Ecological industrial park in London

London's Sustainable Industrial Park in the east of the British capital is on its way to becoming the city's clean technology hub, home to the largest environmental enterprises in the fog country.

In addition to the industrial facilities that meet British BREEAM environmental protection standards, the industrial zone located at Dagenham Dock is designed with low-lying areas and lots of trees to prevent water and air pollution. (image). A radiant system is also installed smoothly so that businesses here can share the generated energy. This kind of sharing of by-products, water and energy between industrial facilities, instead of buying from outside, is a good idea that has emerged over the past two decades - according to Marian Chertow, Professor of Industrial Environmental Management. at Yale University (USA).

Closed plastic recycling company Loop Recycling, which handles 35,000 tons of plastic bottles per year, is now the first enterprise to be present at London Sustainable Industrial Park. Many other environmental businesses will also join this eco-industrial village next year. For example, the waste management company Cyclamax plans to build a 16-megawatt renewable energy plant in early 2012, while the TEG organic waste recycling plan plans to install a decomposition system. emissions.

The vision for the next 15-20 years is that the industrial zone will become a large-scale 'green' energy supply area, said Mark Bradbury, deputy director of development at LTGDC, the industrial park management.