INDUSTRIAL WASTE EXCHANGE

Industrial Waste Exchange is a service, which promotes the use of industrial and commercial waste items from one company as a raw material for another company

Beneficiaries of Waste Exchange

Waste Generator

lower waste disposal cost additional income from sale of waste by-products lower input material cost stable source of cheap recyclable materials lesser strain on solid waste collection / landfill requirements reduced pollution to land and water

Waste Recycler

General Public

Mass Production/Customization Mass Consumption & Mass Disposal

A Cause of Paradigm Shift: Human Consumption Pattern

UPSTREAM PRODUCTION
Extraction of Raw Matls Manufacturing

Distribution

Consumption

Disposal

Processing

Collection

DOWNSTREAM PRODUCTION

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGYS APPROACH

UPSTREAM PRODUCTION

CLOSE the LOOP

Re-use Recycle Re-manufacture DOWNSTREAM PRODUCTION

Input
Raw Material

Process

Output
desired final product

Energy
Water

Non-product Output (NPO)

10-30% of total cost of production =
Total NPO-costs

Others: capital loan interest, depreciation, inflation, opportunity cost??? Input-costs of NPO

Processing costs of NPO

Disposal costs of NPO

Perspective
E-factor Methods Machine

Profit Money & Environment Materials Men

The E-factor

Adherence to environmental laws Disposing of wastes properly Observing 5S housekeeping techniques Observance of cleaner production Recycling of materials Re-using of receptacles Training of personnel along the CP concepts Proper record keeping of wastes Using environmental-friendly input materials

Waste Management Hierarchy

Source Reduction Recycling Treatment Disposal

Waste Minimization

Industrial Waste Exchange in the Philippines

WASTE GENERATORS
(materials available)

GOVT / PBE
(mediator) (information center) (confidential register of indl information) (primer, bulletin) (conferences, and consultative meetings)

WASTE RECYCLERS
(materials wanted)

Feedback

Negotiation of Waste Exchange

WASTE EXCHANGE

IWEP Waste Profile

Other inorganic hemicals Other organic chemicals

442 companies 1,132 waste materials

Waste Categories

Alkalis Solvent Miscellaneous Others Textile and Leather Oils and Waxes

Plastics and Rubbers Metals and Metal sludges Wood and Paper

Acids

50

No. of Listings 100 150

200

250

only11 waste matls, 22 firms

IWEP Transactions to-date

Waste Material Used oil Waste Generator Waste Recycler/Buyer Intended Use reusable oil for 2 stroke engines Steel Corp. of the Phils.Oiltech Resources, Inc. Waste glass sheets Antiques as Accents Texas Instruments Mold runner wastes Phils., Inc. Used metal drums Oil from waste coolant Glass cullets Used oil Sawdust Old tires Scrap fabric Laptop LCDs Sinclair Phils., Inc. Nidec Phils. Corp. Rhone-Poulenc Agro National Power Corp. Arms Corporation of the Phils. various sources Supreme Baby Wear P. IMES Corp Republic Asahi Glass Corp. glass cullets as input matls Bacnotan Cement O.M.Mfg. Phils., Inc. Alegria Industrial Sales San Miguel Glass Plant Ecology Specialist Pacific Glass Mfg. (under research) Pasig River Rehabilitation Program Republic Cement Corp. cement additive storage of recovered tin & lead conversion to penetrating / flushing/ / lubricating oil and open gear lubricant recycling material input to container glass making refining into fuel for asphalt plants oil sweeping material shredded chips for rubber-aphalt paving material cleaning material inputs clinker production

Problem Statement
Why is there not a single local industrial waste exchange facility center (IWEFC)?

Objectives of the Study

To appreciate the fundamental principles of industrial waste exchange To know the incentives that waste exchange offer To identify the barriers to waste exchange To understand the basic requirements of industrial waste exchange To determine the key success factors of a selfsufficient waste exchange center

Force Field Analysis

DRIVING FORCES
Increasing environmental awareness Compliance to waste disposal requirements EMS implementation Profit enhancement Environmental Protection Potential liability

RESTRAINING FORCES
Market limitations

Geographic diversity

(cont) Force Field Analysis

DRIVING FORCES
Value creation in waste disposal Less strain landfill requirements Meeting waste minimization policy goals Lack of govt incentives

RESTRAINING FORCES
Economics of handling hazardous wastes

Contribution to national environmental efforts

Sensitivity of companies to declare waste

Key Success Factors

1. Ability to manage waste exchange information as to availability, process origin, volume and price 2. Capability to provide technical specifications of the waste material and the mechanism to match up generators of waste with firms interested in recycling / reusing these materials 3. Facility, personnel, and supervision to handle the removal and delivery of exchanged waste materials within an environmentally safe and viable manner

Key Success Factors

4. Optimal location/s to provide access and ease to both sources and destinations of exchanged waste materials 5. Understanding of the regulatory, compliance and documentation requirements and other environmental laws that govern the disposal of wastes 6. Linkage and partnership with government agencies, industry associations and non-profit environmental organizations to market waste exchanges

Conclusion
Industrial waste exchange has a strong appeal to companies finding solutions to their waste control efforts or looking for a stable source of inexpensive input material substitutes Industrial waste exchange has a big potential of providing firms added-value in the disposal of nonproduct output and waste by-products Industrial waste exchange provides a viable and inexpensive tool for reducing the volume and cost of waste disposal, while preserving natural resources and the environment towards sustainable development.

The Challenge
How to put up a profitable selfsustaining industrial waste exchange facility center?

RECOMMENDATIONS

Formulate a business approach

Aggressive marketing of waste exchange services Selection and segmentation of target market of bigvolume and high-value waste materials for exchange Premium pricing for hazardous materials handling and transactions Creating added value for customers in the declaration and disposal of wastes for purposes of confidentiality, compliance and ease of operations Application of computerized networking and distribution requirements planning tools for costeffectiveness and efficiency

RECOMMENDATIONS

Establish and widen base of waste generators and recyclers to gain sufficient volume of exchanged waste materials

Explore regional sourcing and selling of exchanged waste materials (local to national level, then regional)

Determine optimal location to address geographical diversity and for cost-effectiveness

Use operations research techniques and distribution requirements planning tools

RECOMMENDATIONS

Lobby for IWEFC accreditation and endorsement for exclusivity in governmentcontrolled industrial or export processing zones. Seek funding through international grants, government subsidies and industry fees Strengthen linkages with implementing government agencies, industry associations, industrial and export processing authorities, and environmental groups (both NGO and NPO)

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