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Network
for Business
Innovation and
Sustainability
Photo courtesy of RhizomeImages.com
Accelerating Profitable Sustainability
About NBIS
NBIS is the Northwest non-profit dedicated to enabling
professionals and businessesin driving profitable sustainability
The NBIS Mission
Deliver expertise, education, and partnership opportunities to help businesses and professionals advance their organizations in• Environmentally • Socially• Economically sustainable ways
Globally Competitive Companies
What we do…
NBIS creates opportunities for business leaders to share knowledge and achievements…
Contribute to local and global sustainability!
Learn best practices and practical implementation strategies…
NBIS at a Glance
Founded in 2007
Pioneering innovation, economic development and waste reduction strategies for the region.
Charter and Current Members:Canyon Creek Cabinet CompanyCascade DesignsCascadia ConsultingCedar Grove Composting/Emerald ServicesCorrectional IndustriesE3 Energy PartnersGenie Industries/TerexIntalco/AlcoaImpact WashingtonKing County Solid WasteLeader InternationalNewWood ManufacturingNucor SteelRhizome DesignSeattle Public UtilitiesShell Puget Sound RefineryWashington State University
Regional Engagement:By-Product Synergy NW
Pending:St. Gobain ContainersCosmo Specialty FibersReKlaimJorgenson Forge
Endorsements:Puget Sound Regional CouncilKing CountyCity of SeattleSkagit CountyenterpriseSeattle
Project Leadership:
BPS NW is a regional program of NBIS managed in collaboration with:
Washington State Department of Ecology Pollution Prevention Resource Center
(PPRC) US Business Council for Sustainable
Development
Project Leadership
By-Product Synergy is a creative process that works through collaboration between companies to
• Foster cross-industry communication
• Break down barriers between government and industry
• Engage small and large companies
• Create business benefit while reducing environmental impacts
A Process for Success
• Savings – reduced waste disposal costs; reductions in new materials purchased; better price for waste materials
• Best Practices –energy and water reduction strategies; solutions from other companies
• Access to technical expertise – materials and substitution advice; testing and research expertise
• Opportunities to dialogue with regulators
The Project Delivers
• Mattress Disassembly – Correctional Industries: job training, revenue, and materials reclamation.
• Acetone Redistilling – Canyon Creek Cabinet Company: hazardous waste reduction & savings.
• Steel Shot Blast – Nucor Steel, Genie Industries: feedstock supply; diversion of waste from landfill.
• Rags Repurpose – Canyon Creek Cabinet, Exotic Metals : diversion of waste from landfill, cost savings, extending the use-life of local resources.
• Battery recycle restriction -regulation lifted
Working Groups & Impacts
• Heavy Industry Working Group – addressing common materials challenges.
• Refractory Brick Roundtable – exploring local reuse opportunities
• Sheet Plastic Roundtable: plastic waste to new product.
Project Expansion
Materials Innovation ExchangeThe Exchange is a unique regional and global resource that responds to the growing need for a centralized go-to location for sharing experience, success stories, solutions, local resources and technical expertise.We offer solutions on both a local and a global scale - local marketplace and resources; global knowledge bank.The site is participatory and backed by world class expertise.Anyone can access the site and contribute –typically siloed information is available to anyone interested in innovation and creative solutions.
Your Participation is invited!
• Market your materials and share your ideas and successes! Registration and use is free.• www.materialsinnovationecxchange.com
• Gain visibility and support the site – become a Launch Sponsor or purchase an ad!• http://www.materialsinnovationexchange.com/join-sponsor
/become-a-sponsor/
• Learn More! www.nbis.org; [email protected]
Mary Rose Karl OstromCo-Founders and Executive Directors
314 1st Avenue SSeattle, WA [email protected]@nbis.org
www.nbis.org