Project promoted by the Waste Agency of Catalonia and the Manresa City Council together with the Bages Waste Consortium. Manresa in Symbiosis is the pilot industrial symbiosis project in Catalonia

Start: 2014
Scope: companies in Manresa and the region
Actors: Bufalvent Business Association, Barcelona Provincial Council, Manresa Technology Center (Eurecat), Waste Agency of Catalonia, Manresa City Council, Consortium for Waste Treatment of Bages
Results of the first year: 25 participating companies, 50 people involved, 8 synergies identified, 4 in implementation. Environmental improvement in the management of 11,000 T of organic waste, 750 T of plastic waste and 250 T of waste avoided. Savings in waste management of €130,000/year
Continuation: the Bufalvent business association sees the business possibilities of the project and takes over, leading the business initiative through the BUFALVENT SYNERGY OFFICE

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