Catia Bastioli presented this powerpoint presentation at the Climate innovation Summit in Milan, 2017. Catia Bastioli is a chemist, a researcher and an entrepreneur. CEO of Novamont Spa, she has been developing and field-studying the model of biorefineries integrated in the local areas, conceiving Bioeconomy as a cultural and economic system based on territorial regeneration..

1. 1
CATIA BASTIOLI
MILAN
30.10.2017
A CIRCULAR APPROACH TO
BIOECONOMY

2. 2RISING CO2 CONCENTRATION

3. 3BIOWASTE AS AN ECONOMIC GROWTH DRIVER
ECN (EUROPEAN COMPOST NETWORK) FACTSHEET
BIOWASTE IN EUROPE

4. 4CARBON STOCK IN SOIL IN THE PLANET TOPSOIL
SOILORGANIC MATTER (SOM ) PIVOTALTO MANY SDGS (LAND, WATER, HEALTHY SOILS, CLIMATEAND GLOBAL WARMING)
«THE 4 PER MILLE SOILS FOR FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE» INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED AT THE COP21 WITH AN
ASPIRATION TO INCREASE GLOBAL SOIL ORGANIC MATTER STOCKS BY «4 PER 1000» (OR 4‰ ) PER YEAR
AS A COMPENSATION FOR THE GLOBAL EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES BY ANTROPHOGENIC SOURCES

5. 5GLOBAL FLOWS OF PLASTIC PACKAGING MATERIALS
ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION 2016 (2013 DATA)

6. 6BIOECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Source: Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation

7. 7
THROUGH THE VALORISATION
OF MARGINAL LAND AND NOT
IN COMPETITION WITH FOOD
PRODUCTION
INTEGRATED IN THE LOCAL
AREAS AND CONNECTED
WITH THE BIOECONOMY
INFRASTRUCTURES
TRANSFORMING WORLD-FIRST
TECHNOLOGIES INTO
FLAGSHIPS
BIOREFINERIES INTENDED AS
BIOECONOMY
INFRASTRUCTURES,
INTERCONNECTED AMONG
THEM AND CONNECTED WITH
THE LOCAL AREAS
DESIGNED TO TACKLE REAL
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
ELEMENTS OF A SYSTEM
WHICH PROVIDE CONCRETE
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
GOING FAR BEYOND THE
PRODUCT ITSELF
THE PILLARS OF NOVAMONT’S STRATEGY AIMED AT RECONNECTING ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
NOVAMONT: BIOECONOMY AS TERRITORIAL REGENERATION
REGENERATION
OF DEINDUSTRIALISED
SITES
LOW-IMPACT AND DEDICATED
AGRICULTURAL
VALUE CHAINS
PRODUCTS CONCEIVED AS
SOLUTIONS

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8
OUR ROOTS (1989)

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ALIVING CHEMISTRYFOR QUALITYOF LIFETHROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF CHEMISTRY,AGRICOLTUREAND THE ENVIRONMENT
OUR ROOTS (1989)
MATERIALS COBUILDERS FOR CLEANING
BIOFUELS
CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
FROM HYDROCRACKING
PULP ADDITIVES
FERTEC
(FERRUZZI RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGIES)
R&D PROJECTS
NOVAMONT
INVENTION OF MATER-BI, THE
FAMILY OF BIODEGRADABLE AND
COMPOSTABLE BIOPLASTICS
FOR REDRAWING RELEVANT
APPLICATION SECTORS
ERIDANIA-BEGHIN SAY
AGRICULTURALRAW MATERIALS
MONTECATINI
CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES

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10
TURNING A PROBLEM INTO AN OPPORTUNITY
SOIL C STOCKS OF THE WORLD’S TOPSOIL (0-0.3 m) IN
TONNE C PER HECTARE (source: Budiman Minasny et al.,
“Soil carbon 4 per mille”, Geoderma, Volume 292, 15 April
2017, Pages 59–86)
ORGANIC WASTE
IN LANDFILL
COMPOST AS DRIVER FOR SOILS
FERTILITY
DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC
WASTE SEPARATE COLLECTION
SYSTEMS THROUGH BIOPLASTICS

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SPECIALISED
SEEDS
DA RIVEDERE
GRAFICA
DEDICATED
CROPSAND
BIOMASS
TREATMENT
SEEDS
CRUSHING
CHEMICAL
PROCESSES
- 2011 -
POLYESTERS
FROM RRM
- 1997 -
COMPLEXED
STARCH
- 1989 -
BIOTECH
PROCESSES
- 2016 -
BIO-BDO
AZELAICACID
PELARGONICACID
OTHER CHEMICAL
INTERMEDIATES
3RD GENERATION
MATER-BI
C14 > 50%
2ND GENERATION
MATER-BI
C14 > 40%
1ST GENERATION
MATER-BI
C14 > 25%
4TH GENERATION
MATER-BI
C14 > 70%
NOVAMONT’S PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES
UPSTREAM INTEGRATION 1989-2017: INTEGRATED VALUE CHAIN OF MATER-BI BIOPLASTICS AND CHEMICALS

12. 12
MATRÌCA
50:50 JV
NOVAMONT-VERSALIS
FLAGHIP FOR AZELAIC AND
PELARGONIC ACIDS, THEIR
ESTERS, PLASTICISERS,
BIOHERBICIDES, BASIS FOR
BIOLUBRICANTS
INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL
VALUE CHAIN UNDER
DEVELOPMENT
Porto Torres (SS) - Sardegna
NOVAMONT’S BIOECONOMY INFRASTRUCTURES
MATER-BIOTECH
(100% NOVAMONT)
FLAGSHIP FOR 1,4 BDO
PRODUCTION
THROUGH
FERMENTATION
PROCESSES
Adria (RO) - Veneto
MATER-BI PRODUCTION
AND R&D ON ON INTERMEDIATES
FROM RRM
Terni - Umbria
BIOTECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH CENTRE
Piana di Monte Verna
(CE) -Campania
MATER-BIOPOLYMER
(100%NOVAMONT)
PRODUCTION
OFPOLYESTERSFROM
VEGETABLEOILS
Patrica (FR) - Lazio
HEADQUARTER
AND
RESEARCH
CENTRE
Novara - Piemonte
NOVAMONT’S NETWORK FOR THE BIOPLASTICS AND BIOCHEMICALS VALUE CHAIN
EXPERIMENTALFIELDS
PRODUCTION SITES
HEADQUARTER
R&DCENTRES
NOVAMONT’SSITES
SUBSIDIARYCOMPANIES
JVNOVAMONT/VERSALIS
Pioneer and world leader in the
development of bioplastics and
bioproducts
Turnover (2016): 149M€
> 410 people
3 R&D centers
20% of people in R&D activities
>7% of turnover in R&D activities
About 1.000 patent cases filed
4 production sites
4 new technologies up and
running
FROM A RESEARCH CENTER
IN 1996 UP TO….

13. 13NEW PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE
THE TANGIBLE RESULTS OF NOVAMONT’S BIOECONOMY INFRASTRUCTURES NOW UP AND RUNNING
AZELAIC
ACID
C5-C9
ACIDS
POLYMERIC
PLASTICISERS BIO-BDOCARDOON OIL PROTEINS FOR
ANIMAL FEED
ACTIVE
MOLECULES
PELARGONIC
ACID
MATER-BIOTECH
Regeneration of an abandoned
industrial site in North-East Italy,
after the shut-down of the
fermentation plant in 2006
World-first dedicated industrial
production of 1.4 BDO directly from
sugars
Investment > 100 million €
Productive capacity: 30.000 ton/y
75 people + 150 in satellite
activities (180-200 since 2017)
300 people, 100 companies working
on the conversion of the plant
(2014-2016)
BIODEGRADABLE
BIOPLASTICS

14. 14BUILDING AN INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL VALUE-CHAIN
THROUGH THE COOPERATION WITH FARMERS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS
AGREEMENTBETWEEN NOVAMONTAND COLDIRETTI
(THE LARGESTAGRICULTURALORGANISATION IN
EUROPE) FOR THE DEVELOPMENTOF INNOVATIVE
AGROINUSTRIALVALUE CHAINS FOR BIOPLASTICSAND
BIOPRODUCTS
2015OUTPUT FOR THE BIOPLASTICS
AND BIOCHEMICALS VALUE
CHAIN
OIL
ACTIVE
MOLECULES
PROTEINS FOR
ANIMAL FEED
STEAM,
DIATHERMIC
OIL
OTHER
CHEMICALS
OTHER
CHEMICALS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FARMERS, SHEPHERDS AND
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Valorisation of marginal rural
areas (i.e. cardoon trinaseed,
ad hoc machinery, agronomic
protocols and agronomic
support)
Reduction of environmental
impact for soil, water and air
though the use of:
biodegradable mulch films
pelargonic acid for weed
control
biolubricants
Availability of local production of
proteins for animal feed
Energy efficiency and
independency
On-field innovation approaches

15. 15
INTEGRATEDAGRICULTURALVALUECHAIN
(LOWIMPACTOLEAGINOUSCROPS)
NEW PRODUCTS FOR THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AND RELATED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ALL ALONG THE VALUE CHAIN
OIL
ACTIVE MOLECULES
CAKE
ENERGETIC VALORIZATION
OTHER CHEMICALS
2ND GENERATION SUGARS
OTHER CHEMICALS
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR BIOPLASTICS
BASES FOR BIOLUBRICANTS
COSMETICS INGREDIENTS
BIOHERBICIDES
PLASTICIZERS
NUTRACEUTICS PRODUCTS
ANIMAL FEED
ENERGY FOR FARMERS
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR BIOPLASTICS
SEEDS
LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS
ROOTS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR R&D CENTRES START-UPS AND SMES SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES
FRACTIONS OUTPUTS MAIN MARKETS

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THE PIONEERING ACTIVITIES ON
BIODEGRADABLE SHOPPING AND WASTE BAGS
AND THEIR VALUE-CHAIN IN ITALY
ARE BECOMING A POWERFUL DEMONSTRATIVE CASE
OF RELEVANT DIMENSIONS
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL GROWTH
REDESIGNINGENTIREAPPLICATIONSECTORS
AFFECTINGTHE WAYRAWMATERIALSAREPRODUCEDTHROUGHINTEGRATIONOFENTIREAGRO-INDUSTRIALCHAINS
MODIFYINGUSEAND DISPOSALOF PRODUCTS
EXTENDINGTHEEXPERIMENTALACTIVITYOFRESEARCHLABSTOLOCAL AREAS
DEFININGRELIABLESTANDARDS
THE CASE STUDY OF NOVAMONT’S BIODEGRADABLE BIOPLASTICS

17. 17ORGANIC WASTE SEPARATELY COLLECTED IN ITALY 2016
CIC (Italian Composting Association ) DATA 2016 AND THE CASE STUDY OF MILAN
45
31 39 30
18
30
56
96
0
20
40
60
80
100
Vienna Munich London Hamburg Berlin Milan
2012 (door-to-door biowaste collection) Milano 2013 Milano 2014
KG/INHAB*Y
FOOD WASTE COLLECTIONS:
100 KG/INHAB*Y
OVERALL SOURCE SEPARATION RATE: 54%
NR. 1 IN EUROPE
2006: 2.6 MIO TONS – ORGANIC&GREEN WASTE
2015: 5.7 MIO TONS – ORGANIC&GREEN WASTE
6 MIO TONS (FOOD AND GARDEN WASTE)
100 KG/INHAB./Y NATIONAL AVERAGE
4,8% IMPURITIES
261 COMPOSTING PLANTS
47 ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PLANTS
550 MW BIOGAS = 3,5 MIO TONS CO2eq
1,761 MIO TONS COMPOST
280.000 TONS ORGANIC C PER YEAR BACK TO SOIL
1.700 MIO € AND 9.000 GREEN JOBS

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COMPOST FOR
AGRICULTURAL USE
SEPARATE WASTE
COLLECTION
RECYCLED PLASTIC
PRODUCTS
RECOVERY
RECYCLING
BIODEGRADABLE
COMPOSTABLE
DURABLE
RECYCLABLE
PLASTIC
BIOPLASTIC
COREPLA*CAMPAIGNFORAPROPERANDINTEGRATEDMANAGEMENTOFPLASTICSANDBIOPLASTICS
80% OF MARINE LITTER COMES FROM LAND-BASED SOURCESCIRCULARECONOMYPRINCIPLES
*NationalConsortiumfortheCollectionandRecyclingofPlasticpackages

19. 19ITALY TOWARDS ZERO ORGANIC WASTE IN LANDFILL
A 5-YEAR PROGRAMME FOR ITALY TO ACHIEVE LEVELS OF EXCELLENCE AND ZERO ORGANIC WASTE IN LANDFILL
Document already undersigned by:

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-900000 -800000 -700000 -600000 -500000 -400000 -300000 -200000 -100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000
Raw material production
B&C carrier bag production
B&C carrier bag distribution
B&C carrier bags RE-USE
Organic waste collection
End of life
Compost use
Total
t/y CO2 eq.
Lifecyclephases
Monomers Others raw material Origo-Bi (polyester) production Mater-Bi production
Biogenic CO2 uptake By-products recovery Electricity Trasports
B&C bin liners for organic waste collection Composting Biogenic CO2 (Mater-Bi) Fossil CO2 (Mater-Bi)
C-sink (compost used in agriculture) Chemical fertilizer replacement
-5.082.000 t/y
-4.870.839 t/y
ZERO ORGANIC WASTEINLANDFILL: ANEFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION TODECARBONISATION…
GHGEMISSIONBALANCEINCASEOFZEROORGANICWASTEINLANDFILLINITALYWITH100KT/YOFMATER-BIIVBAGS

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GHG EMISSION BALANCE FOR 320 KT/Y OF B&C CARRIER BAGS AND 39 Mt OF ORGANIC WASTE (ONLY FOOD WASTE)
+39 million tonnes of organic
waste (only food waste*) per year
320.000 t/y biodegradable bags
Project objective: «zero organic
waste»
- 46.093.508,68 ton/y
*eestimation based on CIC annual report (2015) where food waste
represents about 65%** of organic waste collected in Italy
ZERO ORGANIC WASTEINLANDFILL: ANEFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTION TODECARBONISATION…

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1.000 tons
of bioplastics = creation
of
60 new jobs
which means 100.000
potential jobs in the
European Union
AGRICULTURE
& RELATED ACTIVITIES25%
PRODUCTION OF BUILDING
BLOCKS FOR THE INDUSTRY20%
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND
INNOVATION
5%
COMPOSTING AND
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
PLANTS
35%
BIOPLASTICS TRANSFORMATION
INDUSTRY 15%
…AND TO JOBS CREATION ALONG THE VALUE CHAIN

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READY FOR EXPLOITATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES OF BIOECONOMY, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, DECARBONIZATION
PROGRAMS IN EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS, USA, CANADA AND SOUTH AMERICA
NOVAMONT’S INTEGRATED VALUE CHAIN
A REFERENCE CASE FOR THE BIOECONOMY STRATEGY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN ITALY AND EUROPE
• EU Inventor of the Year 2007 for the
invention of bioplastics and their industrial
development
• Winner of the First EU flaship project
launched by Horizon 2020 EU Innovation
Program
• Member of first and second Bioeconomy
Panel of the European Commission
• Member of the High Level Group
of Commissioner Moedas for the
Decarbonization of the EU
• Cofounder and President of the Italian Green
Chemistry Cluster. The Cluster is official
member of the interministerial table which
produced the Italian Bioeconomy Strategy
• Novamont investment plan is part of the Junker
Program and validated by the European Bank
of Investment
Novamont has been among the 3 companies
selected by Italy to represent the Italian
Industry in the 2017 G7 Environment
meeting. Novamont has also been the
coordinator of the G7 Industry side event.

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There is a much more at stake than industry and agriculture
in this reconnection: there is the antidote against
the increasing poverty that fuels populisms jeopardizing
our democracies. The social fabric is not something separate
from the industrial world: industry, agriculture
and the environment, academy and school institutions,
the world of consumption and labor must work together
for a common project of development where virtuous
cooperation – at a time so highly critical on many fronts –
could take the place of sterile position battles.
A CIRCULAR APPROACH TO BIOECONOMY
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECARBONISE THE ECONOMY AND RECONNECT IT WITH SOCIETY

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