Kalundborg Symbiosis

the kalundborg symbiosis is the world's first industrial symbiosis and has developed continuously over the last 50 years. the cooperation between the companies in the symbiosis, yields mutually beneficial economic and environmental advantages for all parties. the main principle is that a residual flow in one company, becomes a resource in another. currently, the symbiosis counts 23 individual streams between 8 different public and private partners: - novo nordisk - novozymes - equinor refining denmark (previously statoil refining denmark) - ørsted (previously dong energy) - gyproc saint-gobain - kalundborg municipality - kalundborg utility - argo (previously karanoveren) the kalundborg symbiosis is a private association, that is led by a board of directors, a yearly general meeting and a manager employed by the board. the development department of kalundborg municipality functions as a secretariat for the partnership, and among other things, runs the administrative part of visits to