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Economic Development Through Eco-Industrial Development
Dion Jackson, Project ManagerThe National Center for Eco-Industrial Development
Economic Development
Creating jobs that…– Increase the standard of living– Improve the quality of life– Lessen inequalities– Create a stable economic base
Manufacturing – higher wages w/o higher educationImproving the competitiveness of businesses
Strategies
Linking Businesses for Economic Growth– By-Product Exchange
Eco-Industrial Opportunities for Local Businesses– New Business Development
Regional Market & Material Flow Based Eco-Industrial Developments– Eco-Industrial Park – Virtual or Co-located
Linking Businesses for Economic Growth
Henry Ford: Kingsford Charcoal from scrap woodDestructive distillation of wood scrap
Methyl alcohol as antifreezeKetones for paintsEthyl acetate for artificial leather
Punch press circles became radiator caps
Examples of Linked Businesses in Modesto
Triad Energy Resources produces organic-based fertilizer products from organic waste from wineries in the county.Gilroy Foods produces a byproduct: organic waste which another company uses for cattle feed.Poland Homes Hulling & Shelling sells their hulls for dairy feed and corral filling. (AHPA)
New Linkages: Processors of Organic Wastes
Public/Private Anaerobic Digester– Linking organic solid waste producers
Ornamental plant production and water purification: Living MachinesTM
– Linking large wastewater producers
Charcoal produced from Almond Shells– Linking Almond Shell processors
Anaerobic Digester
Conversion to biogas, a liquid fertilizer, and fiber.
Use of MSW, biosolids, industrial organic wastes, and lawn & garden residues with low woody content plus wastewater
Anaerobic Digestion
Waste Treatment Benefits– Natural waste treatment process.– Requires less land than aerobic composting or landfilling.– Reduces disposed waste volume and weight to be
landfilled.– Reduces concentrations of leachates.
Energy Benefits– Net energy producing process.– Generates a high-quality renewable fuel.– Biogas proven in numerous end-use applications.
Anaerobic Digestion
Environmental Benefits– Significantly reduces carbon dioxide and methane
emissions.– Eliminates odors.– Produces a sanitized compost and nutrient-rich
fertilizer.– Maximizes recycling benefits.
Economic Benefits– Is more cost-effective than other treatment options
from a life-cycle perspective.
Living MachinesTM
Successfully used to treat sewage and process water from food processingBuilt on the concepts of bioremediation and ecological engineeringWastewater enters system and flows through a series of tanks ending up purified for irrigation, aquaculture, toilet flushing, truck washing etc.Less expensive to build and operate than conventional systems
The South Burlington Living Machine®
80,000 gallons per day of municipal sewage (1,600 residential users)
Aerobic Reactors
Clarifier
Ecological Fluidized Beds
Ethel M Chocolates
Zero discharge facility– Sludge is treated on-site by a composting reed bed
32,000 gallons/day of high strength confectionary wastewater– Eliminated sewer surcharges– Conserves water – used to irrigate landscape
Almond Shells into Charcoal
Process similar to Kingsford– Wood chips into charcoal– Investigate barbeque applications
Use charcoal for odor purification in Living MachineTM
Use charcoal to remove impurities in water related to color
Eco-Industrial Opportunities for Developing New Local Businesses
Tilapia Aquaculture
Waste water from food processing plants is purified by a Living MachineTM for use in Aquaculture Business
Tilapia or other land-based farmed fish
Expanded Animal Feed Production
Identify additional organic waste for use as animal feed
Based on nutrient content, water content is reduced to 15% for pelletized feed
Energy Production
Biomass Conversion: Pyrolysis & Biological Gasification– Burn biomass and convert to gas for use as fuel
source for electricity or heat generationEthanol Production– Ferment cellulosic biomass into ethanol for use as
motor fuelBio-Diesel Production– For use as fuel for electricity generators or fuel
Co-Generation
10-30% more efficient use of fuel to electricity
State subsidy for development
Reduces Peak load on the “Grid”
Most effective in applications where business needs steam for their processes
Green Roof Business
•Decreasing surface water run-off•Lowering building heating and cooling costs
Green Roofs: Chicago City Hall
Other Strategy Applications
Molybdenum
Found in wastewater from several industrial plantsIf it could be concentrated it may be extractable at a lower cost than it would bring as a commodity
Application of Eco-Industrial Strategies to Remediation
Waste is a ResourceStrategies– Find ways to capture the value of contaminants and
other wastes on site – Evaluate remediation options from long-term
sustainability perspective
Capture Value
Deconstruction– Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA– Green Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Concrete (based on then current market value)– Los Angeles, CA
LimeSloan Auto, Buffalo, NY
Presented by
The National Center
for Eco-Industrial Development
www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/NCEID