Industrial ecology: an application to a real case

Abstract

In the context of globalisation, with environmental degradation, it becomes necessary to rethink economic development paths and economic development models. The Industrial Ecology emerges as an opportunity for change to an eco-efficient and sustainable economy. It provides environmental, social and economic benefits. Under this premise the present work tries to explain the importance of Industrial Ecology and propose its implementation in an industrial park in Valencia. We analyse some companies and their possible interrelations, by creating synergies between them. A project which involves five companies is proposed and some synergies are identified. Firstly, this work presents us with a description of all of these companies and their flow diagrams and also the possible synergies between them. We then expand upon this until finally we achieve a diagram of synergies within that particular industrial park.