Ruiz Puente, Mª CarmenRomero Arozamena, ElenaDiez Ibarbia, AlbertoOrtiz Maza, DavidPillmann, W.Schade, S.Smits, P.2019-09-162019-09-162011https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/26105This contribution presents a methodology to form an Industrial Ecosystem in the industrialized municipality of Torrelavega (Northern Spain). The aim is to form a network of Industrial Symbiosis based on the exchange of waste/by-products among companies within the municipality. The industrial framework is formed of big companies and small to medium sized enterprises split into two sub-systems. Combining techniques of Industrial Ecology and Information and Communication Technology is at the core of the technical methodology. Information sheets and collection of information, digitalizing the compiled data, preliminary analysis of synergies and opportunities to improve the environment among the companies and geo-processing and spatial analysis are some of the main actions of the methodology. ICTs technologies offer many opportunities but also barriers in the progress of this work.Text/Conference Paper