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Industrial symbiosis development – the role of different actors and
companies
Mats Eklund
Professor, Environmental Technology and Management
Linköping University
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Industrial symbiosis – changes in connectedness
Industrial activities in an organisation
Inputs Output
Output
Outpu
t
Input
Organisation
Organisation
Studies of processes where materials, water, energy and information is transferred between organisations aiming at developing their activities and relations.
By-product exchange
Main product
Utilities cooperation
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Key actors/functions for development of industrial symbiosis (based on a literature study at Linköping University by Baumgarten and Nilsson, 2014)
• Champions• Coordinators• Physical anchors• Institutional anchors• Brokers • Orchestrators• Decomposers• Scavengers
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Champions
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Coordinators
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Physical and institutional anchors
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Brokers andorchestrators
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Scavengers and Decomposers
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Champions Coordinators Physical anchors Institutional anchors
Socially competent actor with local roots
Develop social relations Adress social barriers
Actors representing private and/or public sector
Coordinate development of a specific area
Important in early stages of development
Adress economic, social, technical and informational barriers
Actors controlling large flows
Attracts other actors to establish in the area
Important in early stages of development
Adress economical and techncal barriers
Actors representing public sector
Supply knowledge and support
Important in early stages of development
Adress social, informational and barriers related to policy instruments
Brokers Orchestrators Decomposers Scavengers
Actor with a function as intermediary between other actors
Mediate information och material resources
Adress ekonomical, social, technical and informational barriers
Actor with a function as intermediary and coordinator in a network of actors
Mediate information och material resources
Adress ekonomical, social, technical and informational barriers
Actor involved in recycling processes of single flows
Close material flows Adress ekonomical,
social, technical barriers
Actor involved in collection of single flows
Close material flows Adress ekonomical,
social, technical barriers
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Råvarer til biogasanlægAlternative råstofferFaste biobrændslerGødning og foder
• New Eco-Industrial Parks• Eco-Industrial Retrofit for
Existing Industrial Parks • Municipal and Regional EIN
Strategies• Wastewater assessments• Eco-Industrial Policy &
Planning• Community Energy Planning• Eco-Efficiency Assessments
and Eco-Industrial Audits
Alternative brændsler
"no cure - no pay" basis in exchange for an agreement on our exclusive right to trade the industrial waste products
Industrial symbiosis in municipalities
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What is an industrial symbiosis company?
• Expert European survey resulted in a list of 56 companies that were suggested to facilitate industrial symbiosis through their activities
• They could be categorized in six categories–Knowledge companies–Network coordinators– Industrial park coordinators–Recycling companies– Infrastructure companies–Process industries
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Knowledge companies
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Network coordinators
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Industrial park coordinators
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Recycling companies
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Infrastructure companies
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Process industries
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Knowledge companies Network coordinators Industrial park coordinators
Investigate and study Add knowledge Acts locally
Coordinate collaboration Add knowledge Acts on a regional level
Coordinate collaboration Add knowledge and handle
flows Acts locally
Recycling company Infrastructure company Process industry
Broker, intermediary Handle solid materials Acts on a regional level
Broker, intermediary Handle liquids and gases Acts locally
Acts as a junction Control large flows Acts locally
Knowledge - preparing
Resource handling - delivering
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Knowledge and action
Preparing
Delivering
Time
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• What functions do you have represented in your contexts?1. Champions2. Coordinators3. Physical anchors4. Institutional anchors5. Brokers 6. Orchestrators7. Decomposers8. Scavengers
• What kind of companies do you have represented in your contexts?1. Knowledge companies2. Network coordinators3. Industrial park coordinators4. Recycling companies5. Infrastructure companies6. Process industries