innovative opportunities in upcycling waste to resources

Innovative Opportunities in Upcycling Waste to Innovative Opportunities in Upcycling Waste to ResourcesResources

Innovations to generate value out of wastesInnovations to generate value out of wastes

Abhisek Ghosh, Research Analyst

Technical Insights

November 13th, 2013November 13th, 2013

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Abhisek Ghosh, Research Analyst

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•Expertise in emerging technologies in the Clean and Green Environment industry

segment ( Water and waste water treatment technologies, Advanced Air pollution

control technologies and Solid waste management)

•Years of experience: More than 3 years of experience in Market research, Consulting

and Manufacturing

Focus Points

Highlight the latest global activities in waste upcycling domain.

Discuss the nine dimensions of waste upcycling technologies and will

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Discuss the nine dimensions of waste upcycling technologies and will

provide insights on the roadmap and penetration prospects of these technologies

Provide an overview of the anticipated value chain after 5 years in this

technology domain.

Poll Question

� By 2020, approximately what percentage of UK’s total energy demand can be met by energy produced from residual domestic and industrial waste?

• Less than 5 percent

5 percent – 10 percent

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• 5 percent – 10 percent

• 10 percent -15 percent

• More than 15 percent

Technology Overview

Waste Upcycling

Definition

Major Technologies

Converting waste materials into new products of higher value

Pyrolysis, waste gasification, plasma gasification, anaerobic digestion, and so on

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Benefits

and so on

Sustainable waste management, waste minimization, regeneration of valuable materials and products, energy-efficient and economical waste treatment, reduction in effort and cost for waste disposal, generating revenue from wastes

Present Trends

Biowaste upcycling

Plastic waste upcycling

High-grade PlasticsFertilizer

CompostEnergy

Diesel

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E-waste upcycling

Glass waste upcycling

Paper waste

upcycling

Waste-to-Energy

DieselHeat

Electricity

High-grade Glass

MosaicsJewelry

High-grade Paper Boards

Short Medium Long

Lack of continuous supply of waste

Lack of commercially available cost and energy efficient

Challenges

Potential Challenges in Wide-scale Technology Penetration

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cost and energy efficient technologies

Co-generation of toxic and hazardous substances

Lack of market acceptability of the upcycled products

Medium LowHigh

Impact

Technology Evaluation

Year of Impact

Market Potential

GlobalFootprint

Size ofInnovation Ecosystem

Commercializationand wide-scale adoption

Stakeholders involved in innovation

Market prospects

Technology adoption across

North America, Europe,Asia Pacific

The ‘Nine’ Dimensions that Power Technology Evaluation

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Technology convergence

across clusters

Technology Evaluation Dimensions

IP Intensity

Funding

BreadthOf

Industries

MegatrendImpact

PotentialPoints

Of Convergence

Impact on megatrends

Number of industries impacted

Total patent filings /granted patents in thattechnology

Funds associated withtechnology developmentand penetration within the domain

Energy and cost-efficient waste

upcycling technology development and early

commercialization

Development of

Development and

adoption of waste-to-energy technologies at

wide scale

Mass adoption of waste upcycling technologies

Inn

ovati

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Year of Impact

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Year of Impact

2013 20182014 2020

Development and adoption of simple and inexpensive, but

effective waste upcycling technologies

Development of

processes and approaches to enable

wide varieties of wastes for upcyclingIn

no

vati

on

s

Convergence with Commercialization R&D and early

Technology Deployment and Application Roadmap

Market Potential

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2012 2013 2015

Source: Frost & Sullivan.

2020

Convergence with nanotechnology for better sustainability

Commercialization at wide scale

R&D and early commercialization

Top Countries

IP Analysis

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Patent publishing trends

Technology Development and Adoption Footprint

North America• USA – High • Canada – Medium

EUROPE• UK – High• Germany – High• Denmark - High• Sweden – Medium• France – Medium

ASIA PACIFIC• China – High• Japan – High• Korea – High• India – High• Australia – Medium

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Technology

Development

High

Medium

Low

Funding

• Canada – Medium

Technology Convergence, Breadth of Industries and Innovation Opportunities

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Waste Upcycling

Waste Upcycling 2012 2014 2016 2018 20202020 2018 2016 2014 2012

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Environment and Building technologies

Energy and Power systems

Automation and transportation

Chemicals, Materials and Food

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Liquid fuel from solid waste

Electricity from solid waste

Transportation fuel from plastic waste

Solid Waste Treatment

Alternative Feedstock For Chemicals and Fuels

Waste-to-Energy

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3

4 High grade pure organic fertilizer

Mega trends are transformative, global forces that define the future world with their far-reaching impact on businesses, societies, economies, cultures, and personal lives.

MEGA TRENDS

Mega Trend

Innovating to Zero

Impact Rating

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2 3

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Mega Trend Impact

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Waste

Upcycling

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2 3

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2 3

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Smart Infrastructure

Future Global Power Generation

Innovation Ecosystem

Academia

Research Labs

•European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) of Aston University•University of Southern Denmark.•University of Vermont, USA

Biomax Technologies Pte Ltd., SingaporeCool Planet Energy Systems, USAJBI Inc, USA

•The Waste to Energy (W2E) Laboratory•Sandia National laboratories

Innovation Ecosystem Corporates

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JBI Inc, USAECO Plastics Ltd, UK

Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy PlantsEnvironmental protection Agency of USA

Ecosystem Corporates

Regulators/ Associations/Standardiz

ation bodies

EnergyFunding123WPP energy corp.The American Chemical Society

Funding Bodies

Conclusion

In North America (NA) and Europe (EU), intense waste upcycling activities can be witnessed presently. The movements are

mainly initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and European Commission. Waste upcycling activities in

Asian countries have just started picking up and the pace is expected to match the NA and EU regions by 2018.

Heavy funding and incentives are provided for waste upcycling technology development and implementation in the NA and EU

regions by government authorities.

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regions by government authorities.

Waste-to-energy technologies show immense potential to address the global energy depletion problem while ensuring a

sustainable future.

It is expected that by 2018 waste upcycling technologies will be adopted at mass-scale globally.

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