TY - JOUR
T1 - Industrial Symbiosis in the Balkan-Mediterranean Region
T2 - The Case of Solid Waste
AU - Angelis-Dimakis, Athanasios
AU - Arampatzis, George
AU - Alexopoulos, Andreas
AU - Vyrkou, Antonia
AU - Pantazopoulos, Andreas
AU - Angelis, Vasilis
N1 - Funding Information:
The SWAN project and the data collection for this research paper has been co-financed (85%) by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the umbrella of the European Union programme Interreg V-B “Balkan-Mediterranean 2014–2020”. Total Project’s Budget 968.000 Euro, (822.800€ ERDF, 145.200€ National Funding).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - The treatment of waste and especially solid waste, the type with the highest increase in terms of annual generation over the last decade, is a key issue in the Balkan and Mediterranean region. Piecemeal efforts to deal with it within the prevailing linear economy model were not successful since the techniques used such as recycling and reusing could not be effective with the existing products. A definitive solution requires the switch to a new model, the circular economy model, which will facilitate the tackling of the excessive use of virgin raw materials and waste generation. The design and development of a digital solid waste reuse platform in the context of the EU-funded Interreg Project SWAN involving four countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece, was a step in this direction. The present paper based on the evidence drawn from this project examines the current situation and the future trends in the solid waste reuse and industrial symbiosis schemes in this region.
AB - The treatment of waste and especially solid waste, the type with the highest increase in terms of annual generation over the last decade, is a key issue in the Balkan and Mediterranean region. Piecemeal efforts to deal with it within the prevailing linear economy model were not successful since the techniques used such as recycling and reusing could not be effective with the existing products. A definitive solution requires the switch to a new model, the circular economy model, which will facilitate the tackling of the excessive use of virgin raw materials and waste generation. The design and development of a digital solid waste reuse platform in the context of the EU-funded Interreg Project SWAN involving four countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece, was a step in this direction. The present paper based on the evidence drawn from this project examines the current situation and the future trends in the solid waste reuse and industrial symbiosis schemes in this region.
KW - solid waste
KW - industrial symbiosis
KW - Balkan Region
KW - SWAN project
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U2 - 10.3390/environments10010001
DO - 10.3390/environments10010001
M3 - Article
VL - 10
JO - Environments - MDPI
JF - Environments - MDPI
SN - 2076-3298
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -
