Would centrally planned eco-industrial parks (EIPs)communities of businesses than recycle each others by-productsmake industry greener and more efficient? The lessons of several private EIPs suggest that short of removing regulatory barriers to resource recovery, government planners can do little to improve upon the industrial symbiosis of the free market.
Other Independent Review articles by Pierre Desrochers | |
Spring 2012 | The False Promise of Green Energy |
Summer 2007 | The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger |