The presentation of CEO Peter Laybourn (International Synergies Ltd.) in the Sitra's event Industrial Change in Europe.

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Connecting industry, creating opportunity
through the sustainable
use of natural resources
Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited
10th October 2013

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Industrial Symbiosis – Move to a Circular Economy
Linear System
Products
Natural
Resources
Waste
Transition towards
Circular System
Natural Resources
Products
Products
Waste
A
Resource
Natural Resources

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Elements of Industrial Symbiosis
• Network of diverse organisations
• Fostering eco-innovation and long-term culture change
• Yielding profitable transactions in:
- Novel sourcing of inputs
- Value added destinations for non-product outputs
- Improved business and technical processes
Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012, Journal of Industrial Ecology 16(1):28-37

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• World’s first national programme (since 2005)
• 15,000 businesses, all sizes and sectors
• Regional practitioner (delivery) teams,
nationally co-ordinated
• Business-led Advisory Groups
• Benefits:
₋ Reduced costs, increased revenues, reduced waste
to landfill
₋ Job safeguarding and creation
₋ Reduced virgin material, water use, CO2 emissions
• Benefits of national model are substantial
International Synergies’ NISP
(National Industrial Symbiosis Programme)

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NISP has engaged 15,000+ organisations
•All resources
• SMEs represent 90% of membership
CORPORATES SMEs MICROS
• Anglian Water Services Ltd
• BAE Systems
• Balfour Beatty
• Bombardier
• Denso Manufacturing Ltd
• Diageo
• Foster Yeoman
• HSBC
• Jaguar Land Rover
• Johnson Matthey
• Michelin
• Peel Group
• RICOH UK Products Ltd
• SITA
• TATA
• Toyota
• UK Coal Plc
• Veolia
• Alutrade
• Arden Wood Shavings
• Befesa Salt Slags
• Bio Waste Solutions
• BIP Oldbury
• Coldwater Seaford Ltd
• County Mulch
• Delkia Bio-energy
• Farrow & Ball
• Firth Rixson Castings
• G&P Batteries
• Giffords
• Glendale Grounds
Maintenance
• GPD Developments
• Green Tech Ltd
• Guala Closures Ltd
• H Sivyer
• Howarth Timber
Engineering
• Jack Moody Holdings
• JBR Recovery
• John Pointon & Sons
Ltd
• Kingpin
• LC Energy
• Lower Reule Bio Energy
• McGrath Barr
• MJ Allen
• Montracon
• New Earth Solutions
• Ramfoam Ltd
• Recycled UK
• Renewable Energy
Growers
• Teknor Apex
• Westland Horticulture
• Works infrastructure
Ltd
• Advantage Waste Solution
• Akristos
• Analytichem
• Angelheart Inc
• Arrow Environmental
• Blendcheck Ltd
• Clarkson Enterprises
• Dinano
• Ecoideam
• Enviro (Grimsby)
• Facility Water
Management
• John Carson Innovations
• Kito Engineering Solutions
• Manufacturing Production
Solutions
• Ross Miller Farm
• TVLI
• Waste Check Ltd
• Whitby Recycling Services
KEY POINTS
• All sizes - Multi-nationals, SMEs, Micros, Entrepreneurs
• All sectors

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Workshops

7. Opportunity Mapping

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Thousands of Case Studies

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NISP (England) Delivered Outcomes:
Economic, Environmental, Social
METRICS In Year Benefits* Lifetime Impact (Max 5 year)
Landfill diversion 9 million tonnes 45 million tonnes
CO2 reduction 8 million tonnes 39 million tonnes
Virgin material savings 12 million tonnes 58 million tonnes
Hazardous waste
eliminated
0.4 million tonnes 2 million tonnes
Water savings 14 million tonnes 71 million tonnes
Cost savings €243 million €1.21 billion
Additional sales €234 million €1.71 billion
Jobs 10,000+
Private investment €374 million
€40 million investment 2005-2012
*all outputs independently verified
Rate Euro £1 = €1.18

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Unit Benefit Realised
In Year
Spend
Lifetime
Spend
€1 new income generated for industry €0.02 €0.005
€1 saved by UK industry €0.02 €0.005
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
Excellent Return on Investment
April 2005 - March 2012
Rate Euro £1 = €1.18

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Lessons Learned – NISP could have been better!
• Economics and dynamics not fully understood by UK Government
(big return on investment of between 6:1 and 9:1 to Government
in additional direct tax revenues) + all the other benefits
• No diminishing returns! In fact the opposite
• Limited by contract on sectors, materials, municipalities
constrained success (antithesis of industrial symbiosis)!
• Not engaging Government departments was a missed opportunity
(exception Prison Service)

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• Loss of key partners harmed programme
˗ Innovation Managers (reduced investment)
˗ Regional Development Agencies (abolished by UK Government)
˗ Environment Agency (re-focused priorities)
• Government support was weak (no promotion)
• Classifying as “waste” constrains success (limited to environment)
• Industrial symbiosis addresses market failure of information
Lessons Learned – continued...

13. En ollut ajatellut, että muitakin
kuin pääraaka-aine ja
päätuotteita voisi symbioosilla
löytyä
- Pekko Kohonen
Recoil Oy
Ota yhteyttä!
Susanna Perko 0294 618 250 susanna.perko@sitra.fi
Paula Eskola 040 555 29 61 paula.eskola@motiva.fi
Uutta liiketoimintaa teollisista
symbiooseista -työpaja
Korjaamo, Helsinki
12.4.2012
Tiistaina 11.3. järjestettiin Pohjoismaiden ensimmäinen teollisia symbiooseja edistävä
NISP-työpaja Korjaamolla. Aamupäivän aikana potentiaalisia synergioita, resurssien
tarjoajien ja hyödyntäjien kohtaamisia, löytyi todella hyvin, jopa yli odotusten. Neljän
pöydän ääreen kokoontuneet yritysten edustajat tunnistivat kaikkiaan 165 resurssia ja
mahdollisia synergioita jo 119.
Osa osallistujista keskittyi ideomaan, miten tällaista toimintamallia kannatta kehittää
Suomessa ja miten eri toimijat osallistuisivat tähän. Todettiin että eri puolilla Suomea on
paljon osaamista ja hankkeita juuri resurssien tehokkaamman hyödyntämisen
mahdollistamiseen.
Tästä on hyvä lähteä kehittämään uusia symbiooseja Suomessa!
Osallistujat
Turun amk Gaia Group Oy Ajon Apu Oy
Indufor Oy SYKE Fortum Oy Mikkelin amk
Aalto-yliopisto St1 Biofuels Oy Metsä Group
Uusioaines Oy Kouvola Innovation Oy PBI
UPM Kierrätysverkko Oy Spinverse Consulting
Oy Kemira Oyj L&T Recoil Oy Ekokem Oy Ab
Muotoilutoimisto Kaisa K SITA Suomi Oy
Tikkurila Oyj Lassila & Tikanoja Oyj
Forchem Oy Oy Sinebrychoff Ab Risain Oy
HSY CEE-Centre for Environment and Energy
Digipolis Oy EcoChange Oy Ferroplan Oy
Neste Oil Corporation Ahlstrom Oyj
Ympäristöyritysten liitto ry Tekes FSKK Oy
Miten symbioosien verkosto kehittyy seuraavaksi?
• Seuraava työpaja 11.4 Jyväskylässä
• Resurssitiedot viedään yhteiseen tietokantaan.
• Tietokantaa täydennetään eri tavoin
• Tietokannan avulla tunnistetaan uusia synergioita ja niiden
toteutumista vauhditetaan
Mitä työpajan jälkeen?
• Sinulle lähetetään yritys/ organisaatiokohtainen synergiaraportti
• Käynnistä keskustelut mahdollisten yhteistyökumppaneiden kanssa
edistääksesi mahdollisia synergioitasi. Tähän voit saada apua työpajan
järjestäjiltä
• Olemme käytettävissäsi, ole aktiivinen, pyydä apua, haluamme seurata
synergioiden edistymistä.
Mentiin hyvin kokreettisiin
asioihin. Niiden pohjalta oli
helppoa muodostaa näkemys mitä
on tarjolla ja haussa
- Maarit Leppänen
SITA Finland Oy

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Example of Synergies Found in Jyväskylä Workshop
Biorefinery, BioGTS
Biogas and biodiesel production, building will start 2013
• Raw materials, grease containing materials from industry and
services (e.g. restaurants)
• Survey of raw material potential and logistics ongoing
Food prouction industry
• Grease containing wastes
from meet refining
• Dairy grease containing
wastes
• Fish guts
RAW MATERIALS LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY
Logistics and transport
• Transport services
• Use of biodiesel in
vehicles
Energy production
• Interest in technology
(biofuels using motors)

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Innovation is key to Industrial Symbiosis
“Innovation occurs at the intersection of expertise,
diversity and opportunity driven by making novel
connections”

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Eco-innovation in Products
Key Stage for School Dinners
• Challenge: food waste going to landfill
• Solution: “Grott Box”, waterproof
cardboard box with wax layer and snug lid,
entirely biodegradable, used to collect
food waste from schools
• 20,000 primary and 4,000 Secondary
Schools = potentially 50-75,000 tonnes per
year of food waste from these sources
alone

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Eco-innovation in Process
Recovering Precious Metals from X-Ray films
• Challenge: Change to X-ray films made existing
process ineffective
• Solution: Engage with University innovation
providers to change to process
• Parties involved: Betts Envirometal, University of
Birmingham and International Synergies IS network
• CO2-eq reduction (24 kt)
• Eco-Innovation and Green Growth
• Materials security
• Regional Economic Development (11 jobs)

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Eco-innovation in Business Models
From Dirty Industry to Clean
Energy Company
• Animal renderer
• Initial NISP engagement: by-products diverted from
landfill to cement industry
• Second stage: improve efficiency of processes
• Third stage: move into bio-fuels
• Fourth stage: anaerobic digestion and grid connection
• Result: new vision as energy company (same inputs!)

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Meat and bone meal to pet
food and cement
Bio-fuels
Produce electricity
Community support for
new site
INPUTS Process Changes OUTPUTS
Eco-innovation in Business Models
Waste food in
packaging
Fallen animals

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Before: 42 x 400w (single fitting) After: 42 x 120w (single fitting)
Toyota Cascades Best Practice through NISP
• Toyota adopts energy efficient LED lighting across its facility
- 16% reduction in electricity last year
• Best practice disseminated at NISP event hosted by Toyota to:
- 40 UK companies including Tesco, Next, Royal Mail and many SMEs
- Other companies now installing LED lighting

21. Industrial Symbiosis Opportunities:
Inward Investment
Paper Sludge & Ash
Paper Co
Water
Rejected Loads
Incineration
ORM
Crestmont
Indigo Waste
Vermiculture
Aggregate Production
Construction
HotRot Organic Solutions
Greenview Technologies
Biogen
Donarbon
Waste Paper
Gulf Star Oil
Revalue Technologies
Plasgran
Chase Plastics
Screening
Materials
Newport Paper
Indigo Waste
Pearsons
Donarbon
M W White
Viridor
Shred Secure
Control Group
Kelstone Recycling
Anglian Confidential
Bywaters
May Gurney
Power
Soil Conditioning
OrganicsPlastics
BHM
Sutton Services
GKL Northern
Milbank
Dickerson Group
Centrico
RTAL
Alternative Use
PREL
Minergy
Advanced Plasma Power
Waterwise
Anglian Water
Bettaland
Freedom Recycling
AWO Bedford
Localfast
Akristos
Hanson Aggregates
RTAL
Eco Aggregates
Southfields Group
S Walsh
Tarmac Recycling

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Industrial Symbiosis Opportunities:
Regional Economic Development/Regeneration

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• Immediate demand pull of R&D and technology innovation
(including design)
• University of Birmingham study found a high level of innovation
in synergies
- 50% involved best available practice
- 20% involved new research and development
Technology and Innovation:
Eco-Innovation Exemplar

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

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Success Factors
Practitioners
Industrial expertise
Long term relationship building and facilitation
Marrying data and expert knowledge
Working with the regulator and technology providers to ‘enable’ IS activity
Engagement Model
Extensive, diverse network (including innovation, regulator, RDAs)
Business opportunity programme
Track record of excellent performance
Creating a demand pull on innovation
Data
Quality NISP data direct from companies and regulatory data

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Economic Drivers for Industrial Symbiosis in Europe
• Resources
– Volatility of resource pricing (McKinsey, Resource Revolution)
– 14 critical raw materials identified by EU at risk (about to rise)
• Policy
– EU policy incorporating IS across Directorate Generals
– Carbon Trading to include Scope 3 emissions (DG Climate Action)
• Rising awareness of sustainability issues (eg PlasticsEurope)
Drivers create imperative for practical approaches
• Foster Eco-innovation
• Create new markets
• Close local loops

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• European Waste Framework Directive - Best Practice (2009)
• Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011) - exemplar case study
• DG Enterprise: Sustainable Industry - Going for Growth &
• Resource Efficiency (2011) - exemplar case study
• DG Regions: Connecting Smart and Sustainable Growth through Smart
Specialisation - exemplar case study (2012)
• European Resource Efficiency Platform (2013) key recommendation
• DG Environment: Priority for industrial policy in (2013) recommendation
• DG Enterprise: Communique on Green Entrepreneurship (2013)
• Horizon 2020 (draft 2013) included to deliver circular economy
European Policies Promote Industrial Symbiosis
for Green Growth

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NISP Equivalent Achievements
if Applied at EU27*
5 Year Impact
Additional Sales €7,480,000,000
Cost Reduced €7,064,000,000
CO2 Reduction 252,000,000 Tonnes
Water saved 461,000,000 Tonnes
Virgin Materials Saved 381,000,000 Tonnes
Waste Diverted from Landfill 281,000,000 Tonnes
Hazardous Waste Eliminated 14,560,000 Tonnes
Transition to Green Jobs 100,000 Jobs
* Based on equivalent Gross Domestic Product contribution of EU Member States
Potential Impact of Industrial Symbiosis for the EU

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EUR-ISA:
European Industrial Symbiosis Association

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International Synergies Limited - Our Vision
"Striving to lead the world in innovative
industrial ecology solutions for a low carbon,
sustainable economy"

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Introducing International Synergies Limited - (ISL)
• Birmingham-based SME with 30 employees
• Offices in Birmingham, Brussels and Belfast
• Specialists in Industrial Ecology Solutions
(World leader in industrial symbiosis)
• Clients from public and private sector
• Experience in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Slovenia, South Korea, Turkey, UK,
USA

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Hungary
NISP Hungary
Kozep-Magyarorszag, Budapest
European Union Life+
Climate KIC
Turkey
NISP Turkey
Iskenderun Bay area
BP
South Korea
Co-operation on Eco-Park
Development
China
Tianjin Economic Development
Area Industrial Symbiosis Network
Tianjin
European Union Switch Asia
China
Pilot Project – Circular Economy
Yunnan Province
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Romania
ECOREG
Suceava
European Union Life+
Mexico
NISP Mexico
Toluca Lerma
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
South Africa
Western Cape Industrial
Symbiosis Programme
Western Cape
Provincial Government
Poland
EUR-IS
Wroclaw
Climate KIC
Belgium
National
essenscia
Brazil
Brazilian Industrial Symbiosis Programme
Minas Gerais
Parana
Rio Grande do Sul
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
Al-Invest
Italy
Rome
ENEA
Netherlands
Limburg
Province of Limburg
Slovakia
Reducing Production Waste
by Industrial Symbiosis
Bratislavsky kraj
ERDF
United Kingdom
NISP
England, Scotland, N. Ireland & Wales
Defra, Scottish Government, Invest
Northern Ireland, Welsh Government
Finland
National
Motiva/
SITRA
South Africa
South Africa Industrial
Symbiosis Pilot Programme
Gauteng Province
Defra – Sustainable
Development Dialogues
China
Intro of IS to Jiangsu Province
Jiangsu Province
UK SPF Fund
International Synergies’ Global Experience

33. International Synergies Limited & NISP:
Recognition from all Sectors
International Synergies’ NISP is accredited by the European Commission as an
Exemplar of Eco-Innovation through its Environmental Technologies Action Plan
2007
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) declared
Industrial Symbiosis “a la NISP” an “excellent example of systemic innovation vital for
future green growth”
2010
International Synergies received the Environmental Excellence Award for Best Carbon
Reduction Programme for NISP
2010
NISP has been highlighted as 1 of 20 Worldwide Green Game Changing Innovations in
a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)2010
British Expertise International Award for implementing the National
Industrial Symbiosis Programme on a Global Scale
2009
Worldwatch Institute Europe, Best Practice Business Sustainability and Innovation in
Publication launched at European Parliament, June 2013
2013
International Synergies has been chosen to organise a Public Private Partnership on
industrial symbiosis for the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) Copenhagen in October2013

34. 2004: Industrial Symbiosis as a Novelty

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

36. Assessing industrial
symbiosis’ contribution to
climate change mitigation
and energy security
2012: Nature Climate Change

37. 2013: Financial Times
Mainstream Business Education

38. Peter Laybourn
Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited
t: +44 (0) 121 433 2660
dl: +44 (0) 121 433 2667
e: peter.laybourn@international-synergies.com
www.international-synergies.com
@peter_laybourn
@IntlSynergies
@NISPnetwork
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