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Synergies

As defined by the US Business Council for Sustainable Development, By-Product Synergy (BPS) is about the "synergy among diverse industries, agriculture, and communities, resulting in profitable conversion of by-products and wastes to resources promoting sustainability." BPS promotes a shift from a waste disposal system to a reuse methodology, saving energy and cutting emissions. The wastes may serve as raw materials for existing products or as the basis for an entirely new product.

The unique co-location of diverse heavy, support and infrastructure industries in the KIA provides a strong foundation for the identification and development of synergy opportunities. The 2002 Economic Impact Study identified over 100 interactions between existing industries in the Kwinana Industrial Area.

Existing Synergies

Existing Synergy Examples (pdf 56kb)

Projects Under Development Independent of KIC

	BP Hydrogen Bus Trial (pdf 102kb)
	Industrial Reuse of By-product - Reuse of Gypsum from CSBP to Alcoa (pdf 102kb)
	Kwinana Water Reclamation Plant (pdf 124kb)

Continued Identification of Synergies
The Kwinana Industries Council is contributing to research to identify further synergies (Synergy: the potential ability for individuals or groups to be more successful working together than on their own), through Curtin University's Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing (CSRP) and the Australian Research Council (ARC). As part of this research the CSRP is reviewing input and output data of materials used and emissions produced from companies in the Kwinana Industrial Area. The data is being reviewed and analysed to identify synergy opportunities. Business plans are then developed to further assess the feasibility of implementing the identified synergies. The presentation below provides further information on this research project.

Development of Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial Area (ppt 3MB)

Eco-Efficiency Committee Projects
The committee's focus is in four key areas:

	In-organic by-products
	Energy
	Water
	Recyclables

Opportunities for improvement in water, inorganic by-products and energy are being reviewed through the CSRP.