By-Product-Synergy Central Gulf Coast

Steering Committee
Jim Backes,
Hargrove EPC

Beth Basham,
E. I. DuPont

Gary Criscione,
Evonik Degussa

Tom Damson,
Long’s Human
Resource Services

Bernard A. Fogarty,
Alabama Power

Al Heffernan,
Heffernan & Associates

Jack Kimmit,
BASF

Travis Osborne,
Holcim (US) Inc.

Steve Russell,
Mobile Area Chamber
of Commerce

John Steadman,
College of Engineering,
University of South
Alabama

Founding Companies Alabama Power
BASF (Formerly CIBA)
E. I. DuPont
Evonik Degussa

Project Partners
US Business Council for
Sustainable Development

College of Engineering University of South Alabama

The FORUM

Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce

MISSION STATEMENT

Under the leadership of Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP), By-Product Synergy Central Gulf Coast benefits area business by employing a multi-industry collaborative approach to identifying and realizing opportunities for cost savings and innovations.

At its core, By-Product Synergy Central Gulf Coast facilitates the transformation of one company’s waste, or by-product, into an industrial input for another company. Synergies formed between participants turn costly waste streams into productive revenue streams while reducing the environmental impact of product.

PROJECT STATUS

Endorsements	Obtain Endorsements from key city, county & state leaders	November - March 2009
Company Participants	Current Participants: 11 Pending Companies: 5-7 First Round Synergy Group: 15-20	November - April 2009
Funding	Forum & PEP each grant $25,000; Company member fees; City/County/State/Federal Grants, Sponsorships	2008 - 2009
Launch	Convene first working group	May 2009
Working Groups	Collect and analyze data; identify synergies; implement synergies; collect metrics	May 2009 - May 2010
End of 1st project year	Publicize economic, environmental and social benefits of first project year.	June 2010

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