ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: In order to realize a social system with sustainable development, it is necessary for local communities to construct inter-industries material circulatory network. From this conception, wastes evolving from one industry could be defined as reusable materials to another. This study develops a methodology to construct circulatory networks among different industries for reusable materials. Two types of databases were developed, based on industrial surveys’ data. One of the databases reveals information about raw materials, products and wastes, received from or emitted to each of the industries in a subject community. The second database defines conversion technologies that enable transformation of wastes into reusable materials. Based on those databases, material flows in the community were analysed by a network simulator program, which was developed in this study.
