This step-by-step guide is based on experiences from local/regional authorities as facilitators for business development within the circular economy through Bio-Industrial Symbiosis (BIS). Previous findings indicate that municipalities can play a significant role in seeding and fostering the development of local symbioses, and there are various approaches to this role.
The Blue Green Bio Lab Toolkit provides in-depth learning and details of our process in starting up discussions on bio-industrial symbiosis, drawing from the approaches utilized in the Blue Green Biolab project and our experiences employing the methods described. For each step in the guide, a set of briefs has been developed, serving as specific cases to illustrate how we worked through each stage and what outcomes were achieved.
