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Welcome to the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (North East)
NISP is the first industrial symbiosis initiative in the world to be launched on a national scale and is at the forefront of industrial symbiosis thinking and practice globally.
The Centre for Process Innovation and the Clean Environmental Management Centre (CLEMANCE) at Teesside University have been awarded the contract to deliver the project for the North East following their very successful collaboration on the Tees Vally Industrial Symbiosis Project (TVISP). TVISP engaged with over 90 companies and diverted approximately 50,000 tonnes of material from landfill during 2003/4.
The NISP-NE programme is funded by DEFRA, ONE NE and Renew Tees Valley and is part of the £13+ initiative to promote Industrial Symbiosis throughout the UK. It is a business led initiative and facilitates links between industries from different sectors to create sustainable commercial opportunities and improve resource efficiency. The NISP approach delivers illusive "win - win - win" of economic, environmental and societal benefit.
NISP-NE will deliver: -
- A step change in the sustainable development across the Region
- A substantial amount of waste diverted from Landfill
- Reduction in CO2 emissions
- Creation of jobs and new businesses
- Improved economic robustness of the Region's industry
For further information please see http://www.nisp.org.uk/ or contact Christine Parry (01642 342 408), Jim Cross (01642 447 291) or e-mail northeast@nisp.org.uk
Definition of Industrial Symbiosis
Industrial Symbiosis (IS) is the concept of developing industry along the lines of natural ecological 'roundput' systems. In such ecosystems waste equals food and the only input to the system is solar energy. IS mimics this approach by determining and exploiting synergies between industrial processes with the ultimate aim of securing zero emissions. As with ecosystems, IS is reliant on the existence of a suitable diversity of industries in a region and, perhaps more critically, co-operation between these industries.
Common synergies involved in IS include:
1. The use of solid or liquid waste as a raw material or fuel;
2. The use of waste thermal energy (both in terms of heat and 'coolth');
3. Shared equipment, machinery and infrastructure;
4. Logistics and transport. |
