From solid waste management towards the circular economy and digital driven symbiosis

Abstract This article is about regional development based on the principles of circular economy and the industrial symbiosis framework. Nowadays tremendous amount of solid waste from household, industrial and agricultural materials accumulate in the territories of different countries around whole world. Finland has experience in waste techno parks design and in the development of waste branch around the whole country. Finland has considered be one of the leading country in Circular Economy and its government strategic goal is to be the leading country in the world in Circular Economy until 2025. The Finnish experience shows that there has to be close co-operation between companies, universities and authorities, but also common goal and understanding. The main questions: which are the elements that could be adapted from the Finnish Circular Economy and the resource efficiency thinking, and how to implement ideas into other cultural and industrial environments in Russia. Our researchers together could discuss and decide which are the key elements that can be used and which of them contradict to using industrial symbiosis development in Russia.