Recruiting for a broader by-product exchange
One key to transitioning an existing industrial park (or region) into an industrial ecosystem is to first link the existing businesses at the site and then fill critical niches with new businesses that will enable or increase the effectiveness of the exchange.
This assumes consensus among the tenants regarding the mutual benefits of developing symbiotic exchanges of materials, energy, and information.
Company sur- veys and audits can provide valuable data to guide this process.