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Artyom Jelnov & Limor Hatsor, Efficient Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis

The question considered by this study is how to apply industrial symbiosis successfully and the most appropriate platforms for this purpose.

We analyze the industries within which it would be valuable to apply industrial symbiosis and those where such application might cause harm to the environment and therefore require the development of new technologies prior to such a process taking place.

Manufacturing processes may be divided into two principal categories in terms of the value in applying industrial symbiosis. The first category relates to manufacturing processes that require industrial symbiosis in order to improve the environment. The challenges here may take the form of behavioral psychological barriers (difficulty in adopting new technologies), information barriers (lack of information or awareness about potential buyers for byproducts), or regulatory bureaucratic barriers. In this context, we also examine how competition levels in the economy influence incentives for firms to adopt industrial symbiosis.

Paradoxically, the second category of manufacturing processes relates to industrial symbiosis that is harmful to the environment. This outcome occurs when the manufacturing technologies are highly pollluting and the percentage of byproducts that are recyclable or reusable is relatively low. In these cases, the recommendation is to encourage the development of new technologies prior to the application of industrial symbiosis. This ensures the implementation of efficient and successful industrial symbiosis that will reduce potential pollution and better serve the environment.

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