Industrial and Territorial Ecology: A solution to optimize the management of resources.
Discover 4 inspiring solutions across 4 different countries below!
It is possible to save 3 million cubic metres of water if, like at Kalundbordg eco-industrial park, we change our territorial functioning.
What if we could replicate this kind of saving worldwide?
For the third edition of Solutions&Co, we have focused on circular economy. This new economic model breaks with the traditional pattern of linear production (produce, use, dispose), and redefines products and services to minimize both waste and other harmful outputs.
We’ve drawn up a list of 4 inspiring solutions responding to the climate, energy, environment issues, of among the 50 business solutions shared by 20 of the greatest international media from all over the world, reunited for the event. This is the case of the initiatives of iNex, Industrial Pooling of Resources in Québec, Industrial Symbiosis in Colombia and Calvisius Caviar.
* INEX: the “tinder” for waste!
The French startup iNex connects producers of waste with companies in need of raw materials thanks to a web platform and a set of experts. Its goal is to create synergies between companies within the same geographical region. The matchmaking tool has already proved successful, benefitting over 200 companies in 3 countries!
* INDUSTRIAL POOLING OF RESOURCES : Parks are the Beginning of Change !
This article reveals the unexpected impact of industrial parks and the respective suitable ecosystems for the pooling of resources and the elongation of their lifespan. The industrial park Portuaire de Bécancour, situated between Québec and Montreal, is referenced as an example.
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* INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS IN COLOMBIA: a new and innovant system
Symbiosis between industrial ecology and emerging industry in Colombia: importance of the application of IE in large companies and SMEs, showing examples of where the system is most developed.
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* CALVISIUS CAVIAR: Sea and circular economy
Calvisius caviar is an Italian company that accounts for 15% of the world’s production of farmed caviar, has implemented a process to heat the tanks where the sturgeons are raised with the waste heat of a nearby steel plant.
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