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1 | # | Active | Name of a tool | Platform / Tool / Marketplace / Software | Functionality / Type of action provided | Phases of IS implementation covered | Type of resource covered | Type of input data covered | Countries covered by the tool | Sectors covered by the tool | Accessability (open source/paid) | Options for integration with other systems | Description (10-20 words) | Provider/Developer | Country | Operating language | Launch year | Link | Notes/ comments/ remarks | Source of information (paper, website, report…) | ||||||
2 | 1 | YES | AquaSPICE Platform | Platform | matchmaking | identification, selection, implementation | Materials, energy, water | textual | Europe | All | Registration required | The AquaSPICE Symbiosis Enabling Platform aims to facilitate the identification and the development of one-to-one waste reuse value chains, through the collaboration of an industrial waste source and a potential waste user. These proposed symbiotic schemes can be based in either liquid, solid or gaseous waste streams. | AquaSPICE project & University of Huddersfield | UK | English | 2024 | https://aquaspice.hud.ac.uk/ | |||||||||
3 | 2 | YES | ASPIRE | Marketplace | Resource marketplace | identification, selection, establishing connections | Materials | textual | Australia | All | Open and Paid | It functions as a marketplace and matchmaking tool. It tracks the total waste diverted, and also sends notifications when specific types of waste are available | CSIRO, Data61 | Australia | English | 2019 | https://aspiresme.com/ | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122146 | ||||||||
4 | 3 | YES | BIS screeneing tool | Toolkit | screening for opportunities | identification | Materials, energy, water | textual in excel | Europe | SMEs | Open | Screening tool, a checklist or questionnaire, guiding industrial symbiosis facilitators through the screening process. The screening set the scene for business matchmaking, because potential symbiotic partners are provided with an overview of their internal resource flows and the awareness of ways to optimize these flows and their value in future production. | Baltic Industrial Symbiosis project & Symbiosis Center Denmark | Europe | English | https://symbiosecenter.dk/screening-tool-for-industrial-symbiosis-facilitators/ | ||||||||||
5 | 4 | Not online | Cambridge Value Mapping Tool | Toolkit | identyfies opportunities for value creation based on failed value exchanges | identification | N/A | N/A | England | N/A | N/A | N/A | The Cambridge Value Mapping Tool identify ‘value uncaptured’ in the form of failed value exchanges: value missed, destroyed, surplus, and absence. The exchange of value is analysed through the lens of each stakeholder in the business network, with the natural environment and society each being given its own voice and stake in the business. | University of Cambridge, IFM’s Centre for Industrial Sustainability | UK | English | ca. 2017 | https://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/industrial-sustainability/sustainable-business-models/tools/cambridge-value-mapping-tool/ | https://www.clustercollaboration.eu/green/knowledge-base/industrial-symbiosis-toolkit | |||||||
6 | 5 | YES | CiculEIRE | Platform | Networking, matching, facilitation and engagement | Any manufacturing aspet | N/A | Ireland | All | N/A | CIRCULÉIRE - Irish Manufacturing Research | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
7 | 6 | NO | Circle Lab - Industrial Symbiosis Platform | Platform | Company networking, synergy identification, resource matching | Identification, matching | Materials, waste products, services | SME resource data, input/output streams | Sicily, Italy | Cross-sectoral | N/A | Platform connecting SMEs for resource sharing and waste management synergies | Circle Lab | Italy | 2011-2015 | https://circle-lab.com/knowledge-hub/3518/industrial-symbiosis-platform | Connected 80+ SMEs, 690+ potential matches identified | https://circle-lab.com/knowledge-hub/3518/industrial-symbiosis-platform | ||||||||
8 | 7 | NO | CircLean Network | Platform | matchmaking | identification | N/A | N/A | Europe | Cross-sectoral | N/A | Based on SYNERGie, but scaled back in some of its tools. Intended to be applicable across Europe. Project has closed and tool no longer available. CircLean’s online tool was intended to makes it easier to set up industrial symbiosis transactions and to evaluate their outcomes. The CircLean online matching tool helps the user to: Identify partners, Gather evidence, and Get visibility. | Europe | N/A | 2021 | https://circlean-symbiosis.eu/ | The CircLean self-assessment module helping companies prepare for engaging in industrial symbiosis is offline | https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/en/dialogue/existing-eu-platforms/circlean-network-european-network-businesses-and-smes-industrial-symbiosis | ||||||||
9 | 8 | YES | Circular Flanders | Platform | Services | All phases | All | selection from menue | Belgium | All | Open | - | Circular Flanders is the hub and the inspiration for the Flemish circular economy. It is a partnership of governments, companies, civil society, and the knowledge community that will take action together. | Flemish government | Belgium | English | 2016 | https://vlaanderen-circulair.be/en/cases?form=casesIndexForm&q=§oren[]=16 | ||||||||
10 | 9 | No | Circularbages | Platform | Matchmaking - Merket - Bidding | Identification, matching, bidding, market, buying and selling | All | Waste type, quantity, price, location | Spain | All | Open | No reference | Online market place similar to e-bay (allowed bidding for wastes). | l’Agència de Residus de Catalunya, el Consorci del Bages per la Gestió de Residus | Spain | Catalan | NA | https://circularbages.cat/porta-residurecurs/ | https://circularbages.cat/porta-residurecurs/ | https://circularbages.cat/ | ||||||
11 | 10 | NO | CORALIS Platform for IS development | Platform | N/A | identification, evaluation | Materials, energy, water | N/A | Europe | enerfy intensive industries | N/A | H2020 CORALIS project & NTUA ICCS | Europe | N.A. | https://coralis-repository.iccs.gr/auth/login | CORALIS H2020 | ||||||||||
12 | 11 | YES | Co-Recyclage Pro | Marketplace | waste and secondary raw materials classifieds platform | identfication, establishing connections | Materials | textual | France | Cross-sectoral | Open | France | French | https://www.corecyclage.pro/connexion.php | ||||||||||||
13 | 12 | yes | CYRKL | Platform | Resource marketplace | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Wastes | Material, quanity, location, price | Worldwide | All | Registration required | No reference | A European marketplace for waste and by-products. | Cyril Klepek (Founder) | Czech Republic | English | NA | https://www.cyrkl.com/en/marketplace | Web | |||||||
14 | 13 | no | DIGICIRC-Industrial Symbiosis Platform | Platform | Resource marketplace | Identification, selection | All | N/A | Europe | All | Open | No reference | Model material flows and logistics to create a circular plan for your business. Access a catalogue of real-life “waste streams” to find suppliers and partners. | DIGICIRC Project (Horizon 2020 No 873468) | EU | English | NA | https://matchmakingtool.digicirc.eu/KnowledgeHub/Index | https://digicirc.eu/tools/ | |||||||
15 | 14 | YES | DSposal | Software | N/A | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Materials | textual | International | All | Paid | Commercial software to match and transact resources | UK | English | https://dsposal.uk/ | |||||||||||
16 | 15 | NOT YET | Ecocycle | Platform | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Turkiye | All | Free demo / then purchase | Turkie | Turkish / English | 2025 | ||||||||||||
17 | 16 | YES | Ecosym | Platform | Matchmaking | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | All | Material | Turkey | All | Paid | No reference | AI-powered platform that creates matches between waste generators and potential users, establishing industrial symbiosis networks that benefit both businesses and the environment. | Ecosymglobal | Turkey | English, Turkish | NA | https://www.ecosymglobal.com/ | Web | |||||||
18 | 17 | NO | EPOS | Platform | assessment and optimisation toolbox for the integration of material flows and flexible energy use | identification, assessment, selection | Materials, energy, water | N/A | N/A | Process industries | Registration required | https://www.aspire2050.eu/sites/default/files/users/user222/Epos-docs/HullPC/Toolbox.pdf | EPOS project | Europe | English | ca. 2017-2018 | https://epos.userecho.com/ | https://www.clustercollaboration.eu/green/knowledge-base/industrial-symbiosis-toolkit | ||||||||
19 | 18 | NO | eSymbiosis | Platform | Web Based Platform for Industrial Symbiosis communities,offering automation,supporting SMEs and enabling public administrators(municipalities, regional offices) to implement their environmental policy | Identification, evaluation, selection, realization/implementation, conclusion | material, energy or water, assets, logistics services and expertise | Organisation information (name, web adress, size and contact), organisation sites (production unit, warehouse, branch of an organisation), geographical information of the Site, requested Resources or Resources available to share | Europe | All | Registration required | No reference | One of the main objectives of the eSymbiosis project was the development of a Web Based Platform for Industrial Symbiosis communities,offering automation,supporting SMEs and enabling public administrators (municipalities, regional offices) to implement their environmental policy. Industrial Symbiosis is an association between two or more industrial facilities or companies in which the wastes or byproducts of one become the raw materials for another. Within a digital industrial symbiosis ecosystem, companies improve Resource efficiency, trade material, energy or water and share assets, logistics services and expertise. The eSymbiosis Platform: - Is a bilingual web-based platform (supporting both English and Greek), which enables users to participate in industrial symbiosis activities. - Supports ontology-based semantic matching of shared and requested Resources in order to identify possible synergies; collaboration tools enables stakeholders'communication within the same environment. - Is powered by the model driven development environment zAppDev (http://www.clmsuk.com/platform) . | e-SYMBIOSIS is a LIFE+ Environmental Policy and Governance Project co-funded by the European Commission The project is implemented in Greece and United Kingdom under the coordination of the National Technical University of Athens and the cooperation of the associated beneficiaries Region of Sterea Ellada, University of Surrey, AVCO Systems ltd, CLMS Hellas, Envireco Consulting SA and Paul Innes Consulting Ltd | Greece and United Kingdom | English and Greek | 2010 | http://esymbiosis.clmsuk.com/ | website | |||||||
20 | 19 | NOT YET | European Cluster Collaboration Platform - IS Toolkit (with Marketplace) | Toolkit | Tool compilation, methodology guidance | All phases | Materials, energy, water | Company type data, synergy parameters | EU Member States | Cross-sectoral | Open | Toolkit presenting pathways and methodologies for systematic resource synergies | European Commission | Europe | English | https://www.clustercollaboration.eu/green/knowledge-base/industrial-symbiosis-toolkit | Includes BE CIRCLE and Cir©Lean tools | https://www.clustercollaboration.eu/green/knowledge-base/industrial-symbiosis-toolkit | ||||||||
21 | 20 | YES | Evreka 360 | Platform | high tech waste management service where unique solutions for each waste hierarchy step come together. As a practical member of cloud technology solutions for high tech industry, it plans each function from task dispatching to invoicing in a single center with real-time and historical data. | identification, selection, environmental impact quantification | All | textual / numerical | Any - whereever is integrated | All | Free demo / then purchase | Probably - this ERP | Turn waste into the capital with Evreka360, an all-in-one sustainability cloud service always by your side. From dispatching to invoices, digital planning and documentation are open in a single center. Transparent field insights guide the relevant people with all channels, WEB or mobile. While hardware agnostic enriches operations, it also completes the inventory control management system. Most notably, Evreka360 delivers inclusive communication to elevate operations with the unusually fast onboarding process through user-friendly UX/UI. | Netherlands / Turkie | English | www.evreka.co/evreka360 | ||||||||||
22 | 21 | YES | Excess Materials Exchange (EME) | Platform | resource matching | identification, selection | Materials | N.A. | NL, UK (any?) | All | Paid | Excess Materials Exchange (EME) is a pioneering digital platform designed to accelerate the transition to a circular economy by facilitating the efficient reuse of materials and products. The Excess Materials Exchange (EME) is an online, facilitated marketplace where companies can exchange any excess material B2B. They match supply and demand and materials with their highest reuse opportunities. It is a matchmaking site for materials. | Excess Materials Exchange | NL, UK | English | 2020 | https://excessmaterialsexchange.com/en_us | Insight project | ||||||||
23 | 22 | NO | Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System (FISS) | Platform | matchmaking | identification | Materials, energy, service, water | N.A. | Finland | Cross-sectoral | N/A | FISS (Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System) is a collaborative operating model that aims to help companies and other actors to improve the mutual utilization of resources and generate new business. In symbioses, companies create added value for each other by effectively utilizing each other's side streams, technology, expertise or services. | Sitra and Motiva, based on NISP/ISL | Finland | N/A | 2019 | http://www.industrialsymbiosis.fi/ | Insight project | ||||||||
24 | 23 | NO | FISAC Platform | Platform | Life-cycle approach to material flow analyses and industrial clustering Geo-referencing waste flows by publishing data on waste availability and characteristics on a map Quantifying economic and environmental burdens in relation to LCA capabilities | LCA , MFA, economics | material, energy flow, environmental impacts and cost of the studied flow | data | Turkey, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia, Czeck, Sweden , Netherlands | All | Paid | The FISSAC Software Platform aims to go beyond existing software by integrating their capabilities and adding network analysis functionalities to assess the roles of partners within the industrial symbiosis network and evaluate the success of overall operation using social network analysis (SNA) methodologies. A knowledge repository will be developed to be used as data source for dynamic geo-database web service and provide semantic information on graphical layers regarding climatic, socio economics, financial, energy, material, mobility and all the geo-referenced data useful to the stakeholders. The FISSAC platform will be used for the evaluation of the material, energy flow as well as evaluating the environmental impacts and cost of the studied flows.Identifies opportunities, Connects stakeholders, Design IS networks, Feasibility assessment, Network performance assessment | FISAC PROJECT | N/A | English | 2019 | https://fissacproject.eu/en/fissac-software-platform/ | website | ||||||||
25 | 24 | NOT YET | FISSAC | N/A | Any | All phases | All | in developement | international | All | In development | - | FISSAC is developing an integrated industrial symbiosis Management Software tool, able to support decision making in two areas: Life-cycle approach to material flow analyses and industrial clustering providing: Accurate and dynamic life-cycle evaluation of the environmental impact and material flow costs of the proposed IS solutions Quantification of economic benefits in a holistic manner Dynamic/live by-product and waste flow analyses on a map (geo-referencing of facilities) GIS-based approach for: Geo-referencing waste flows: publishing data on waste availability and characteristics on a map Boosting the impact of results produced by each IS system on the platform: facilitating contacts among industrial players of the construction value chain and encouraging research and development for underdeveloped waste streams Quantifying economic and environmental burdens in relation to LCA capabilities. | EU Project: Fostering Industrial Symbiosis for a Sustainable Resource Intensive Industry across the extended Construction Value Chain | EU | English | 2020 | https://fissacproject.eu/en/fissac-software-platform/ | in developement | web | ||||||
26 | 25 | Yes | FLOOW2 | Platform | Resource marketplace | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | All | Netherlands | All | Paid | No reference | This platform takes a broader approach to the sharing economy by enabling companies to share not only materials but also equipment, services, and personnel. | Lieke van Kerkhoven, Co-founder (?) | Netherlands | Dutch, English | NA | https://www.floow2.community/community-en.html | Web | ||||||||
27 | 26 | YES | GitHub - Awesome Industrial Symbiosis | Toolkit | identification | Various | Various databases: - Material Composition Databases - Case Studies - Life Cycle Assessment Databases Among others | Global | Cross-sectoral | Open | Links to multiple systems | Comprehensive collection of databases and resources for Industrial Symbiosis | ISDATA Organization | N/A | English | https://github.com/isdata-org/awesome-industrial-symbiosis | Includes links to multiple tools and databases | https://github.com/isdata-org/awesome-industrial-symbiosis | ||||||||
28 | 27 | YES | HGK Waste Exchange | Marketplace | waste and secondary raw materials classifieds platform | identfication, establishing connections | Materials | textual | Croatia | All | Registration required | No | The Waste Exchange is a specialized waste and secondary raw materials classifieds platform that helps businesses optimize their resource management. In just a few clicks, you can post and find offers or requests for waste and secondary raw materials that will help your business become more sustainable and economically competitive. | Croatian Chamber of Commerce | Croatia | Croatian / English | 2022 | https://digitalnakomora.hr/ostale-usluge/izdvojene-usluge/burza-otpada/trazilica-otpada | ||||||||
29 | 28 | YES | INCUBIS | Toolkit | Matchmaking features, Ranking tools, Feasibility tools, Best practices, Guidelines, Training materials, Funding opportunities | Energy | N.A. | Europe | All | N/A | A toolbox for delivering the Industrial Symbiosis Incubator Services. | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||
30 | 29 | YES | Industrial Symbiosis Data Repository (ISDATA) | Platform | -Symbiosis input-output matching websites -Market and technology analysis in conjunction with internal data -Automatic suggestions for classification codes Data collection, information supply, best practice activities | identification | Any manufacturing aspet | N/A | Finnish Industrial Symbiosis System Industrial Symbiosis in Sweden | All | Open | The Industrial Symbiosis DATA repository is an open platform for collecting and supplying structured information on industrial symbiosis. In addition to providing a source of best practice activities, the platform has been established to enable various user segments to utilize this data on industrial symbiosis in conjunction with other open or proprietary data sets. A collection of tools to support the utilization of the various data sources has been created to assist platform users according to their various interests and goals. Example Applications: - Symbiosis input-output matching websites - Market and technology analysis in conjunction with internal data - Automatic suggestions for classification codes | Industrial Symbiosis DATA | FInland / Sweden | Finish, Swedish, English | Example Applications: Symbiosis input-output matching websites Market and technology analysis in conjunction with internal data Automatic suggestions for classification codes | https://isdata.org/ https://isdata.org/index.php/the-toolbox/ | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/680843/results | ||||||||
31 | 30 | YES | iNEX circular | Platform | waste, services | identification | material, services, energy | N.A. | international | All | Free demo / then purchase | - | iNex instantly shows you local potential synergies for your wastes or resources. It allows direct collaboration between « givers » and « takers ». As a "third party trustee" iNex remains neutral and allows cooperation ; it is not a broker and doesn't imply in logistics. | iNex, Eco System Exchange 80 rue la Condamine 75017 Paris France | France | English | - | https://www.inex-circular.com/en/resources-and-wastes | web | |||||||
32 | 31 | no | INSYLAY | Toolkit | Synergies identification, evaluation of IS initiatives | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | All | Input and output resources | Spain | All | Registration required | No reference | Online tools providing guidelines and assessments of the identified possible IS actions | AIDIMME Institouto Technologico | Spain | Spanish | NA | https://simbiosisindustrial.aidimme.es/login | Web-https://iproduce-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/iPRODUCE-Industrial-Symbiosis.pdf | |||||||
33 | 32 | NOT YET | IS2H4C Marketplace (part of DigitalH4C) | Platform | digital collaboration platform | identification, assessment, implementation, monitoring | N/A | N.A. | Europe | Cross-sectoral | N/A | HEU IS2H4C project | Europe | English | H4C webinar 19.03.2025 | |||||||||||
34 | 33 | YES | IWMM tool | Toolkit | materials, water, energy - matching | identification, selection | Materials, energy, water | textual | international | All | Paid | - | the variables (as organised in the user interface of the tool) that the user is requested to input (i.e., populate the database) in order to perform the simulation (their functionalities is explained in the next sub-chapter): “Market Materials” “Industries” “Raw materials” “Waste streams” “Waste materials” Upon input, this—admittedly extensive amount of—information is stored in a database organised in the corresponding tables with the required type of relationships and restrictions among them (e.g., one-to-many relationship, foreign key constraints etc.). | Horizon 2020 project ULTIMATE: indUstry water-utiLiTy symbIosis for a sMarter wATer society (Grant Agreement number: 869318) | EU | English | - | https://iwmmt.uwmh.eu/account/login/?next=/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemical-engineering/articles/10.3389/fceng.2024.1363888/full | web Makropoulos C, Kritikos N-A and Pantazis C (2024) Matchmaking for industrial symbiosis: a digital tool for the identification, quantification and optimisation of symbiotic potential in industrial ecosystems. Front. Chem. Eng. 6:1363888. doi: 10.3389/fceng.2024.1363888 | |||||||
35 | 34 | NO | Looplocal | Toolkit | Heuristic visualization tool for IS facilitation | Identification, Strategic planning | Materials, Energy | Regional flow data, facility data | Sweden (pilot) | Cross-sectoral | Registration required | GIS integration | Visualization tool for identifying regions susceptible to IS development | KTH Stockholm | Sweden | English | 2015 | Looplocal – a heuristic visualization tool to support the strategic facilitation of industrial symbiosis | Uses Eurostat data | Academic papers: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.012 | ||||||
36 | 35 | YES | MAESTRI 4TIS | Toolkit | provides support in identifying new ideas for alternative waste reuse as well as the process to implement them. | identification | energy, water, residues and recycled materials | textual in excel | Europe | All | Open | MAESTRI Toolkit for Industrial Symbiosis (T4IS) represents a self-guided process that companies can use for identifying potentially exploitable wastes and value creation strategies.The Total Efficiency Framework will be based on four main pillars to overcome the current barriers and promote sustainable improvements: The Total Efficiency Framework will be based on four main pillars to overcome the current barriers and promote sustainable improvements: a) an effective management system targeted at process and continuous improvement; b) efficiency assessment tools to define improvement and optimisation strategies and support decision-making processes; c) integration with a toolkit for Industrial Symbiosis focusing on material and energy exchange; d) a software Platform, based on the Internet of Things (IoT), to simplify the concept implementation and ensure an integrated control of improvement process. | H2020 MAESTRI project | Europe | English | 2017 | https://maestri-spire.eu/ | https://ee-ip.org/en/article/demystifying-industrial-symbiosis-a-comprehensive-guide-to-opportunity-identification-7803 | ||||||||
37 | 36 | YES | Material Match Making Platform (M3P) | Platform | Material match making | identification, selection | Materials | N.A. | Europe | Cross-sectoral | Registration required | The Material Match Making Platform is an online tool (database with the functionality for the characterization and classification of waste properties) that helps to match materials and technology needs between organistions. Its aim is to strengthen local networks for the resue of industrial waste localy, hence reducing the needs for treatment, storage, transport and the consequent environmental impact. | LIFE M3P project | Italy | English | 2018 | https://materialmatch.eu/ | https://grow-circular.eu/marketplace_categories/ce-matchmaking-platforms/ | ||||||||
38 | 37 | Yes | Materialtorget | Platform | Companies can showcase their unused waste and surplus on the Material Market, as they can find a use for them. | identification, selection | Materials, energy, water | textual | Finland, Sweden | Cross-sectoral | Registration required | The Materialitori is intended for the professional exchange of waste and side streams of companies and organizations. The Materialitori can also be used to search for and offer services related to these materials, such as waste management and expert services. | Ministry of Environment& Motiva | Finland | Finish, Swedish | 2019 | https://www.materiaalitori.fi/ | |||||||||
39 | 38 | YES | modeFRONTIER | Software | software | All phases | All | all | global | Cross-sectoral | Free demo / then purchase | design, resource flows | MODEFRONTIER can simultaneously optimize multiple objectives, such as minimizing waste, reducing energy consumption, or maximizing resource efficiency. This is useful for industrial symbiosis (IS) because it can optimize multiple resource exchanges (e.g., energy, materials, water) between companies. | Esteco SpA | USA, Italy, India, Germany | English | https://engineering.esteco.com/modefrontier/ | free demo available | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264820737_Integrating_system_dynamics_and_multi-objective_optimisation_for_manufacturing_supply_chain_analysis/figures?lo=1 | |||||||
40 | 39 | YES | openLCA | Software | Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) modeling and impact calculation software for products, services, and systems | identification, selection, environmental impact quantification | materials, energy, products, emissions, waste streams | textual | Global | All | Open and Paid | Open-source LCA software for modeling, calculating, and comparing the environmental impacts of systems and processes | GreenDelta GmbH | Germany | English | 2006 | https://www.openlca.org/ | This tool is a "supportive" tool for IS | nexus.openlca.org | |||||||
41 | 40 | YES | Platform for Industrial Symbiosis | Platform | matchmaking | identification | Materials, energy, water, services, skills | N.A. | Italy | Cross-sectoral | Registration required | The platform is a tool aimed at businesses and other operators in the area. It aims to match supply and demand for resources, including materials, energy by-products, water, services, and skills, and facilitate their transfer between businesses. The goal is to identify and connect local businesses and operators, according to the principles of Industrial Symbiosis. | ENEA | Italy | Italian | http://www.industrialsymbiosis.it/piattaforma | Insight project | |||||||||
42 | 41 | YES | Recircular | Marketplace | Resource marketplace | Identification | Materials | Ads | Spain | All | Open | Matching software charging 10% of transaction value | Spain | Spanish | https://recircular.net/ | |||||||||||
43 | 42 | YES | Reconomy | Platform | Integrate circular economy strategies and processes | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Materials | N.A. | international | All | Paid | provide a comprehensive, tech-enabled waste management service to a wide variety of sectors, all delivered through a nationwide network of pre-approved supply partners | UK | English | https://www.reconomy.com/ | |||||||||||
44 | 43 | YES | Recycler’s Exchange | Marketplace | waste and secondary raw materials classifieds platform | identfication, establishing connections | Materials | textual | Germany | Cross-sectoral | Open | |||||||||||||||
45 | 44 | YES | Resource audit tool | Toolkit | resource efficiency | territorial-level efficiency improvement | Materials, waste products, services | SME resource data, input/output streams | National | Cross-sectoral | Open | - | The Resource Tool, developed by ENEA-SSPT, is designed to systematically analyze the inflow and outflow of resources within a given system (such as an organization, production facility, or manufacturing process), as well as the internal management of these flows. Its goal is to identify opportunities for improving both internal and external efficiency, including through the implementation of industrial symbiosis strategies. The resource tool enables the analysis and optimization of resource flows within a defined system. | ENEA | Italy | Italian | 2020 | http://www.industrialsymbiosis.it/diagnosi-risorse | https://www.sostenibilita.enea.it/sites/default/files/allegati/papers/2020_resources_audit_in_umbria.pdf | |||||||
46 | 45 | YES | Rheaply | Marketplace | Consultation, resource/reuse marketplace in US cities | identification, establishing connections | Material resources | Organistational information | USA | All | Paid | No reference | Although focused on circular asset management (such as furniture or equipment), Rheaply is a digital platform enabling reuse within and across organizations. I think it is a valid case of industrial resource sharing. | Dr. Garry Cooper - founder | USA | English | 2016 | https://rheaply.com/ | https://app.rheaply.com/s/listings | website | ||||||
47 | 46 | YES | Screening Tool for Industrial Symbiosis | Toolkit | Dialog-based approach | resource mapping | Materials, energy, water, waste | data and text | N/A | All | Open | excel tool | The screening tool helps to assess the resources and industrial symbiosis potential of the companies. The screening tool is easily accessible to anyone, including private and public business support organisations and consultants. This way the tool can be applied by the companies that are interested to optimise their resources as well as industrial networks, business developers and educational programmes | Dansk Symbiosecenter& Interreg Baltic Symbiosis | Denmark | English | 2021 | https://symbiosecenter.dk/screening-tool-for-industrial-symbiosis-facilitators/ | website | |||||||
48 | 47 | YES | Sfridoo | Platform | Resource matching | identification, selection, establishing connections | Materials | textual | Italy | Metals and scrap, plastics, paper and cardboard, construction materials, textiles, wood, chemicals, cosmetics | Registration required | Sfridoo is a platform that enables companies to buy and sell industrial waste, by-products, and secondary materials, aligning with Circular Economy principles. The platform provides economic and environmental benefits, helping companies to earn or save money through waste transactions, gain a competitive edge and find partners to meet sustainability goals. Sfridoo promotes Industrial Symbiosis by fostering collaboration among businesses to exchange useful materials, ultimately seeking to redefine waste as a resource instead of a discarded product. | Sfridoo S.r.l. Bologna – REA 534620 Sfridoo is a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund POR-FESR 2014-2020 and Climate-KIC Accelerator. | Italy | Italian and English | https://www.sfridoo.com/en/ | web | |||||||||
49 | 48 | NO | SHAREBOX Platform This project is closed and the platform was never launched | Platform | Secure resource sharing, opportunity identification, synergy management | Identification, assessment, implementation | Energy, water, residues, materials | Real-time operational data, waste resources | Spain, Germany, UK, Turkey, Netherlands, Switzerland | Process industries | N/A | Data mining tools, mathematical optimization | Online platform for secure information sharing and waste resource trading | EU Horizon 2020 Consortium | Europe | 2015-2019 | https://www.aspire2050.eu/projects/outputs/sharebox-secure-management-platform-shared-process-resources | Project completed, validated in multiple countries | http://sharebox.iris.cat/ | |||||||
50 | 49 | YES | Sidestream database | Platform | map of residual sidestreams for companies | identification, selection | Materials, energy, water | textual | Norway | cross-sectoral | Open | The goal is to map and optimize the utilization of unused side streams in industry as well as already established industrial symbioses. | Eyde-cluster & Agder county | Norway | Norwegian | 2024 | https://agderfk.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=cf11d8bfdef746c1a71822ccd6554c4a&locale=nb | https://agderfk.no/vare-tjenester/klima-natur-og-friluftsliv/klima-energi-og-sirkular-okonomi/sirkularokonomi/ | ||||||||
51 | 50 | YES | SINERGIA | Platform | Networking, Joint workshops, IT - online data, Facilitation/motivation, Mapping resources and identifying potential symbioses | identification, establishing connections | All | Organisation information, waste streams | Latvia | All | Open | No reference | Creation of the SINERGIA platform is a major step forward for the development of industrial symbiosis in Latvia. One of the main objectives is to foster cooperation between companies to find cost-effective, sustainable solutions to eliminate or reduce waste. | Cleantech Latvia and LIFE20 IPE/LV/000014 partners | Latvia | Latvian | 2023 | https://sinergia.lv/ | Web | |||||||
52 | 51 | YES | sowhat | Toolkit | Consultory | Identification, assessment | Waste heat and wast cold | N.A. | Ireland, Spain, Portugal, UK, Italy, Romania, Belgium, Sweden | All | Open | tool for valorisation of waste heat and cold | Italy | English | Result of Horizon project | |||||||||||
53 | 52 | NO | SWAN Platform | Platform | Map producers and users of solid wastes, match them, identify potential business options | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Solid wastes | Waste type, quantity, price, location, seasonality | Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Bulgaria | All | Registration required | No reference | The role of the SWAN platform is to facilitate the development of one-to-one solid waste reuse value chains, through the collaboration of an industrial solid waste source and a potential solid waste user. | Partners of SWAN BALKAN MED Interreg | Greece | English | NA | http://www.swanplatform.eu/ | https://swan-interreg.com/ | Web | ||||||
54 | 53 | NO | SYMBA Project Database | Toolkit | AI database, monitoring tools, waste relation matrix | Assessment, monitoring | Bio-based materials, waste | Bio-based industrial ecosystem data | EU (Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark) | Bio-based industries | N/A | AI database integration | AI database for bio-based industrial ecosystem circularity and symbiosis assessment | EU Horizon Europe Consortium | Europe | 2024 | https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/en/news-and-events/all-news/circular-bioeconomy-industrial-symbiosis-bio-based-industrial-ecosystem | 36-month project, 50 R&I projects | https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/en/news-and-events/all-news/circular-bioeconomy-industrial-symbiosis-bio-based-industrial-ecosystem | |||||||
55 | 54 | YES | SYMBIOSIS | Platform | materials, water, services, capabilities | identification | material, services, energy | selection from menue | Italy | All | Registration required | - | The platform is a tool oriented to companies and other operators present in the area. It aims to bring together demand and supply of resources, understood as materials, by-products, water, services and skills, and activate their transfers between companies. The objective is to identify and relate, according to the principles of Industrial Symbiosis, the companies and operators present in the territory. | Progetto “Ecoinnovazione Sicilia” (ENEA 2011-2015, Progetto “Supporto allo sviluppo produttivo nel Sud: interventi pilota per la sostenibilità e competitività del turismo e delle aree industriali”, su fondi MIUR) | Italy | Italian | 2015 | http://www.industrialsymbiosis.it/piattaforma | web | |||||||
56 | 55 | NO | SYMBIOSIS PLATFORM 2.0 | Platform | Matchmaking | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Bio-wastes | Material, services | Greece, North Macedonia | All | Registration required | No reference | SYMBIOSIS platform is a tool dedicated to the efficient matching of materials/services between different businesses, leading to new ideas through the development of B2B models on the Bioeconomy and industrial symbiosis. | Partners of SYMBIOSIS Interreg - IPA CBC | Greece, North Macedonia | English, Greek | 2019 | https://symbiosisplatform.symbiolabs.gr/ | https://symbiosisproject.eu/the-project/ | Web | ||||||
57 | 56 | YES | Symbiosis Users Network (SUN) | Platform | networking | knowledge dissemination | knowledge | knowledge | International | Cross-sectoral | Open | - | The SUN Network aims to integrate all expertise related to industrial symbiosis in Italy by engaging stakeholders who, in various capacities and roles, have contributed and continue to contribute significantly to the operational implementation of industrial symbiosis at the national level | ENEA | Italy | Italian | 2017 | https://www.sunetwork.it/ | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-74672-7_3 https://www.pubblicazioni.enea.it/le-pubblicazioni-enea/edizioni-enea/anno-2024/verso-un-programma-nazionale-per-la-simbiosi-industriale-prospettive-e-opportunita-per-litalia-atti-sun-2023.html | |||||||
58 | 57 | NO | SymbioSyS | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N.A. | Spain (?) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Spain | N/A | N/A | https://symbiosys.unican.es/ | LIAISE D1.4 #4.1.2 | |||||||
59 | 58 | NOT YET | SYMBIOTPTIMA | Platform | integrate monitoring, management and optimization of smart production units | identification, selection, establishing connections | All | in developement | international | All | In development | - | SYMBIOPTIMA is a cross-sectorial energy & resource management platform for intra- and inter-cluster streams. Clusters are identified according to the context of industrial application, and the synergy and optimization of the flows of a cluster are obtained thanks to the hierarchical decentralization of operations management tasks to multiple collaborating Production Units. The platform’s multilayer architecture fosters a holistic model for the definition, life-cycle assessment and business management of a human-mimetic symbiotic cluster, integrating process optimization with demand response strategies for the synergetic optimization of energy and resources within the sectors and across value chains. The solution is also capable of proposing advanced WASTE2RESOURCE initiatives for PET. | Spindox S.p.A. | Italy | English | 2025 | https://spindoxlabs.com/en/project/symbioptima-project/ | in developement | web | ||||||
60 | 59 | YES | Symtrack | Toolkit | Software for tracking and managing companies and industrial symbiosis projects | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | N/A | N.A. | Spain (?) | N/A | N/A | Software for tracking and managing companies and industrial symbiosis projects | N/A | Spain | Spanish | 2025 (?) | https://symtrack.net/auth/login/admin | More info here: https://simbiosy.com/en/tools/ | https://simbiosy.com/en/tools/ | |||||||
61 | 60 | YES | SYNER (SÍMBIOSY Platform and Tools) | Marketplace | Resource marketplace, Resource flow mapping, self-assessment, training, facilitation | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Materials, energy, water, waste | Company data, territorial data | Spain, Europe | Cross-sectoral | Paid | Digital tools for resource mapping and industrial symbiosis project facilitation. Automatically identifying potential collaborations between companies based on surplus materials. Detect and define waste streams in the area with potential for reuse, and discover who produces them. Explore innovative ways to turn waste into valuable raw materials and identify suitable partners for exchange. Analyze the territory with detailed data and visualized resource flows to better understand the agro-industrial potential of the ecosystem. Access a curated library of cutting-edge solutions and real-world success stories in waste recovery. Seamlessly integrate with the existing systems through API technology to uncover new synergies and accelerate the industrial symbiosis projects. | SÍMBIOSY | Spain | Spanish / Catalan | https://synerplatform.com/ | Insight project | |||||||||
62 | 61 | YES | SYNERGie® | Platform | Resource matching with reporting of impacts Analysis of data | identification, selection, progression to live, reporting | material, energy, water, services, land, capacity | textual, numerical, dates, location | UK (can be any) 20+ countries globally | All | Open and Paid | Users enter resources they have and want to identify cross-sector reuse opportunities. Matche records can be made and progressed through a aseries of stages. Outcomes can be recorded against each match with various reports being produced which can be exported. Algorithms are used to allow both manual and system generated analysis for potnetial match partners to be identified. Users can also set up alerts to receive automatic notifications when resources they are interested in have been added to the system. Operates in two modes - facilitator and direct company access - both using the same information but with different levels of access to the data and functionality | International Synergies (ISL) | UK | English, French, Hebrew (plus others including Mandarin) | 2005 | https://international-synergies.com/ | Based on NISP model, globally replicated | https://international-synergies.com/what-we-do/industrial-symbiosis-facilitation/ | |||||||
63 | 62 | YES | UNIDO Industrial Symbiosis Identification Tool (V2) | Toolkit | UNIDO toolbox for creating database for possible matching | identification, selection | All | textual | Any / selfcreated database | All | Open | The objective of the tool is to support the identification of industrial symbiosis opportunities (by-product and waste exchanges) between companies. This tool can be used in existing industrial parks (brownfields) to provide stakeholders with an indication of the symbiosis opportunities related to companies operating in the park. Alternatively, the tool can be used for new industrial parks (greenfields) to highlight possible industrial symbiosis between companies locating to the park, and thereby assist in the planning of infrastructures and utilities to enable these connections. | UNIDO | World | English | Tool version: V2, April 2019 | UNIDO Industrial Symbiosis Identification Tool V2.xlsx | MS Excel file | web | |||||||
64 | 63 | NOT YET | United Circle Digital toolkit (6 tools) | Toolkit | mapping of resources, technology evaluation, assess sustinability and circularity performance, | Identification, assessment, implementation monitoring | materials, water, | N.A. | Europe | Cross-sectoral | N/A | United Circles Digital Toolkit includes: Regenerate Explorer - Mapping resources and sites in a geographical area with an extended tagging and filtering search system. Easy structuring of information on existing available wastes and processing facilities. AI Recommender - Web scraped database to extract key info using queries focusing on information needs for regions and cities. Will allow to extract technology options, actors, best practices, legislation and skills needs and funding. IUS designer - IUS design capabilities to create process-flow links with technology innovation evaluation. GRETA - Designed to assess the sustainability and circularity performances of products, integrating LCA and MFA. TRACID - Digital Product Passport system for life-cycle events is being developed as part of the CircThread. The solution will be advanced for material passports of batch shipments, considering unique identification & traceability. IUS Flow catalogue - The catalogue is a centralised repository that will gather exchange flow critical documents and lab & engineering material-process specifications related to IUS flows (peer-to-peer relation among two parties) within a Circularity Hub’s network. | HEU United Circles project | Europe | English | H4C webinar presenting UNITED CIRCLE project | ||||||||||
65 | 64 | NO | Urban-Industrial Symbiosis Recommendation Platform | Platform | Recommendation system, partner matching, decision support | Partner identification, matching | Materials, historical exchange data | Historical exchange patterns, company characteristics | Urban areas (Braunschweig region focus) | Urban factories, manufacturing | In development | Knowledge-based system integration | Supporting Information S1 for Urban Industrial Symbiosis Recommendation Platform for Urban Factories: Leveraging Historical Exchange Patterns through Feature Analysis for Real-World Applications. Paper name: Urban–industrial symbiosis recommendation platform for urban factories: Leveraging historical exchange patterns through feature analysis for real-world applications Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70015 Data base can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fjiec.70015&file=jiec70015-sup-0001-SuppMat.xlsx | The results were developed within the “Urban Climate Future Lab” (UCFL), funded by zukunft.niedersachsen, a funding program of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation, and the research project “ROBUST” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the “Future of Value Creation—Research on Production, Services and Work” program and managed by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (PTKA) (funding number 02J21C176). Further support was provided by the A*STAR Central Research Fund for Applied & Translational Research, along with the contributions of collaborators within the project | Germany (Braunschweig) and and Singapore | Supporting Information S1 for Urban Industrial Symbiosis Recommendation Platform for Urban Factories: Leveraging Historical Exchange Patterns through Feature Analysis for Real-World Applications. | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jiec.70015 | |||||||||
66 | 65 | YES | Walnut Platform | Platform | matchmaking | identification | wastewater, nutrients | textual | Europe | Nutrient recovery value chain | Registration required | The WalNUT Platform is an interactive online tool aiming to facilitate matchmaking between stakeholders involved in the value chain of nutrient recovery from waste water streams. | Walnut project & NTUA, Greece | Europe | English | https://walnutproject.eu/news/walnut-launches-its-new-collaboration-platform/ | ||||||||||
67 | 66 | YES | Waste dashboard | Platform | Determine waste generator locations, plan waste collection flow, and set collection and removal rules in the facility. | Identification, selection | All | textual | All | Free demo / then purchase | Probably | WasteDashboard drives circularity across various industries by optimizing resource efficiency, reducing waste, and improving recycling and reuse | Netherlands / Turkie | English | https://wastedashboard.com/ | |||||||||||
68 | 67 | YES | Waste Marketplace | Marketplace | waste and secondary raw materials classifieds platform | identfication, establishing connections | Materials | textual | The Netherlands | Cross-sectoral | Open | |||||||||||||||
69 | 68 | YES | WasteTrade | Platform | Resource marketplace | Identification, mapping, establishing connections | Wastes | Material, quanity, Location | Worldwide | All | Registration required | No reference | WasteTrade is the pioneering online marketplace that connects waste generators, such as manufacturers, with recyclers and end users of waste commodities around the globe | Bevin Tumulty (founder), John McKenna (co-founder) | United Kingdom | English, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Chech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hugarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian | NA | https://www.wastetrade.com/ | Web | |||||||
70 | 69 | NOT YET | Water Smart | Toolkit | Water and sludge | applied with results | water and sludge | textual | Italy | Public sector / Municipalities | In development | The platforms are developed based on FIWARE of ENG’s Digital Enabler. Both help to assess the best reuse opportunities and valorization pathways for water and sludge firstly at the local/regional scale and then transferable at the National/EU scale. In the wake of lesser land-fill sites, stringent disposal regulations, and increased water scarcity, a shift is required from conventional disposal of wastewater and sludge to advanced valorisation strategies. The platforms enable decision-makers in water utilities and public authorities to select the best-fitting RR and CE solutions applicable in different water and sludge management cases. | Gruppo Veritas | Italy | English | 2025 | https://b-watersmart.eu/ | H4C Knowledge Platform | ||||||||
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