Gd Styria Recycling Network

…STYRIA…
By-Product Recycling
Network

Jordi Oliva, Julián Patrón, Andrea Díaz | MS. Sustainability – Industrial Ecology

Trust is an important determinant
factor of knowledge transfer in
company recycling networks.

STYRIA… By-Product Recycling Network

STYRIA
2nd largest federal state 16.388 mk2 (Barcelona x 2,2)
Population 1.203.986 in 2006 (Barcelona / 4,5)
14,5% vots of Bundesrat

AUSTRIA
Graz


Several tribes while roman
Settlement by Slavs in DARK AGES
the Dark Age (600 CE)

Under the hegemony of Charlemagne becomes a
part of Carinthia, against Slavs (800 CE)
March of Styria in the Duchy of Carinthia (970 CE)
Different family rulers dinasties, including rulers of
Austria-Hungary, and invasions by Otomans and Turks

MIDDLE AGES
Semmering Railway,
completed in 1854

MODERN ERA
Divisions because of the war
(Yogoslavia, Slovenia,
Germany…)


The Green March (50% forests, 25% meadows, grasslands, vineyards and orchards)


Wine, soft coal and iron production

More densely-populated and productive mountain region in Europe for long

Graz has always been
the capital and economic
motor of the state

Recent shift away from production to services industry

MAIN FACTS (oct 2009)

4,3% investment in R&D 5 universities and leading 25% of final energy
(Treat of Lisbon Goal 3%) reasearch centres consumption is reneweable

70% recycling rate 3 pioneer region (solar, 3 internationally recognised
(higest in Europe) biomass, mat flow mangm) “energy” regions

105 companies in 8% in renewables & 15,4% of growth in
renewables & environmental environmental techs investment

22.943 employees in all these 42% of CO2 emissions saved
companies
by using their technology
13.405 employees in renew. &
environm. companies
18% growth in number of employees


Styria… RECYCLING BACKGROUND
2 austrian researchers wonder about Kalundborg (industrial symbiosis) and it’s
possible implementation in Styria. 1996

Why?... Decreasing energy/raw materials reserves and waste disposal

Starting point. 2 major enterprises
Results. a complex network of exchanges among 50 facilities
Industries. agriculture, food processing, plastics, fabrics, paper, energy, metal processing,
wood, construction

Situation. Plant managers weren’t aware of such network. It self-evolved
Motivation. Revenues from by-products sales and landfill dosposal cost savings


Styria… RECYCLING ACHIEVEMENTS

Economic advantages for industrial companies
Savings on raw materials
Emission’s reduction
Extended landfills lifetime

Recycling Network through an interactive database


Styria… PRESENT SITUATION


Styria… SOLUTIONS

Biomass, biogas, biodiesel

Solar energy

material flow management

Water and wastewater


Styria… SOLUTIONS
Energy from nature
One of the most heavily
forested regions in Europe.
“biogenic raw material & e”
Commitment to energy
efficiency Biogas, biomass, biodiesel

1 2 3 4
Biomass Combined heat Innovative Innovative
Technology and power biodiesel biogas
generation in know-how know-how
households

Waste or sewage Innovation: a High-quality fuel Training for bio-
sludge into high combined pellet extracted from the gas experts. 50
quality and low- boiler that uses a waste product model facilities in
emissions fuel stirling motor “animal meal”. a 15-day course
Biogenic materials


Styria… SOLUTIONS
Hot water preparation
Intelligent solutions on
Solar energy

Heating and refrigeration

1 2 3 4
Leadership in Leadership in Leadership in Total Solutions
solar Efficient solar export
refrigeration plants
-“Renewable
ie. Solar power energy house” in A complete
wine Largest solar Brussels central heating
plant in Central -2008 Olympic Station (combined
Europe: 5.900sqt Village in Beijing biomass and solar
, pn 2500MWh, (solar heating and energy utilisation)
3000 households refrigeration tech)


Styria… SOLUTIONS
materials recycled
A model region for
material flow management
that is actually translated
into action.
raw materials for new valuable products

1 2 3 4
Leadership in Turnkey waste Shredding and Glass recycling
extracting fuel solutions composting bio-
from waste waste

Waste or sewage Waste collection One company Innovative
sludge into high and recycling - succeeded based Optoelectronic
quality and low- logistics on mechanical sorting of bulk
emissions fuel and mechanical- materials,
biological specially glass
processes recycling


Styria… SOLUTIONS
Treating sewage sludge
Water as source of life,
special significance –
Alpine region

Water and wastewater

1 2 3
Leadership in Sustainable Dissemination of
sewage sludge water utilisation solutions
dehydration
Precursor position
Plants and Knowledge by many facilities
systems for center with more put into operation
industrial and than 45 current
municipal sludge projects (from
drying and tunnel
dehydration construction to
thermal water)


Styria… 2008 GROWTH


Conclusions

1 Searching information on this subject (recycling networking) remains difficult if you are not
an expert in the field. Important cases, as it seems to be, should be promoted with a bigger
effort if a Network of Knowledge and Experience is one of the main objectives of institutions
and individuals worldwide.
2 Industrial Ecology, and more specific, Industrial Symbiosis is not only related to companies
that produce solutions and close material-energy loops while working together. Symbiosis
involves citizens efforts and compromise when achieving sustainable states.

3 Interesting cases in Industrial Ecology show that not only from planned strategies is possible
the evolution of recycling networks – symbiosis. Self-evolving approaches to ecology-
economy as Styria Recycling Network, represents the confirmation of “natural” or
“necessary” approaches to a new Cities Development.
4 Connecting living spaces, people and technological progress, requires action from
government, industries, science and communities that stablish common priorities and
develop synergy that should be evaluated.


Bibliography

1 http://www.eco.at – ECO WORLD STYRIA

2 Chertow, M. (2009). “Uncovering” Industrial Symbiosis. Journal of Industrial Ecology – Yale
University. Volume 11, Number 1, page 11-30.

3 Lorenz M. Hilty,Eberhard K. Seifert,René Treibert. (2005). Information Systems for
Sustainable Development: From “Industrial Symbiosis” to “Sustainable Networks”. Idea
Group Publishing.
4 Nakamura, S., & Kondo, Y. (2009). Waste input-output analysis :Concepts and application to
industrial ecology. New York: Springer.

5 Milchrahm, E. & Hasler, A. (2002). Knowledge Transfer in Sustainable Networks: Foresting
Sustainable Development. Journal of Universal Computer Science. (2002) Volume 8
number 5, page 546-556
6 Fischer, W., Hasler, A. & Warscher, F. (2007). Regional development in the Region Upper
Styria West/Austria - a case study. 2nd Central European Conference in Regional Science –
CERS, Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Economics.


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