Barriers, drivers, and relationships in industrial symbiosis of a network of Brazilian manufacturing companies

Sellitto, Miguel Afonso; Murakami, Fábio Kazuhiro; Butturi, Maria Angela; Marinelli, Simona; Kadel, Nelson; Rimini, Bianca

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2020.09.016

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“…Firms receive these kinds of waste as the input of their product or any other beneficial point. The same perception has been identified in several studies [5,6] and noted economic benefits with replacing waste as a raw material taking advantage of physical proximity when the price is lower than that of a raw material. When a company is focusing on sustainability, firms used to consider highly on the environmental factor.…”

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“…On the other hand, most companies are now considering social benefits and trying to minimize the negative impact on societ following these types of procedures, firms can rectify their concerns about the Furthermore, analysis implies the firms' less perception over technology though industrial-technological methods are today's world to reuse byproducts of the industries. As a result, with IS implementation, firms can further enhance the economic value and social and environmental performance [5]. impact on society.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, analysis implies the firms' less though many are available in s world to reuse byproducts of the industries. As a result, with IS implementation, firms can further enhance the economic value and social and environmental performance [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mainly IS assumes that the sector can increase its product value while decreasing resource usage and production of waste material by effectively integrating related material and energy flows into a more extensive system. By implementing such a strategy, industries focus on increasing profit by complying with legal regulations and taking advantage of physical proximity [ 5 ] . In other words, the critical factors considered in IS are collaboration and the synergistic possibilities through geographic relationships concerning the physical exchange of materials, energy, water, and byproducts, which can be identified as a collective approach to gain competitive advantage among conventionally separate industries.…”

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“…Moreover, through the exchange, firms can bring value to the waste by increasing the useful life of them without following early disposal procedures [24]. Further, from an environmental perspective, the utilization of recycled materials helps to reduce the usage of natural resource preserves [5,25]. Such shifting will enhance the firm's corporate the continuous deterioration of the environment is a challenging issue discussed in today's world.…”

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Assessment of Industrial Symbiosis Implementation Opportunities: A Study in a Selected Industrial Zone, Sri Lanka

Karunarathne

Madhushan

2021

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Most Sri Lankan Industries discharge or dispose of many waste materials in large quantities in solid, liquid, and gaseous forms. Due to the high cost of treatment, many industries dispose of wastes either to dumpsites or lowlands through third-party contractors. The haphazard disposal of untreated waste is growing into a significant problem in the country. As a result, this study was conducted to identify the application options to treat or reuse the valuable waste generated by some selected industries by implementing the industrial symbiosis process in an industrial zone. Personal interviews and questionnaires were used as the methodological tools of the study to collect firm-related waste. Material properties and feasibility facts were mainly considered concerning industrial symbiosis application potential with respect to the waste receivers' and doners' perspectives. Through the study, potential secondary usage of waste was identified, avoiding direct discharge into the environment. The result from the evaluation indicates some support to the theories that industrial symbiosis can have benefits both from an economic and environmental point of view.

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An overview of Brazilian companies' readiness to implement industrial symbiosis

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Bezerra,

Gobbo Júnior

2023

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a strategy that focuses on the exchange of resources between colocated industries. Despite the benefits of IS, companies often face challenges in implementing it, primarily due to technical, economic, and information barriers. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of implementing IS among Brazilian companies. To achieve this, a survey was conducted with 201 colocated companies using a previously developed instrument to assess their levels of symbiotic readiness. The findings resulted in the creation of a typology of symbiotic readiness levels, accompanied by practical recommendations for each level. In general, the surveyed companies are making progress toward implementing IS, as evidenced by their attempts to exchange waste and by‐products with other colocated industries. However, overcoming barriers related to information sharing, trust‐building, access conditions, infrastructure, and partnership formation remains challenging. This study provides valuable evidence from an emerging country regarding the readiness levels of companies to implement IS, offering insights and recommendations for managers and public authorities to promote IS. It is important to note that as companies reach mature stages of IS implementation, they can collaborate to transform the conditions of the industrial parks, ultimately fostering future industrial ecosystems.

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Does self‐organizing policy network provide effective waste services? An empirical evaluation of institutional collective action and transaction cost dilemmas

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da Silva,

Consciência Silvestre

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Public Admin & Development

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This paper examines institutional collective action and transaction cost (TC) dilemmas in a self‐organizing policy network involving federal, state, and municipal agencies for waste services in a port and industrial park. A thematic analysis revealed dilemmas in: (a) vertical levels, which lack leadership in industrial waste management due to unclear responsibility delegation across government levels; (b) horizontal levels, reluctant to take responsibilities and define jurisdiction boundaries for efficient waste services; and (c) functional levels, which exhibit fragmented and unaligned action scopes. Transaction costs, stemming from a deficiency in expertise, infrastructure, and organized information regarding companies' waste management, hinder effective programs and policies. Without tackling these challenges and TCs through a governance framework that includes implementation strategies, monitoring, and institutional controls, the self‐organizing policy network is likely to remain stuck in collective institutional inertia.

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Barriers, drivers, and relationships in industrial symbiosis of a network of Brazilian manufacturing companies

Cited by 53 publications

References 78 publications

Assessment of Industrial Symbiosis Implementation Opportunities: A Study in a Selected Industrial Zone, Sri Lanka

Assessment of Industrial Symbiosis Implementation Opportunities: A Study in a Selected Industrial Zone, Sri Lanka

An overview of Brazilian companies' readiness to implement industrial symbiosis

Does self‐organizing policy network provide effective waste services? An empirical evaluation of institutional collective action and transaction cost dilemmas

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