Cleaner production and industrial ecosystems, a Dutch experience Export

@article{citeulike:190376, abstract = {This article opens briefly with the recent discussions about the effectiveness of pollution prevention. As pollution prevention and cleaner production are important elements of industrial ecology, the different definitions and approaches of industrial ecology as a term also need clarity. The major part of this article reflects the first results of the cleaner production and industrial ecology concepts, applied in an industrial ecosystem project (INES) in the Rotterdam harbour area. In this industrial area with many refineries and (petro)chemical facilities, the possibilities for companies to reuse waste streams, by-products and energy from each other was researched. The project was initiated by an industrial association. Sixty-nine members of the industrial association joined the INES project and provided confidential information about their resources, products and waste streams to the research team. Based on this information, 15 projects were designed. The selected three projects for further feasibility studies showed the potency to reduce the use of energy, water and bio sludge significantly.}, author = {Baas, Leo}, citeulike-article-id = {190376}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0959-6526(98)00015-8}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VFX-3VGH6RR-3/2/174e89a641159320c0098dc4321b310c}, doi = {10.1016/S0959-6526(98)00015-8}, journal = {Journal of Cleaner Production}, keywords = {case, eco-industrial, industrial, symbiosis}, month = {September}, number = {3-4}, pages = {189--197}, posted-at = {2005-05-09 23:28:53}, priority = {3}, title = {Cleaner production and industrial ecosystems, a Dutch experience}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0959-6526(98)00015-8}, volume = {6}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:190376 L3 - citeulike-article-id:190376 N2 - This article opens briefly with the recent discussions about the effectiveness of pollution prevention. As pollution prevention and cleaner production are important elements of industrial ecology, the different definitions and approaches of industrial ecology as a term also need clarity. The major part of this article reflects the first results of the cleaner production and industrial ecology concepts, applied in an industrial ecosystem project (INES) in the Rotterdam harbour area. In this industrial area with many refineries and (petro)chemical facilities, the possibilities for companies to reuse waste streams, by-products and energy from each other was researched. The project was initiated by an industrial association. Sixty-nine members of the industrial association joined the INES project and provided confidential information about their resources, products and waste streams to the research team. Based on this information, 15 projects were designed. The selected three projects for further feasibility studies showed the potency to reduce the use of energy, water and bio sludge significantly. IS - 3-4 JF - Journal of Cleaner Production EP - 197 TI - Cleaner production and industrial ecosystems, a Dutch experience VL - 6 SP - 189 KW - case KW - eco-industrial KW - industrial KW - symbiosis AU - Baas, Leo PY - 1998/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0959-6526(98)00015-8 ER -