Industrial Symbiosis for Sustainable Management of Meat Waste

The Case of Śmiłowo Eco-Industrial Park, Poland

Bibliographic Data

ID15501570
AuthorsZygmunt Kowalski (0000-0003-2884-710X, Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Joanna Kulczycka (0000-0002-4377-5506, AGH University of Krakow), Agnieszka Makara (0000-0001-7468-0270, Cracow University of Technology), Giovanni Mondello (0000-0002-6893-6580, University of Messina), Roberta Salomone (0000-0002-0809-7949, University of Messina)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue6
Pages5162-5162
Publication date2023-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20065162
PMID36982072
OpenAlexW4324383807
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited40

This study presents the developing process of the Śmiłowo Eco-Park, located in the Noteć valley region (Poland), is a part of the biggest Polish agri-food consortium, from its initial small waste management company to its final structure as an eco-industrial park using industrial symbiosis methods. The industrial symbiosis applied in the Eco-park promotes a business model which covers the whole life cycle of the products starting from the plant growing by animal feed preparation, livestock breeding, meat preparations, meat-bone meal production from animal waste, and the use of pig slurry as a fertilizer. The Eco-park model is presented in the form of a system of connected stream flows of materials and energy covering the full lifecycle of products, from cereal cultivation, through the production of industrial feed, and poultry and pig breeding for the production of meat products. The solutions used include the prevention of environmental pollution through the modernization of existing processes, implementation of new technologies, reduction of waste and its reuse, recycling, and recovery of materials and energy, the substitution of raw materials with waste, and thermal treatment of waste and its use as biofuel. This case study allows for analyses of the organizational and technical key strategic activities which enable waste, including hazardous waste, to be transformed into valuable materials and energy. These activities have modified the system of material and energy flows through the value chain to realize the goal of allowing profitable management of waste according to circular economy methods and also indicates methods of supporting modifications of supply chains in terms of implementation of the industrial symbiosis business model according to its relationship with sustainable development, cleaner production, and circular economy models. EIP Śmiłowo annually utilizes 300,000 t meat waste, produces 110,000 t meat bone meal biofuel, uses 120,000 t of pig manure as fertilizers, produces 460,000 GJ bioenergy, eliminates 92,000 t CO 2 emissions

Agriculture · Business · Circular economy · Cleaner production · Geography · Hazardous waste · Industrial ecology · Industrial park · Industrial Symbiosis · Life-cycle assessment · Municipal solid waste · Production (economics · Raw material · Reuse · Sustainability · Waste management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques · Sustainable Industrial Ecology · Sustainable Supply Chain Management · Ecology

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