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Tools for promoting industrial symbiosis: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Yeo Zhiquan,
Masi Donato,
Low Jonathan Sze Choong,
Ng Yen Ting,
Tan Puay Siew,
Barnes Stuart
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/jiec.12846
Subject(s) - industrial symbiosis , process (computing) , perspective (graphical) , knowledge management , resource (disambiguation) , process management , isolation (microbiology) , computer science , work (physics) , data science , business , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer network , microbiology and biotechnology , artificial intelligence , waste management , biology , operating system
Industrial symbiosis (IS) employs a cross‐organizational perspective to seek synergistic pairings of one company's waste output to another company's input, enabled by interfirm cooperation through resource and information sharing. Orchestrating IS relationships among companies, however, remains a complex process. In the literature, a wide range of qualitative and quantitative tools have emerged, tackling issues ranging from identifying IS creation opportunities to performance evaluation. Thus far, the available literature has focused on separate aspects and perspective of IS creation. Each individual work contributes, in part, to the overall process of IS creation. The disparate perspectives provided by the literature reflect the fragmented nature of available tools supporting IS, which operate in isolation of each other. An encompassing view of tools supporting the process of IS creation is missing to date. Therefore, to fill this gap, this study aims to develop a more comprehensive description of the landscape of IS tools by analyzing the associated approaches, roles, and contribution of existing tools. Through this understanding, the insights gained can be used to aid future development and advancement of tools for IS practitioners.