Understanding the low occurrence of Symbiosis Industrial in Brazil

Abstract

This paper contributes to the understanding of the low occurrence of Industrial Symbiosis in Brazil. The importance of public policies in Brazil, the development of public policies is confirmed by the institution of the National Solid Waste Policy (NSWP). Note that companies seek symbiosis in response to regulatory pressure or to increase the efficiency of resource use, emissions reduction, or wastes. Further the importance of including social, cultural and business approaches in planning synergies between companies. Identifies environmental and cooperation regarding the responsibilities and capabilities of each aspect environmental management. Methodologically the study can be regarded as descriptive and exploratory purposes and in relation to the literature regarding methods. Finally, there are barriers which are raised on the relationship to the Industrial Symbiosis practices.

Industrial symbiosis in Brazil: A systematic literature review

“…Three studies were classified as theoretical, representing 9% of the population of analysed works. The first one seeks to explain the low occurrence of IS in Brazil, highlighting the need for public policies that support companies in the IS development, stimulating the reuse of waste and the formation or strengthening of existing clusters (Cutovoi, 2015).…”

“…Saraceni et al (2017) developed a pilot project to evaluate IS in the Brazilian context. Trevisan et al (2016) seek to highlight the concepts of IS, Industrial Ecopark, which demonstrates the lack of research in this area in Brazil, and Cutovoi (2015), who considers the lack of public policies and regulatory pressure from the competent bodies are among the main reasons for the low occurrence of symbiotic networks in Brazil.…”

“…The rigidity of environmental legislation, in specific segments, can be a driver of the search for solutions in the field of IS, as in the case of the steel industry (Sellitto et al, 2021), or even as highlighted by Cutovoi (2015) in his theoretical work.…”