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Circular Economy: role and opportunities for the
philanthropic sector03/04/19
(The Circular Economy in Italy)
Why should we invest?Outline (Back to Nature)
Circular EconomyBioeconomy
Why should we invest?The 4 Industrial Revolutions
One MissionLeverage B. F. S. V. D. P. E.
Danilo Porro
Circular Economy: a Specialist Concept
The circular economy is a reality. More than 90 % of companies surveyed by different
international agencies, report implementing elements of circular supply chains.
The Circular Economy in Italy (2019)
“Sulla base della metodologia da noi scelta, ….. La performance dell’economia circolare dell’Italia è
risultata la migliore superando nell’ordine quella del Regno Unito, Francia, Germania e Spagna….”
"Based on the methodology we have chosen, ... .. The performance of the Italian circular economy
was the best, outperforming that of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain.”
When it comes to what exactly they’re prioritizing, …. most just name recycling
https://circulareconomynetwork.it/
The figure reports the world chemicals sales: 3534 billions € (2016) Europe accounts for 16.7% of the total.
Most of these chemical compounds can be made biologically by (1) engineering the cellular metabolism and (2)
through the design of cell factories and (3) by bioconversion.
Already on 2015, 3 % of the base chemicals, 9 % of the specialty chemicals, 12 % of the consumer chemicals
and 33 % of the pharma ingredients are produced from biological sources.
The world GDP is about 80 T€
It is not just because of recycling and/or of high productions, high numbers, high sales and
huge employments …
… that Circular Bioeconomy should be considered as Bioengine for economic , environment and
social biosustainability.
Why should we invest in Circular bioeconomy ?
….. not only because …. of the numbers …. too simple
- The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 millions in 1950 to 3.9 billions
in 2014, .. to 7.5 billions today.
- Since 2014, 54 % of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected
to increase to 66% by 2050.
- Mega cities with more than 10 millions people are increasing in number
- Small cities are numerous and many are growing rapidly
- Rural populations expected to decrease as urban populations continue to grow
- 85% of the world economic activities fall in these cities.
This is NOT sustainable … not anymore …
The circular economy concept should evolve from a Specialist Concept
to a main Stream Business and Public Policy Strategy ….
Managing urban areas has become one of the most important development challenges of the
21st century.
As cities develop new roles, there is huge potential to combine benefits in health,
environment and the economy, taking into account the organization of society (i.e.
consumption, transportation, production, waste management, and infrastructure),
….integrating life-style, environment and well-being.
Pollution is indeed the biggest environmental cause of illness and premature death in world.
Diseases caused by pollution have been responsible for about 9 million premature deaths in 2015 alone
(about 16% of all deaths worldwide, three times more deaths than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
considered as a whole, and 15 times more than all the wars and other forms of violence, always considered as
a whole). (The Lancet Commission on pollution and health, Published online October 19, 2017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32345-0).
In the most severely affected countries, pollution-related diseases are responsible for more than one in four
deaths. Pollution disproportionately kills the poor.
data, data, data, …. NOT opinions
Diseases such as cancer, are caused by DNA mutations. Such mutations can be inherited (H), induced by the
environment / lifestyle (E) and as a result of errors (R) during the replication of the genetic material.
In a recent study, the incidence of cancer forms was examined in 69 different countries, representing as a
whole over 4.8 billion people (about 2/3 of the world population).
It has been estimated that better protection of the environment and a better lifestyle can prevent between 20-
40% of the cancer forms (Science 355, 1330 -1334, 2017).
data, data, data, …. NOT opinions
The cycling of each chemical element is critical for the growth of microorganisms, all plant
and animal life on the planet. At its most (most!) basic level, the natural cycles see nutrients
such CO2 and other elements absorbed by autotrophic organisms (i.e., for example plants)
which are then consumed by animals (including humans). These nutrients are subsequently
returned to the soil and to atmosphere, where can be absorbed again and again and again. These cycles and/or their timings, however, have been disrupted by human
activities (for example: CO2). Furthermore, each year, societies harvest roughly 11 billion tonnes of biomass globally for
food purposes, but return few to the agriculture system.
Why should we invest? the main reason is related to the cycling of elements
… the 4 Industrial Revolutions
… back to bioCircularity (CO2 is not a problem, it could be the best resource we have)
In the same period (< 300 years) the world's living population has increased from 0.7 to 7.5 billions people,
for over 54% concentrated in cities, with a continuous increase in the degree of desertification of the planet….
Converging Industry 4.0 and Bioeconomy
…. for a Carbon Neutral Country by 2050
… one Mission
Biomass flows and cascading principles are part of the circular economy. However, the concept of bioeconomy and bio-based economy go far beyond the circular economy concept, including aspects such as product and process
innovation, functionalization and properties of single and different products
Circular Bioeconomy: goes much beyond a Specialist Concept
Sequencing Life for the Future of
Life
… creating value from Biodiversity
Leverage BIODIVERSITY. The Earth BioGenome Project, a Moon Shot for biology, aims to
sequence, catalog and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a
period of ten years.
… CO2 should be considered a resource and not a problem…
… for sustainable feedstock supply
Leverage FEEDSTOCKS. This Unit is directed to collect and analyse a variety of not edible biomasses and
wastes deriving from human activities, with a principal attention on waste biomasses still rich in organic
substrates such as the one deriving from agricultural, dairy, brewery activities and including the Organic Fraction
of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW).
Leverage SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, an interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering. The subject combines
various disciplines from within these domains, such as biotechnology, genetic engineering, molecular biology,
molecular engineering, systems biology, biophysics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, control
engineering and evolutionary biology. Synthetic biology applies these disciplines to build artificial biological
systems for research and productions.
… redirecting strategy of survival into Bioprocesses
Leverage PRODUCT UNIT VALORIZATION and CERTIFICATION aiming to the development of new
approaches and technologies for the transformation and purification of the compound for the final application.
… if you need to develop a new process, start design it from the final product and certification policies.
Leverage DIGITAL. Digital allows companies to have a much more granular
understanding of the value of materials, and to gauge the condition of assets and products— determining when
they’ll need service or replacement, for example. Gaining these capabilities is quickly becoming “table stakes” to
engagin a fuller circular economy supply chain.
… the Future is under way …
Leverage PILOT PLANT UNIT. – a shared and open access GMP infrastructure
…. a shared pilot facility: from ideas to market
Leverage EDUCATION - …. whichever business you’re in, you need to keep adapting, improving and innovating
for proposing Visions and supporting Missions.
… training skilled personal into the various aspects of Biosustainability
BIOCIRCE - Bioeconomy in the Circular Economy
Continuous learning: Master II level … on demand …
www.masterbiocirce.com
innovation and corporate strategypolicy and regulation collaborative R&D modelsgovernance and intellectual propertycommunication and marketing
“We did not inherit this world from our parents,
we borrowed it from our children ”Navajo proverb
Thanks for your time
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