BEE 299 April 15, 2007 Lesson 12, Assignment 1 Task 1 Industrial symbiosis is the combined effort among companies and business to work together for a goal of improving environmental and economic performances. Businesses that can do such that would be good candidates for inclusion in an EIP are: Power Plant Will provide energy to all the businesses in the community so that they can do their daily functions Manufacturing Plant - Will manufacture materials needed by other businesses Farm will produce the grapes and yeast that is needed for different types of wines and beer. Brewery will use the materials from the farm to make the alcohol Alcohol Store gets its bottled alcohol from the manufacturing plant Grocery Store gets its fruits and vegetables from the farm Recycling Center will recycle all the waste from the other business All these businesses would be able to work collectively to work toward the goal of a sustainable environment. There would be less waste in this community due the recycling center which would make many item reusable. Also, there would be less energy wasted due to the renewable energy plant in the EIP. Therefore, the community would be better economically and environmentally. Part 2 The power plant will be a big part of the EIP for it will provide energy to all the other business included. Energy won t be wasted because the excess energy unused would go through the renewable energy plant which preserves and uses unused energy. The farms would provide the yeast and grapes for the brewery which will produce the alcohols to be shipped to the manufacturing plants. The manufacturing plants would bottle the alcohol and ship them to the <a href="/keyword/grocery-stores/" >grocery stores</a> and alcohol stores. The farms would also ship their fruits and vegetables to the <a href="/keyword/grocery-stores/" >grocery stores</a> . All the waste from the manufacturing plant, brewery and all the stores would be transferred to the recycling center so that it could be reused. Diagram is on the next page. Power plant Renewable Energy plant Farm Manufactur ing plant Alcohol Store Grocery Store Brewery Recy cling Cent er Renewable Energy plant Recycling center Manufacturing plant Grocery store Powerplant Wine store Brewery Farms (yeast, grapes,