Design and development of eco-industrial parks
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It is well accepted that resource conservation, pollution prevention, and cost reduction are all compatible objectives and have received considerable attention at the local, e.g., plant, level. The results were increased efficiencies, greater productivity, and enhanced environmental performance. In spite of this, global economies continue to deplete finite resources at an increasing and alarming rate. A discussion covers the challenges of a more sustainable economy, i.e., technical/economic challenge and organizational/commercial/political challenge, in which the demands for products and services are met while simultaneously decreasing the demand for finite resources; effectiveness of an integrated approach at a macro (multi-plant/business) level to generate efficiencies that produce step-change improvements in sustainability; the role of eco-industrial parks and eco-industrial networks; and application to the Dalian Development Zone in China. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2004 AIChE National Spring Meeting (New Orleans, LA, 4/25-29/2004).
