Potential Improvement of the Methodology for Industrial Symbiosis Implementation at Regional Scale

Luciano, Antonella; Barberio, Grazia; Mancuso, Erika; Sbaffoni, Silvia; Monica, Marco La; Scagliarino, Claudia; Cutaia, Laura

doi:10.1007/s12649-016-9625-y

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“…To enable the realisation of industrial symbiosis networks, it is also essential to obtain knowledge not only of the possible participants but also of the numbers and types of waste/by-product available. Thus, in addition to meetings with local businesses that help foster possible relationships, as achieved in Emilia-Romagna, Italy [53], the Catania and Siracusa districts in Italy [66], and Colombia [34], the use of digital programs and platforms can also facilitate this interaction by building a common base with potential participants and waste and by optimising possible relationships. Examples of these are the development of a digital web platform for the electrical and electronic equipment sector [38], the Looplocal tool, which is useful in countries with geographically dispersed industries [72], the eSymbiosis multilingual service, implemented as an accessible web service [80], the SymbioSyS tool [87], and the ESOTA®platform, which is based on relationship mimicking [112].…”

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“…Industrial park/eco-industrial park: [75,76,87,91,98,104,110,114]; business park: [81]; local industrial network: [64]; industrial districts (companies with geographical proximity): [67]; nearby companies: [35,36]; clusters: [73,107] Macro Region: [43,53,66,80,83,93]; region (residential, industrial, rural dimensions): [11]; city (industrial park and urban area, industrial and urban symbiosis): [9,37,39,106]; municipality: [72]; island: [74,122]; agro-industrial symbiosis: [120]; automotive sector: [63] 3.…”

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The Potential of Industrial Symbiosis: Case Analysis and Main Drivers and Barriers to Its Implementation

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Industrial symbiosis, which is characterised mainly by the reuse of waste from one company as raw material by another, has been applied worldwide with recognised environmental, economic, and social benefits. However, the potential for industrial symbiosis is not exhausted in existing cases, and there is still a wide range of opportunities for its application. Through a comprehensive literature review, this article aims to compile and analyse studies that focus on potential industrial symbiosis in real contexts, to highlight the margin of optimisation that is not being used. The cases reported in the publications identified here were characterised and analysed according to geographic location, type of economic activity, waste/by-products, main benefits, and the methods employed in the studies. From this analysis, we conclude that there is great potential for applications involving industrial symbiosis throughout the world, and especially in Europe, corresponding to 53% of the total cases analysed. Manufacturing stood out as the sector with the highest potential for establishing symbiosis relationships, and the most common types of waste streams in potential networks were organic, plastic and rubber, wood, and metallic materials. This article also discusses the main drivers and barriers to realising the potential of industrial symbiosis. The diversity of industries, geographical proximity, facilitating entities and legislation, plans, and policies are shown to be the main drivers.

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The Potential of Industrial Symbiosis: Case Analysis and Main Drivers and Barriers to Its Implementation

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“…Finally, voluntary instruments aim to promote firms to implement IS exchanges, making easier the creation of IS relationships. Examples of these instruments are databases and services matching demand and supply of wastes [3,73,74].…”

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

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Abstract:Despite the theoretical value of industrial symbiosis (IS), this approach appears to be underdeveloped in terms of practical applications. Different attempts to stimulate IS in practice are noticed, one of them consisting in the application of adequate policy measures. This paper explores the efficacy of two specific policies (landfill tax and economic subsidy for IS exchanges) in supporting the emergence of self-organized industrial symbiosis networks (ISNs). We frame the ISNs as complex adaptive systems and we design an agent-based model to simulate their emergence. We use a real case study and, by means of the simulation model, we assess how the two policy measures are able to enhance the formation of spontaneous IS relationships, thereby forcing the emergence of the ISN. Results show that both policy measures have a positive effect in all scenarios considered, but the extent is strictly dependent on the environmental conditions in which IS relationships occur. The economic implications for the government are finally discussed.

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“…The number of tools facilitating the development of IS has considerably increased during the last 10 years. They rely on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), physical meetings, or a combination of both such as the methods developed by ENEA [96] or NISP one [20]. ICT platforms can either be 'passive' (e.g., marketplaces) or use elaborate matchmaking algorithm as in the e-Symbiosis project [97,98].…”

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A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology

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For the last 20 years, the field of industrial symbiosis (IS) has raised interest among academics and industries. IS consists of dissimilar entities sharing and valorising underutilised resources such as materials, energy, information, services, or technologies in the view of increasing the industrial system’s circularity. Despite the benefits brought by IS, though, barriers hindering the full dissemination of IS remain. This paper presents a methodology developed in the framework of the H2020 European project EPOS that aims at removing some of the obstacles to the implementation of IS. The method follows a multidisciplinary approach that intents to trigger the interest of industry decision-makers and initiate efforts to optimise the use of energy and material resources through symbiosis. It is applied to an industrial cluster located in the Humber region of UK. The case study shows how the approach helped to identify several IS opportunities, how one particular high-potential symbiosis was further assessed, and how it led to the creation of a business case. It was estimated that the identified symbiosis could bring substantial economic (+2000 k€ pa), environmental (−4000 t of CO2 eq. pa) and social (+7 years of healthy life) gains to the region.

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Potential Improvement of the Methodology for Industrial Symbiosis Implementation at Regional Scale

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

The Potential of Industrial Symbiosis: Case Analysis and Main Drivers and Barriers to Its Implementation

The Potential of Industrial Symbiosis: Case Analysis and Main Drivers and Barriers to Its Implementation

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

A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology

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