4.8. Conclusions and outlook
Each industrial sector is a “special” case when it comes to resource use, nature and volumes of generated wastes and their overall management. With its wide arrays of circular principles and business models, the CE concept could be tailored to fit each industry and to develop and sustain symbiotic connections between various industrial sectors.
In this regard, the European Commission is promoting the recourse to the most efficient practices in different industrial sectors through its “best available technique reference documents” (BREFs). The BREFs are “series of reference documents covering, as far as is practicable, the industrial activities listed in Annex 1 to the EU's IPPC Directive. They provide descriptions ...
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