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Circular Economy and Industrial SymbiosisWorkshop

WISMAR (DE)Sept 24th , 2015

Eng Simone StancariAGIRE Energy Management AgencyMantova IT

Circular Economy and Industial SymbiosisAGENDA

• Concepts

• Implementation models

• Implementation fields

• Opportunitites

ABOUT THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

• Why do we need one?

• It is more than just recycling

• Celebrities are shouting about it

• The economics stack up

• Business leadership

• Government intervention

• It will change how we consume

• New skills, please

• Expect disruption

• The UK is 19% circular

What’s the Circular Economy?

• IS AN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM THAT IS RESTORATIVE BY

DESIGN

• The concept of CE include:o Regenerative design

o Performance economy

o Cradle to Cradle

o Industrial Ecology

o Bio-mimicry

o Blue Economy

Circularity not only a business model change

90%of the raw

materials used in manufacturingbecome waste before theproduct leaves the factory.

80% of products

made get thrown away within thefirst six months of their life

Exist different factors to be attractive?

“Design in not just what it looks like and feels like,

Design is how it works.”

Steve jobs

What can design do for waste?

SIX PRINCIPLES TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM

Industrial Symbiosis

It’s a flow exchange of by-products in term of matters, energies and

competences between sectors usually not in a relative vocated

relationship, gaining so advantages in term of environment impact

reduction, new job creation and resource optimization.

It’s a Circular Economyoption

Thanks

eng Simone StancariCommunicaton and Projects ManagerAGIRE Energy Management Agency