1. David Knott
Demystifying the Circular Economy
Responsible Business Summit
Wednesday 5 October 2016

2. Waste resource Management Secondary raw materials
Circular Economy
Production
Consumption
Waste resource Management
Secondary raw materials
Innovation
Investment
Marketing
Monitoring

3. Belfast Harbour’s approach
Level 1
Tidying
Level 2
Transactional
Level 3
Transitional
Level 4
Transformational

4. Level 1 - Tidying Collect existing waste and find alternative uses
Healthy Seas project:
5 Countries
3 Years
160 Tonnes of fishing net recovered
Prevents marine animals from becoming entangled
Regenerating the nets produces enough ‘yarn’ for more than 4 million pairs of socks!

5. Level 2 - Transactional Symbiosis workshops Harness local synergies
Local waste to resource
E.g.
Cable drums
Tyres
Plastic containers

6. Level 3 - Transitional Utilises existing:
Infrastructure
Resources
Markets
Facilitated diversion of 120k tonnes of municipal waste from landfill for use as refuse derived fuel (RDF) in European energy from waste plants during 2016
Supported development of Full Circle Energy from Waste plant to supply heat and power to Bombardier using locally sourced RDF

7. Level 4 - Transformational
Planning approval secured for anaerobic digestion plant
Clean energy hub
Joint project with Agri AD and QUB CASE
Input - 70k tonnes of organic feedstock/year
Output - up to 2MW electricity, or
4 million cubic metres biomethane

8. Level 4 - Transformational