By-Product Synergies

Once a company has taken steps to reduce waste and energy consumption by process integrated measures, it can begin looking at the value-added prospects for the remaining waste and energy streams. The principle underlying by-product synergy is that industry wastes can be used by another user as primary resources. In order to facilitate the exchange of wastes, businesses need to work together to determine what kind of waste exists, and what its potential applications are. They can then be exchanged, sold or passed free of charge between industries, creating a waste or by-product synergy.

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