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Table 5.4 Key events related to industrial symbiosis, 1989–2014
Year
IS-related events
2014 US BCSD launches the Austin Materials Marketplace
European Commission adopts the Communication “Towards a Circular Economy: A
Zero Waste Programme for Europe”
European Union’s Horizon 2020 innovation and research funding plan calls on
industrial symbiosis to deliver circular economy
Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System launched
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Knowledge Sharing Week on
industrial symbiosis in Cape Town
Green Industrial Symbiosis national program launched in Denmark
NISP Canada launched
2013 European Industrial Symbiosis Association (EUR-ISA) launched
European Resource Effi ciency Platform recommends pan-European network of
industrial symbiosis initiatives
Chinese Association of Circular Economy established
Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) pilot project, South Africa
2012 Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme fosters work on EIPs in India
2011 Industrial symbiosis embedded in European Resource Effi ciency Flagship Initiative,
part of the Europe 2020 Strategy
European Commission adopts the Roadmap to a Resource Effi cient Europe
EU, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova begin the Industrial Symbiosis Network
for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in the Black Sea Basin
(SymNet)
Portugal’s National Waste Management Plan introduces the concept of IS
2010 ECOMARK Initiative fosters development of EIPs in France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia,
and Spain
2009 EU funds the project ZeroWIN (Towards Zero Waste in Industrial Networks) that
terminated in 2014
2008 China passes the Law for the Promotion of the Circular Economy, set to begin in 2009
Sweden launches SymbioCity project to promote symbiosis in urban systems
France launches COMETHE project to design methodology and tools for the
implementation of industrial ecology approaches on a business park scale (ended in
2011)
2006 China S EPA establishes national guidelines for EIPs
2005 The UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) launched with funding from
Defra’s Business Resource Effi ciency and Waste Programme
Korean National Eco-industrial Park Program begins
China NDRC launches circular economy pilot demonstration projects
2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology begins publication
Resource Optimization Initiative founded in India
The annual Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium initiated at Yale
2001 China S EPA (now MEP) approves the fi rst national pilot EIP (Guangxi Guitang Group)
2000 The Business Council for Sustainable Development – United Kingdom (BCSD-UK)
leads its fi rst IS program in the Humber region, UK
Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) launched in the UK
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Table 5.4 Key events related to industrial symbiosis, 1989–2014
Year
IS-related events
2014 US BCSD launches the Austin Materials Marketplace
European Commission adopts the Communication “Towards a Circular Economy: A
Zero Waste Programme for Europe”
European Union’s Horizon 2020 innovation and research funding plan calls on
industrial symbiosis to deliver circular economy
Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System launched
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Knowledge Sharing Week on
industrial symbiosis in Cape Town
Green Industrial Symbiosis national program launched in Denmark
NISP Canada launched
2013 European Industrial Symbiosis Association (EUR-ISA) launched
European Resource Effi ciency Platform recommends pan-European network of
industrial symbiosis initiatives
Chinese Association of Circular Economy established
Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) pilot project, South Africa
2012 Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme fosters work on EIPs in India
2011 Industrial symbiosis embedded in European Resource Effi ciency Flagship Initiative,
part of the Europe 2020 Strategy
European Commission adopts the Roadmap to a Resource Effi cient Europe
EU, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova begin the Industrial Symbiosis Network
for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in the Black Sea Basin
(SymNet)
Portugal’s National Waste Management Plan introduces the concept of IS
2010 ECOMARK Initiative fosters development of EIPs in France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia,
and Spain
2009 EU funds the project ZeroWIN (Towards Zero Waste in Industrial Networks) that
terminated in 2014
2008 China passes the Law for the Promotion of the Circular Economy, set to begin in 2009
Sweden launches SymbioCity project to promote symbiosis in urban systems
France launches COMETHE project to design methodology and tools for the
implementation of industrial ecology approaches on a business park scale (ended in
2011)
2006 China S EPA establishes national guidelines for EIPs
2005 The UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) launched with funding from
Defra’s Business Resource Effi ciency and Waste Programme
Korean National Eco-industrial Park Program begins
China NDRC launches circular economy pilot demonstration projects
2004 Progress in Industrial Ecology begins publication
Resource Optimization Initiative founded in India
The annual Industrial Symbiosis Research Symposium initiated at Yale
2001 China S EPA (now MEP) approves the fi rst national pilot EIP (Guangxi Guitang Group)
2000 The Business Council for Sustainable Development – United Kingdom (BCSD-UK)
leads its fi rst IS program in the Humber region, UK
Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) launched in the UK
(continued)
M. Chertow and J. Park