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ISE Platform
Project replication service

Matching industrial waste with new uses

An integrated suite of resources for assessing industrial-symbiosis opportunities based on waste reuse. The platform matches industrial waste producers with potential consumers using spatial and technical data, surfacing new business models and best practices for specific regions.

Online as the ISE platform. Registered users can run its matching algorithms for a company of interest or for a whole region.

ISE platform home page and industry map
Figure 1. The ISE platform home page and its map of industries.
Key capabilities

Data and tools for industrial symbiosis

01

Industry database

Spatial and technical characteristics of industrial waste producers and potential consumers, on an interactive map.

02

Best-practice inventory

Commercially implemented waste-reuse exchanges, with location, annual quantity, source and sink industry, waste type and literature source.

03

Matching algorithms

Registered users run the matching algorithms to find potential symbioses for a company or a region.

04

New business models

Matches are assessed as potential business models based on waste reuse.

In the software

The industry map and best practices

ISE platform industry map
Figure 2. The map of industries in the database.
ISE platform best practices
Figure 3. Best practices, filtered by source industry, sink industry and waste type.