On the Question of the Implementation of the Industrial Symbiosis Model in Timber Industry Complex of the Irkutsk Region

Abstract

Since the middle of the last century and to this day, the economic development of countries is achieved by increasing industrial production, while causing great harm to the environment. In 2015, the 21st Conference of the Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris Agreement signed by 197 countries to reduce environmental impact by reducing greenhouse gases. Russia has also joined the policy of decarbonization of the national economy. The pulp and paper industry of the forestry complex of the Russian Federation is the main polluter of soil, air and water resources, which poses the problem of finding optimal solutions to reduce environmental impacts. The author presents the data of large timber enterprises in Eastern Siberia, which are the main environmental pollutants. The concept of industrial symbiosis is given, the prerequisites for the formation of industrial symbioses in the context of political, regional, socio-ecological and macroeconomic components are given. The author substantiates the introduction on the territory of the Irkutsk region of a special cluster form in the format of industrial eco-parks, which will allow the use of waste from enterprises as a subsequent resource in the activities of other enterprises. Thus, this recommendation will enable the Russian Federation to scale up the applied experience by introducing the proposed model to other industries.