PRESENTATION BY TAURAI MPASO

R113641T

TURNING INDUSTRIAL AREA INTO AN ECO –INDUSTRIAL PARK IN ZIMBABWE: CASE STUDY

TITLE

WHAT ARE ECO INDUSTRIAL PARKS??

• A COMMUNITY OF MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE FIRMS LOCATED TOGETHER IN A COMMON PROPERTY. MEMBER BUSINESSES SEEK ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH COLLABORATION IN MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ISSUES.

• BY WORKING TOGETHER, THE COMMUNITY OF BUSINESSES SEEKS A COLLECTIVE BENEFIT THAT IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS EACH COMPANY WOULD REALIZE BY ONLY OPTIMIZING ITS INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

Lowe(1997)

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM

POLLUTION

River discharge

Massive emissions

Land fills

EXPENSIVE PRODUCTION COSTS

Unsustainable processes

prices

prices

Sustainable processes

PRODUCT ACost of

production convectional methods

Cost of productionIEP

= $100

= $60

EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

ECO INDUSTRIAL PARKSEIP’S OPERATE BASED ON THE CONCEPTS OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES NOT ONLY INCLUDE BY-PRODUCT SYNERGY (“WASTE-TO-FEED” EXCHANGES), BUT CAN ALSO TAKE THE FORM OF: • WASTEWATER CASCADING• SHARED LOGISTICS AND RECEIVING FACILITIES• GREEN TECHNOLOGY PURCHASING BLOCKS• MULTI-PARTNER GREEN BUILDING RETROFIT• DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEMS• LOCAL EDUCATION & RESOURCE CENTRES.

HOW THEY OPERATE• INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY WAS POPULARISED IN 1989 IN AN ARTICLE BY ROBERT

NICHOLAS SALAPOUS – WHERE HE SUGGESTED THAT OUR INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEM BEHAVES LIKE A NATURAL ECO-SYSTEM I.E. THEY ARE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDUSTRIES.

BENEFITS

ECONOMIC BENEFITS

• THERE IS DECREASED PRODUCTION COSTS • EXTRA CASH COMES IN - WASTE AND BY PRODUCT

SELLING• DECREASED WASTE MANAGEMENT • DECREASES COSTS OF COMPLIANCE • DECREASES COST OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - AS

THESE COSTS WOULD BE SHARED WITH OTHER COMPANIES.

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

• DECREASE DEMAND ON NATURAL RESOURCES• DECREASED WASTE IN FORMS OF SOLID WASTE, AIR

EMISSIONS, WASTEWATER

SOCIAL BENEFITS

Job Creation Reduced TrafficNoise and PollutionReduced odors

Visual mitigation potential

less waste disposed to landfills

AIM •ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SETUP AND PRACTICES TO DEVELOP FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION, IMPROVED MATERIAL EFFICIENCY, BETTER WASTE MANAGEMENT AND INCREASED ECO EFFICIENCY.

OBJECTIVES• TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE TRACES OF NATURALLY

OCCURRING SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS • TO IDENTIFY COMMON INPUTS REQUIRED AND BY

PRODUCTS AND WASTES PRODUCED • TO IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE POSSIBLE COMMON

PATTERNS ON WHICH THE PRINCIPLE OF MATERIAL EXCHANGE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED

JUSTIFICATION• FROM THE DATA COLLECTED AND ANALYSED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE

PRODUCED WHICH CAN RESULT IN A QUANTIFIABLE COST SAVINGS AND REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

• ZIMBABWE PRODUCES MILLIONS TONS OF WASTE PER ANNUM, MOSTLY BEING INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM THE PROCESSING OF NATURAL RESOURCES INTO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THIS WASTE IS EITHER DISCHARGED INTO WATER BODIES (E.G. RIVERS) OR DUMPED IN LANDFILLS. MUNICIPALITIES AND INDUSTRY ARE THUS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION, CHALLENGING THEM TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. ECO INDUSTRIAL PARKS CAN BE COMPETITIVE SOLUTION TO THE CHALLENGE.

• A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT RESULTS IN IMPROVED COMPETITIVENESS, ATTRACTIVENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGE, MATERIAL EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND COLLABORATION AMONG FIRMS.

METHODOLOGYLITERATURE REVIEW • LIBRARY RESEARCH • INTERNET BROWSING• CONSULTING SUPERVISOR• DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY FIELD

SELECTING INDUSTRIAL SITE FOR CASE STUDYDATA COLLECTION AND RECORDING • INTERVIEWS • QUESTIONNAIRES• OBSERVATIONS

DATA ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSISDISCUSSION OF RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

PROJECT SCHEDULEACTIVITY Dec

2013

Jan

2013

Feb

2014

Mar

2014

Apr

2014

May

2014 

Literature review 

Selecting site

Data collection

Analysing the data

Conclusion and final presentation            

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