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NATIONAL CLEANER PRODUCTION CENTRE
SOUTH AFRICA
Industrial Symbiosis Programme & Progress
in South Africa
An Introduction
14th Sept 2017
Henry Nuwarinda & Sarah O’Carroll
Programme Team Leaders
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• Introduction to industrial symbiosis
o Definitions, examples and models
• Industrial symbiosis in South Africa
o History and motivations
o WISP, GISP and KISP
o Impact
• Future of industrial symbiosis in South Africa
Presentation Outline
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In biology:
‘An interaction between two
different organisms living in close
physical association to the
advantage of both’.
Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th Edition
What is Industrial Symbiosis?
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What is Industrial Symbiosis? (Cont.)
Extended to industry:
Industrial symbiosis is
a resource efficiency approach
where unused or residual resources of
one company are used by another.
Materials – wood, plastics, food waste,
WEEE, metals.
Expertise – ISO 9000, ISO 14000,
OSHAS 18001, best practice.
Capacity – under-utilised equipment, lab
facilities.
Logistics – transport, warehouse
facilities, land.
Water and Energy – waste heat, steam,
borehole, process.
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What is Industrial Symbiosis? (Cont.)
LandfillRotten tomatoes
Compost
Fabric offcuts
Underfelt for
carpets
Core principle:
Industrial symbiosis aims to find
reuse and recycling solutions for
waste materials to divert waste from
landfill, while at the same time
creating real businesses benefits for
members.
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Industrial Symbiosis Advances Sustainability
• Promotes development of circular systems within the industrial sector.
• Uses the principles of the waste hierarchy.
• Creates mutual economic, environmental and social benefits for companies
involved.
Economic benefits
Increase profits.
Increase sales.
Reduce waste disposal costs.
Create enterprise development
opportunities.
Reduce raw material costs.
Environmental benefits
Reduce CO2 emissions.
Divert material from landfill.
Reduce use of virgin
resources.
Reduce hazardous waste
disposal.
Social benefits
Create jobs.
Create opportunities for
knowledge transfer and
learning.
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Two Models Exist
Co-location Model Wider Network Model
Companies do not have to be within the
same location for resource exchanges
to be viable.
Two forms:
(i) self-organised
(ii) facilitated
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GISP, KISP and WISP are free services that connect companies so that they can identify
and realise the business opportunities enabled by using unused or residual resources
(materials, energy, water, assets, logistics, expertise).
Connecting industry – Creating opportunity
South Africa’s Facilitated Industrial Symbiosis Programmes
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South Africa’s Facilitated Industrial Symbiosis Programmes
1. Build an industrial symbiosis network.
2. Facilitate the exchange of information through Business Opportunity Workshops and
one – one site visits.
3. Record and upload resources onto SYNERGieTM, an online resource management
system.
4. Support the implementation of resource matches, facilitating negotiations and
providing technical expertise.
5. Develop summary reports and case studies for implemented synergies.
6. Measuring the impact of Industrial Symbiosis.
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Impact of SA’s IS Programmes
105,000
Tonnes of waste
diverted
R28 million
Additional
revenue
R24 million
Cost
savings
>150
Jobs
created
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Impact of SA’s IS Programmes
For every R1 government invests in us we return R3 to our
network in economic benefits.
It costs us about R200 to divert a tonne of waste from landfill.
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Future of Industrial Symbiosis in South Africa
• Embedding industrial symbiosis in industry.
• Expanding industrial symbiosis activities in South Africa and beyond.
• Analysing the SYNERGieTM database to identify enterprise development
opportunities.
• Working with incubators (SAREBI and Innovation Hub) to develop new enterprises.
Some key opportunities: ash, e-waste, paper sludge, contaminated sands.
