Circular economy and industrial ecology

To advance in research in industrial ecology by promoting industrial symbiosis proposals in the Catalan, European and global context, applied to different sectors to tend towards the closure of the material cycle and the use of renewable energies, in line with the circular economy.
To develop tools for measuring the level of cycle closure of a system: indicators’ systems and indexes, or other
To measure the impact of processes, products or services through life cycle analysis and carbon and water footprints, to make decisions on the feasibility of the waste valorisation to turn it into raw material for other systems.
Training of professionals in circular economy, industrial symbiosis and industrial ecology.