Adapting, Improving, and Creating
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Adapting, Improving, and Creating
Maine’s New Forest Economy
University of Maine
Adam Costanza Sustainable Manufacturing and Climate:Sustainability Metrics Program Manager
OCTOBER, 23, 2019
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A Big Footprint in North America
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• 33 Member companies
• 81 Mills
• ~40% of P&P manufacturing
• ~40% of wood products manufacturing
• ~92 Million hectares of forests (227 Million acres)
• 103 Member companies
• 335 Mills
• ~80% of P&P manufacturing
• ~35% of pellet production
• 33 Million acres of forests
NCASI BY THE NUMBERS
• 3 New Zealand Mills + Forestland
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NCASI = Solutions
ABOUT NCASI
Solving problems, saving our Members time and money for 76 years. Our technical expertise encompasses all environmental aspects of the forest products industry.
• Regulations• Wood products• Sustainable Manufacturing• Climate, Carbon & GHGs• Forest management• Air quality• Water quality & Aquatic biology• Chemical management
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What Led You Here?
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• Forest Products Industry (FPI) manufacturing or R&D
• Researcher, including students
• Forester, logger
• Ecology, wildlife
• Policy, business development, economist
• Curious outsider to FPI
SURVEY
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How did we go from this:
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HISTORY
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To this:
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HISTORY
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What happened?!
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• Change in market demand
• Great recession
• Environmental regulations
• Lagging infrastructure upgrades
• High energy prices
• Labor costs…
HISTORY
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• Adaptingto changing markets
• Improvingon working models
• Creatingnovel products & solutions
ADAPT/IMPROVE/CREATE
Maine’s Next-Gen Forest Economy
CLT Plant - 2019
Hardwood Softwood: ND Paper - 2019
Go Lab - 2019
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Value of FPI in U.S. $284 Billion
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Packaging
Graphic Paper
Specialty
ADAPT
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Androscoggin: Verso Rumford: ND Paper Skowhegan: Sappi
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ADAPT
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Good Better
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IMPROVE
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Circular Economy: A Growing Mindset
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IMPROVE
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Circular/Bio/Forest Economy
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IMPROVE
Circular Economy
Bioeconomy
Forest Bioeconomy
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Forest Bioeconomy
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IMPROVE
https://www.metsagroup.com/en/Sustainability/bioeconomy/Sivut/default.aspx
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FPI Will Lead the Next-gen Bio-based Economy
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IMPROVE
• Advanced fibers
• Cellulosic sugars
• Thermochemical fuels
• Lignin
• Extractives
• Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)
• Cellulose nanofibers (CNF)
• Biocomposites
• Microfibrillated cellulose
• Biochar
• Wood fiber insulation
• Polylactic acid (PLA)
All images are copyright by their parent company
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IMPROVE
From: metsafibre.com/en/about-us/Production-units/Bioproduct-mill/Pages/Bioproducts.aspx
Collaborate With Experience
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IMPROVE
From: metsafibre.com/en/about-us/Production-units/Bioproduct-mill/Pages/Bioproducts.aspx
Collaborate With Experience
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Setting up for Success
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IMPROVE
“Today, our forest products industry is experiencing a remarkable revitalization driven by world-class innovation. With the signing of this MOU, Maine will partner closely with Finland to share expertise, leverage resources, and implement best practices to grow our economies and ensure that our forests play as integral role in our future as they have in our past.”
Janet Mills - Governor of Maine
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Creating The Future Forest Economy – VIDEO ATTACHED
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CREATE
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Truly Novel = High Risk / High Reward
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CREATE
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• Many players
• Tight IP control
• Tougher env. regulations
• Trade & tariffs
• Low unemployment
• Aging of expertise
• Fiber costs
• Competing products
• Forest health
• Supply chain…
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Emerging Issue: PFAS
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• Compiling and evaluating industry data
• Guidance on laboratory contracting and data auditing
• Supporting mill sampling activities
• In-house PFAS analysis (LC-MS/MS)
• Developing threshold values of regulatory interest for effluents, residuals, and products
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS)
• PFAS Analysis – Sample Collection Instructions for Wastewater• ncasi.org/resource/ncasi-general-pfas-sampling-guidance
• PFAS in the Environment – Review of the science and navigating regulatory activity• ncasi.org/events/pfas-in-the-environment
• PFAS: Recent Developments and Analytical Considerations • ncasi.org/resource/cc-18-005-per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-
substances-pfas-recent-developments-and-analytical-considerations
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Sustainable Fiber Source & Much More
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FULL VALUE OF MAINE’S FORESTS
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Pests Are Here – More Will Come
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FOREST HEALTH
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Logging Supply
P&P Mills
Wood & Pellet Mills
Next-gen Products
Labor, Wages & Ages
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Goal 5: Stay Organized, Focused, and Persistent…
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STRATEGY & TACTICS
Need tactics for:
• Being nimble
• Partnering
• Using experts in and outside Maine
• Incorporating the risk of inaction
• Missteps and improvement
• Beyond $12 Billion (and not just $)
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If you don’t have a firetruck, build one on the way to the fire.
– Carlton Owen, US Endowment
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Adam CostanzaSustainable Manufacturing and Climate:Sustainability Metrics Program Manager
Let’s Keep Talking!
919-941-6409 www.ncasi.org [email protected]
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