Efficacy of Landfill Tax and Subsidy Policies for the Emergence of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study

Fraccascia, Luca; Giannoccaro, Ilaria; Albino, Vito

doi:10.3390/su9040521

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“…Zhang, Du, and Wang (2018) propose an EIO model to compute the reductions in carbon footprint thanks to the IS practice. Fraccascia, Giannoccaro, and Albino (2017a) compute monetary flows between firms and governments thanks to environmental policy actions aimed at supporting the implementation of IS practices. However, to the best of our knowledge, no EIO models providing cost-benefit analysis in IS relationships have been developed in the literature.…”

Section: Enterprise Input-output Modelsmentioning

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Sustainable operations of industrial symbiosis: an enterprise input-output model integrated by agent-based simulation

Yazan

Fraccascia

2019

International Journal of Production Research

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a key for implementing circular economy. Through IS, wastes produced by one company are used as inputs by other companies. The operations of IS suffers from uncertainty barriers since wastes are not produced upon demand but emerge as secondary outputs. Such an uncertainty, triggered by waste supply-demand quantity mismatch, influences IS business dynamics. Accordingly, companies have difficulty to foresee potential costs and benefits of implementing IS. The paper adopts an enterprise input-output model providing a cost-benefit analysis of IS integrated to an agent-based model to simulate how companies share the total economic benefits stemming from IS. The proposed model allows to explore the space of cooperation, defined as the operationally favourable conditions to operate IS in an economically winwin manner. This approach, as a decision-support tool, allows the user to understand whether the IS relationship is created and how should the cost-sharing policy be. The proposed model is applied to a numerical example. Findings show that cost-sharing strategies are dramatically affected by waste supply-demand mismatch and by the relationship between saved and additional costs to run IS. Apart from methodological and theoretical contributions, the paper proposes managerial and practical implications for business strategy development in IS.

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Section: Enterprise Input-output Modelsmentioning

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Sustainable operations of industrial symbiosis: an enterprise input-output model integrated by agent-based simulation

Yazan

Fraccascia

2019

International Journal of Production Research

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“…The increase in waste disposal taxes has been an important incentive for changing the behavior of various companies to seek sustainable solutions in waste treatment and recovery and, consequently, for the implementation of industrial symbiosis [6,61]. In the United Kingdom, the creation of the landfill tax in 1996 had a very positive impact on increasing industrial symbiosis, not only because companies were driven to find more sustainable solutions, but the value of the tax was a source of funding for the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme [20].…”

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Current Status, Emerging Challenges, and Future Prospects of Industrial Symbiosis in Portugal

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Industrial symbiosis has proven to be an important tool for improving business sustainability with numerous environmental, economic, and social benefits. The literature on this subject has been provided with countless case studies of the application of this practice in different geographical locations. However, studies concerning Portugal in this area are still scarce. Thus, this article aims to map and analyze the existing cases of industrial symbiosis in Portugal, as well as the current state and the legislative context regarding this practice. It also aims to analyze the main barriers to the growth of synergy relations and outline new paths for the development of industrial symbiosis in Portugal. From the analysis to the case studies, it was possible to conclude that most industrial symbiosis networks have few actors, and networks with two and three are common. However, owing to strategic plans, the type of existing economic activities, and the waste generated, there is much potential for industrial symbiosis networks to be established and to contribute to emission reductions, more efficient use of resources, and reduced external dependence. However, in order to increase industrial symbiosis, concerted action must be taken at various levels to encourage companies to develop synergy relations. Changing the legislative framework, making funds available, the role of local governments, the existence of a facilitator, and the use of some industries as anchor tenants are some of the aspects that can contribute to the increase of industrial symbiosis in Portugal.

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“…[20,22,28,[38][39][40][41] Financial support Financial support provided by the government such as tax cuts, refund policies, price support, and public subsidies, is conducive to catalyze companies to comprehensive resource utilization and waste reuse. [40,[42][43][44][45] Economy Economic benefit Economic benefits achieved from by-product utilization, transportation cost-saving, and raw material substitution are strong incentives for companies to search for IS possibilities. [10,22,27,40,41,46,47] Financial payback Short financial payback time makes it possible for companies to invest in new equipment for establishing IS relationships.…”

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Understanding the Evolution of Industrial Symbiosis with a System Dynamics Model: A Case Study of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis, China

Cui

Liu

2018

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a key sub-field in industrial ecology. The field itself assists in developing strategies that support local and regional sustainable development. The evolution of IS is an important topic to be explored. In this paper, we use the system dynamics (SD) method to establish a model of the evolution of industrial symbiosis in the case of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis (HHIS). In this model, different scenarios for energy consumption, solid waste utilization, and wastewater utilization were set by changing the parameter values of certain input variables to analyze the evolution of HHIS. In addition, the drivers for IS evolution were investigated qualitatively in this study. The SD model was helpful for visualizing the effects and benefits of reducing the energy consumption, solid waste stock, and wastewater stock that were achieved by establishing symbiotic relationships during the evolution of IS. The results show that the optimization of energy and material flows and other symbiotic benefits can be achieved in HHIS. There are still some challenges that restrict the further evolution of HHIS. Some suggestions are proposed to promote its further evolution.

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Efficacy of Landfill Tax and Subsidy Policies for the Emergence of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: An Agent-Based Simulation Study

Cited by 45 publications

References 85 publications

Sustainable operations of industrial symbiosis: an enterprise input-output model integrated by agent-based simulation

Sustainable operations of industrial symbiosis: an enterprise input-output model integrated by agent-based simulation

Current Status, Emerging Challenges, and Future Prospects of Industrial Symbiosis in Portugal

Understanding the Evolution of Industrial Symbiosis with a System Dynamics Model: A Case Study of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis, China

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