Industrial Ecosystems: Developing Sustainable Industrial

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ID Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2005
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Table of Contents

1. Ecosystems as Models for Industrial Development . .11

Industrial ecology and prospects for sustainable development. 11

Industrial symbiosis , 14

Industrial ecosystems . 16

The benefits of industrial ecosystems 18

About this document . 21

2. The Kalundborg Industrial Ecosystem: Development and Implications . .23

Introduction , 23

The concept of symbiosis24

Symbiosis results 25

Symbiosis chronology 27

Symbiosis linkages . 28

Symbiosis requirements 38

Symbiosis development 40

Salient issues regarding symbiosis in Kalundborg 42

3. The Zero Emissions Research Initiative . .51

4. Industrial Ecosystems in the L.S.: The Eco-Industrial Park Project Project implementation .

The Phase I EIP Study. .

Phase I1 Demonstration Projects . .

Chattanooga

Browsville

Baltimore

Cape Charles

EXP project results .

5. How the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Impedes Resource Conservation and

Recovery: Problems and Some Proposed Solutions 79

A rose by any other name: The definition of solid waste 82

Implementing RCRA , 87

RCRA barriers to industrial symbiosis 90

Proposed solutions . 93

6. Flexible Networks and Inter-Firm Collaboration: Applications to Industrial Ecosystem

Development

Introduction .

The concept.

Why this is relevant . .

The origins of inier-firm collaboration . .

The parallel between manufacturing networks and industrial ecosystems .

Emilia-Romagna: The Kalundborg of manufacturing networks .

The Danish network experience

Network development in the United States .

Methods of public-sector intervention . .

Factors influencing network development and an alternate view

Implications for the development of industrial ecosystems

7. The Development of Industrial Ecosystems . 121

Information requirements 121

Three roles to keep in mind 124

The organization of industrial ecosystem development . 124

The venue: green and brown, new and pre-existing developments 131

Factors influencing industrial ecosystem development and some concluding thoughts 139