Business opportunities in the move from a linear to a circular economy in the process industries. Pádraig Naughton

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1 6.3 Business and resource efficiency Business opportunities in the move from a linear to a circular economy in the process industries 05/06/2014 Pádraig Naughton The Dow Chemical Company & European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic)

2 Sustainability To be truly sustainable, business, environmental and social resources must be in equilibrium People Profit Planet 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 2

3 Image source: Make Gr n Profitabl! and Profitabl Gr n! Adding a new meaning to Gr nbacks.. 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 3

4 The Dow Chemical Company Operating Segments Electronic and Functional Materials Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions Agricultural Sciences Performance Materials Performance Plastics Feedstocks and Energy Solving Challenges Through Sustainability Dow Business Units are aligned to global challenges Energy Climate Change Water Health & Nutrition Transportation & Infrastructure 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 4

5 Linear Economy Business & Resources Raw Materials Process Industry Materials Solutions Discrete Manufacturing Opportunities to Provide Solutions For Environmental Improvements Applications / Consumer Waste Incineration Landfill 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 5

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7 Light-weight design to achieve fuel economy and emissions goals Value of mass savings for NA and EU OEM s is ~5 /kg Emissions reduced by ~3kg/vehicle save ~60000 trees over 5 years 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 7

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9 Closing the loop look first to your own region! Raw Materials Process Industry Community Materials Solutions Discrete Manufacturing Applications / Consumer Waste Incineration Landfill 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 9

10 Dow Terneuzen, the Netherlands Dow site City of Terneuzen 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton - Dow & Cefic 10

11 Water usage At Dow we use River water > 300,000,000 m 3 /year (40,000 m 3 /h) Fresh water 22,000,000 m 3 /year (2,500 m 3 /h) At an average home we use 120 liter/day or 44 m 3 /yr Our Water Footprint: Dow needs 5x the amount of fresh water as the population of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 11

12 Integrated Water management The 3X Water Reuse Model Reusing Household Waste Water Through a multi Partnership 10,000 m³ of water every 24 hours >70 percent to steam and feed Reduced energy use equivalent to lowering CO 2 emissions by 5,000 tons per year Process reduces the energy use for water purification by 65 percent Use alternative sources, brackish water Production of dubbeltjes water (max. 0.4 /m³) via EU FP7 project Mild Desalination 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 12

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14 Adding new loops.. Connection regions Raw Materials Process Industry Community Materials Solutions Discrete Manufacturing Waste Sector Collection, Separation (Pre-)treatment Applications / Consumer Waste Incineration Landfill 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 14

15 This project has received funding from the European Union s Seventh 6 EU Regions working together to enable Resource Efficiency in the Chemical Industry More than 30 project Ideas being developed in flagship efforts: Bio-SME Industrial Symbiosis Education & Skills MORE To improve Resource Efficiency 15 Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No

16 The Bio-based Route.. Raw Materials Bio-Based Process Industry Community Materials Solutions Discrete Manufacturing Waste Sector Collection, Separation Pre-treatment Applications / Consumer Waste Incineration Landfill 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 16

17 The BIO-TIC project The Industrial Biotech Research and Innovation Platforms Centre towards Technological Innovation and solid foundations for a growing industrial biotech sector in Europe Identify major hurdles which continue to hamper the full exploitation of biotechnology in Europe. Write roadmaps to tackle technological and non-technological hurdles and exploit opportunities. 5 major bio-business cases : Bioplastics PHA and PLA Building blocks Biofuels Biosurfactants CO2-based chemicals Workshops planned in September/October: Register at BIO-TIC website Partnering platform to assist in: Identifying and contacting potential partners easily and directly at a European level Presenting your products, services, offers/requests and cooperation proposals Getting access to investors Gaining insight into the European bio-based markets by using the BIO-TIC search engine

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19 Sectors working together.. Raw Materials Bio-Based Process Industry Community Materials Solutions Waste Sector Collection, Separation Pre-treatment Process Process Industry Process Industry Process Industry Industry Discrete Manufacturing Applications / Consumer Waste Incineration Landfill 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 19

20 8 sectors Sustainable Process Industry through Resource & Energy Efficiency >110 members: industrial (60%) and research (40%) Process Industry: More than 450 thousand enterprises Employs over 6.8 million employees Generating more than 1,600 billion turnover CEMENT CERAMICS CHEMICALS ENGINEERING METALS MINERALS STEEL WATER Six key Components for increased energy and resource efficiency: 1. Feed 2. Process 3. Applications 4. Waste2Resource 5. Horizontal 6. Outreach Ambitions: Reduce, Reuse, Replace, Re-invent A reduction in fossil energy intensity up to 30% by 2030 Reduction in non-renewable, primary raw material intensity up to 20% by 2030 Contribution to improvement in CO 2 -equivalent footprints up to 40% by 2030 potential improvements extend beyond process industry

21 PROCESS INDUSTRY STRATEGIC AGENDA REDUCE, REUSE, REPLACE, RE-INVENT with SPIRE alternative (but sustainable) feedstock less environmental footprint, more efficient processes devices for better monitoring, control & optimisation energy & resource mngt. concepts, incl. industrial symbiosis materials & products with a significantly increased impact on resource & energy efficiency down the value chain: transport, housing technologies for valorisation of waste streams

22 Opportunities and Challenges ahead. Extend Industrial Symbiosis Proposal: 21 partners, 6 demos, 7 countries An integrated approach to resource and waste usage But.. Waste transfer across borders is an issue which needs to be tackled at European level.. 05/06/2014 Pádraig Naughton 22

23 Future Solution-Enabler. For Europe? Chemicals Materials Fuels 05/06/2014 Padraig Naughton 23

24 How to SUCCEED? A Broad, Inclusive Approach From raw resources to the end user industries = the value chain From research to demonstrations and market = the innovation chain From the big to small and medium enterprises = the industrial chain From site to region, Europe, Global = the geographical chain 05/06/2014 Pádraig Naughton 24