– we don’t exist in a bubble, so we join our design automation tech to other systems and platforms so as not to duplicate functionality where it already exists, or ‘centralise’ either data or process.
Feedback from the participants demonstrated that the problem is seen as a priority within their business/sector.This is not ubiquitous, and, in some sectors, there is a lack of market demand and economic momentum..
Some parts of the industry are well advanced in their thinking and understanding of this emerging problem, while others are at the early stages.. What defines the dilemma, as much as any measure, are the multiple avenues being investigated to improve the situation.. What defines the dilemma, as much as any measure, are the multiple avenues being investigated to improve the situation.. Reducing usage through changing chemical pathways and process efficiency/intensification, combined with local, in-house recycling demonstrate how companies are looking within to solve most of the problem.Perhaps this represents a logical approach to reducing the demand for new solvent supplies as a precedent to finding new sources of biogenic.1. solvents.. Offsite re-cycling was deemed to have many complexities that reduced the focus on this course of action.
Burning or oxidation remains a method of waste management which deals with the toxicity of the chemicals, however despite energy extraction it is perceived as very wasteful of high value chemicals..Collectively it was felt that there were clear obstacles which slowed the changes and transitions.
From the uncertainty of changing economics, the regulatory systems inhibiting change, and a backlash to sustainability without credible economics..
Despite these hurdles, there was agreement in the room that there was a vision across the industry and this was expressed as: -.Another example is Gavin Stark’s Icebreaker One project, which seeks to improve efficiency in data sharing.
One challenge surrounding the issue is that bilateral sharing arrangements can actually create a significant amount of difficulty for other people.Sharp says that what we really need is something more free-flowing, and adds that we should be nudging the market in the right direction as it develops so that we end up with an optimally connected set of systems..
However, we’re also going to need to definitively demonstrate that the sharing of data will lead to capturable benefits, because such benefits are distributed, and until we demonstrate that, people won’t be motivated to take things forward.We want the people who invest to continue to invest.