An indicator-based method supporting assessment and decision-making of potential by-product exchanges in industrial symbiosis

Kosmol, Linda; Maiwald, Martin; Pieper, Christoph; Plötz, Joscha; Schmidt, Thorsten

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125593

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“…Various indicators have been proposed in the literature for measuring circular economies at three levels: macro (global, national, regional, city), meso (industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial parks), and micro (single firm, product) [19][20][21]. This study focuses on meso-level indicators that "focus on the industry, consumption activity or particular material level helping to detect waste of materials, pollution sources and opportunities for efficiency gains in specific sectors or consumption domains" [22].…”

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“…Felicio et al [18] developed an Industrial Symbiosis Indicator (ISI) for monitoring the evolution of IS networking within an eco-industrial park, intending to provide a decision-making tool for IS stakeholders. The combination of qualitative and quantitative indicators to evaluate the technical feasibility, economic viability, and environmental benefits of potential resource exchanges are proposed by Kosmol et al [20]. The key performance quantitative indicator system set up by Lutjie and Wolgemuth [30] consists of four subsystems including economic, environmental, and social indicators, and a general indicator system considering IS structure, activity, knowledge transfer, resilience, and adaptability issues.…”

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Estimating the Circularity Performance of an Emerging Industrial Symbiosis Network: The Case of Recycled Plastic Fibers in Reinforced Concrete

Marinelli

Butturi²,

Rimini

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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In recent times, the construction industry has been handling circular economy strategies in order to face the most important challenges in the sector, namely the lack of raw materials and the environmental impacts derived from all the processes linked to the entire supply chain. The industrial symbiosis approach represents an effective strategy to improve the circularity of the construction industry. This study analyses the circularity performance of an emerging industrial symbiosis network derived from the production of a cement mortar reinforced with recycled synthetic fibers coming from artificial turf carpets. From the collection of artificial turf carpets at the end-of-life stage it is possible to recover several materials, leading to potential unusual interactions between industries belonging to different sectors. A suitable indicator, retrieved from the literature, the Industrial Symbiosis Indicator (ISI), has been used to estimate the level of industrial symbiosis associated with increasing materials recirculation inside the network. Four scenarios—ranging from perfect linearity to perfect circularity—representing growing circularity were tested. Findings demonstrate that the development of an effective industrial symbiosis network can contribute to improving the circular approach within the construction sector, reducing environmental and economic pressures.

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Section: Literature Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimating the Circularity Performance of an Emerging Industrial Symbiosis Network: The Case of Recycled Plastic Fibers in Reinforced Concrete

Marinelli

Butturi²,

Rimini

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…In the absence of methods for experimenting with plant's decisions, there are many frameworks and quantitative methods employed for the study of the decision-making process in areas like Psychology, Medicine, Business Administration, Engineering, Design, Education, Logistics, Public Transport, and Computing. 3,[96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105] These tools are not commonly adopted in Plant Science because it is not usual considering that plants make decisions. Just like other branches of science adopted quantitative methods to cope with the high complexity of decisions, many aspects of Plant Science could also enrich their possibilities exploring the ability of plants to make smart decisions and taking advantage of its integration power and the mature tools that can be borrowed from other disciplines.…”

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Plants make smart decisions in complex environments

Severino

2021

Plant Signaling & Behavior

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This review proposes that plants make smart decision and encourages scientists to formulate and test hypotheses about plant's decisions as an option to investigate complex phenomena that are hardly explained through the predominant mechanistic approach. Three physiological processes (seed germination and seedling emergence, abortion of reproductive structures, and regulation of photosynthesis) are discussed to illustrate the plant's ability to make decisions from three different perspectives. It is proposed that plant scientists could access a rich pool of information by formulating and testing hypothesis on plant's decisions, even when it is not possible elucidating the full mechanism underpinning the decision. Decisions with a strategic component are discussed for seed germination and seedling emergence, in which the plant depends on limited information for making early decisions that will influence its survival and potential growth. Decisions consistent with an analysis of benefit/cost are illustrated with observations from abortion of reproductive structures. Decisions that search the optimization of complex processes are exemplified with the regulation of photosynthesis. For each type of decision, some draft experiments are suggested as exercise on how this framework could be applied. It is proposed that scientists could make experiments with plant's decisions adapting methods that were developed for other disciplines.

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“…Other benefits resulted from decreasing demands for raw materials and decreased waste release. IS supports regional development by developing new innovative productions utilizing unused material/energy streams [ 18 , 19 , 20 ]. These economic, ecological, and social profits of symbiotic synergies resulted from a decrease in raw material consumption and waste landfilling costs, the generation of revenue from waste, and the minimization of CO 2 emissions [ 3 ].…”

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Industrial Symbiosis for Sustainable Management of Meat Waste: The Case of Śmiłowo Eco-Industrial Park, Poland

Kowalski

Kulczycka

Makara

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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This study presents the developing process of the Śmiłowo Eco-Park, located in the Noteć valley region (Poland), is a part of the biggest Polish agri-food consortium, from its initial small waste management company to its final structure as an eco-industrial park using industrial symbiosis methods. The industrial symbiosis applied in the Eco-park promotes a business model which covers the whole life cycle of the products starting from the plant growing by animal feed preparation, livestock breeding, meat preparations, meat-bone meal production from animal waste, and the use of pig slurry as a fertilizer. The Eco-park model is presented in the form of a system of connected stream flows of materials and energy covering the full lifecycle of products, from cereal cultivation, through the production of industrial feed, and poultry and pig breeding for the production of meat products. The solutions used include the prevention of environmental pollution through the modernization of existing processes, implementation of new technologies, reduction of waste and its reuse, recycling, and recovery of materials and energy, the substitution of raw materials with waste, and thermal treatment of waste and its use as biofuel. This case study allows for analyses of the organizational and technical key strategic activities which enable waste, including hazardous waste, to be transformed into valuable materials and energy. These activities have modified the system of material and energy flows through the value chain to realize the goal of allowing profitable management of waste according to circular economy methods and also indicates methods of supporting modifications of supply chains in terms of implementation of the industrial symbiosis business model according to its relationship with sustainable development, cleaner production, and circular economy models. EIP Śmiłowo annually utilizes 300,000 t meat waste, produces 110,000 t meat bone meal biofuel, uses 120,000 t of pig manure as fertilizers, produces 460,000 GJ bioenergy, eliminates 92,000 t CO2 emissions.

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An indicator-based method supporting assessment and decision-making of potential by-product exchanges in industrial symbiosis

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Estimating the Circularity Performance of an Emerging Industrial Symbiosis Network: The Case of Recycled Plastic Fibers in Reinforced Concrete

Estimating the Circularity Performance of an Emerging Industrial Symbiosis Network: The Case of Recycled Plastic Fibers in Reinforced Concrete

Plants make smart decisions in complex environments

Industrial Symbiosis for Sustainable Management of Meat Waste: The Case of Śmiłowo Eco-Industrial Park, Poland

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