY
PRODUCTS AND WASTES PRODUCED
• TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE POSSIBLE COMMON PATTERNS
ON WHICH THE PRINCIPLE OF MATERIAL EXCHANGE CAN
BE IMPLEMENTED

18. JUSTIFICATION
• FROM THE DATA COLLECTED AND ANALYSED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
PRODUCED WHICH CAN RESULT IN A QUANTIFIABLE COST SAVINGS AND
REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
• ZIMBABWE PRODUCES MILLIONS TONS OF WASTE PER ANNUM, MOSTLY
BEING INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM THE PROCESSING OF NATURAL
RESOURCES INTO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THIS
WASTE IS EITHER DISCHARGED INTO WATER BODIES (E.G. RIVERS) OR
DUMPED IN LANDFILLS. MUNICIPALITIES AND INDUSTRY ARE THUS IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION, CHALLENGING THEM TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WASTE
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. ECO INDUSTRIAL PARKS CAN BE COMPETITIVE
SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGE.
• A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT RESULTS IN IMPROVED
COMPETITIVENESS, ATTRACTIVENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGE,
MATERIAL EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND COLLABORATION
AMONG FIRMS.

19. METHODOLOGY
LITERATURE REVIEW
• LIBRARY RESEARCH
• INTERNET BROWSING
• CONSULTING SUPERVISOR
• DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY FIELD
SELECTING INDUSTRIAL SITE FOR CASE STUDY
DATA COLLECTION AND RECORDING
• INTERVIEWS
• QUESTIONNAIRES
• OBSERVATIONS
DATA ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

20. PROJECT SCHEDULE
ACTIVITY Dec
2013
Jan
2013
Feb
2014
Mar
2014
Apr
2014
May
2014
Literature review
Selecting site
Data collection
Analysing the data
Conclusion and final presentation

21. THANK YOU