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 Organisation
Studies of processes where materials,
water, energy and information is
transferred between organisations
aiming at developing their activities and By-product
relations. exchange

Industrial activities Output Main product

Inputs
in an organisation

Input

Utilities Organisation
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 and
orchestrators

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Scavengers and Decomposers

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 Champions Coordinators
 Socially competent actor  Actors representing
with local roots private and/or public
 Develop social relations sector
 Adress social barriers  Coordinate development
of a specific area
 Important in early stages
of development
 Adress economic, social,
technical and
informational barriers
Brokers Orchestrators
 Actor with a function as  Actor with a function as
intermediary between intermediary and
other actors coordinator in a network
 Mediate information och of actors
material resources  Mediate information och
 Adress ekonomical, material resources
social, technical and  Adress ekonomical,
informational barriers social, technical and
informational barriers
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Physical anchors Institutional anchors
 Actors controlling large  Actors representing
flows public sector
 Attracts other actors to  Supply knowledge and
establish in the area support
 Important in early stages  Important in early stages
of development of development
 Adress economical and  Adress social,
techncal barriers informational and
barriers related to policy
instruments
Decomposers Scavengers
 Actor involved in
recycling processes of  Actor involved in
single flows collection of single flows
 Close material flows  Close material flows
 Adress ekonomical,  Adress ekonomical,
social, technical barriers social, technical barriers
"no cure - no pay" basis in exchange • New Eco-Industrial Parks
for an agreement on our exclusive right • Eco-Industrial Retrofit for
to trade the industrial waste products Existing Industrial Parks
• Municipal and Regional EIN
Strategies
• Wastewater assessments
Industrial symbiosis in municipalities
Råvarer
Alternative
Faste
Gødning foder • Eco-Industrial Policy &
biobrændsler
tilogbiogasanlæg
råstoffer
Planning
• Community Energy Planning
• Eco-Efficiency Assessments
and Eco-Industrial Audits

Alternative brændsler

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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 - preparing

Knowledge companies Network coordinators Industrial park coordinators

 Investigate and study  Coordinate collaboration  Coordinate collaboration

 Add knowledge  Add knowledge  Add knowledge and handle
 Acts locally  Acts on a regional level flows
 Acts locally

Recycling company Infrastructure company Process industry

 Broker, intermediary  Broker, intermediary  Acts as a junction

 Handle solid materials  Handle liquids and gases  Control large flows
 Acts on a regional level  Acts locally  Acts locally

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. Champions
2. Coordinators
3. Physical anchors
4. Institutional anchors
5. Brokers
6. Orchestrators
7. Decomposers
8. Scavengers

• What kind of companies do you have represented in your contexts?

1. Knowledge companies
2. Network coordinators
3. Industrial park coordinators
4. Recycling companies
5. Infrastructure companies
6. Process industries

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