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1. Assume you are a city planner working on a new industrial park and contemplating the use of an industrial ecosystem. Discuss the major advantages and disadvantages of an industrial ecosystem that you would consider in making your decision.

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In an industrial ecosystem firms and organizations utilize each other's material and energy flows including wastes and by-products to reduce the system's material and energy input as well as the waste and emission output from the system as a whole, and contribute to sustainable development. An industrial ecosystem may have ecological, environmental and economical advantages at the same time. The main advantage of these systems is decreasing the amount of polluting substances that are released to the nature. Emissions of heavy metals and carbon dioxide can be controlled if this potential is to be exploited in environmentally ...

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