224
M. Migliore et al.
Fig. 2 Distribution by type of beneficiary of the projects (data extracted and processed from the
LIFE projects database, period 1992–2019)
are very few cases in which new production processes are activated for the realisation
of a new product.
5 A Virtual Marketplace for by-Products
and Pre-consumer Recyclable Scraps
The objective of the second part of the research is to define the characteristics of
the structure and the operating procedures of an inter-sectoral information platform
(Web-based), designed to match supply and possible demand of by-products and preconsumer recyclable scraps in order to create a virtual marketplace. The platform,
according to its characteristics and structure, might have different applications: to be
delivered to third parties for the development of Web applications; to be proposed
for its operational evolution through participation in competitive research projects;
to be a tool for activating clusters and/or industrial symbiosis networks. To this
end, the research primarily has identified information sets, capable of describing
various types of by-products and scraps, coming from many manufacturing sectors, in
relation to different characteristics (chemical, physical, morphological–dimensional,
embodied energy, in terms of the environmental impact of the equivalent CO 2 emitted,
etc.). The purpose is to stimulate various operators for the collection of unified and
unambiguous data and to facilitate, through a shared knowledge, the identification
of possible alternative uses of by-products and scraps for the construction industry.
The structure and the contents of the platform are based on:
M. Migliore et al.
Fig. 2 Distribution by type of beneficiary of the projects (data extracted and processed from the
LIFE projects database, period 1992–2019)
are very few cases in which new production processes are activated for the realisation
of a new product.
5 A Virtual Marketplace for by-Products
and Pre-consumer Recyclable Scraps
The objective of the second part of the research is to define the characteristics of
the structure and the operating procedures of an inter-sectoral information platform
(Web-based), designed to match supply and possible demand of by-products and preconsumer recyclable scraps in order to create a virtual marketplace. The platform,
according to its characteristics and structure, might have different applications: to be
delivered to third parties for the development of Web applications; to be proposed
for its operational evolution through participation in competitive research projects;
to be a tool for activating clusters and/or industrial symbiosis networks. To this
end, the research primarily has identified information sets, capable of describing
various types of by-products and scraps, coming from many manufacturing sectors, in
relation to different characteristics (chemical, physical, morphological–dimensional,
embodied energy, in terms of the environmental impact of the equivalent CO 2 emitted,
etc.). The purpose is to stimulate various operators for the collection of unified and
unambiguous data and to facilitate, through a shared knowledge, the identification
of possible alternative uses of by-products and scraps for the construction industry.
The structure and the contents of the platform are based on: