Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta
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2 Ecopal Dunkirk Control of resource consumption + reuse of<br />
short-circuit products = added value for <strong>the</strong><br />
ma<strong>in</strong>tenance of activities and job creation”<br />
Location Scale Tag<br />
76<br />
<strong>City</strong><br />
Port Region<br />
Platform<br />
Industrial<br />
Symbiosis<br />
delta<br />
CUD, <strong>the</strong> port, regional<br />
and local <strong>in</strong>stitutions,<br />
ADEME, EU<br />
h<strong>in</strong>terland<br />
Material Sort<strong>in</strong>g plant<br />
Industry<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustrial port<br />
port and city<br />
companies<br />
ECOPAL<br />
Industry<br />
city port<br />
company<br />
company<br />
city<br />
flow of goods flow of knowledge or <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>in</strong>dustrial symbiosis o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
What’s happen<strong>in</strong>g? How does it happen?<br />
The ECOPAL network (Economy and Ecology<br />
Partners <strong>in</strong> Local Action) <strong>in</strong>cludes 480 members,<br />
large companies, SMEs, associations or <strong>in</strong>dividuals.<br />
It supports and offers services to member companies<br />
to guide <strong>the</strong>m towards new, more environmental<br />
economic models <strong>in</strong>spired by <strong>the</strong> circular economy<br />
and <strong>in</strong>dustrial ecology. The two pr<strong>in</strong>ciples that<br />
guide <strong>the</strong>ir work are mutualization (optimize <strong>the</strong><br />
means of collection, transport, and treatment thanks<br />
to jo<strong>in</strong>t management) and substitution (waste from<br />
one customer becomes <strong>the</strong> raw material for <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
customer).<br />
Why is this an <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g circular <strong>in</strong>itiative for<br />
circular harbours?<br />
After several years of experimentation with pool<strong>in</strong>g<br />
services such as waste collection and o<strong>the</strong>r services<br />
like improv<strong>in</strong>g area signage, ECOPAL decided <strong>in</strong> 2007<br />
to carry out an Inventory of Industrial Material Flows<br />
(IFIM) to identify more broadly <strong>the</strong> potential and opportunities<br />
for synergies between companies. Today<br />
it saves 22 tons of CO2 and more than 210.000€ per<br />
year. It recycles about 250 tonnes of waste through a<br />
total of 79 collections per year. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to ECOPAL,<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir approach allows companies to:<br />
● Increase knowledge of waste and material<br />
flows<br />
● Apply <strong>in</strong>dustrial and territorial ecology<br />
● Preserve <strong>the</strong> resources that are present<br />
with<strong>in</strong> those companies and territories