velaunchedindustrialecologyprograms.Japanwasthefirsttointroduceseveralrecyclingorientedeconomicsocietyprogramssuchastheecotownproject,productstewardshipandcorporatesocialresponsibility.TheTaiwangovernmentapprovedtheestablishmentoftwoenvironmentaltechnologyparksinHuaLianandKaohsiunginJanuary。
TheKoreanNationalCleanerProductionCenterrecentlystartedthetaskleadinga-year,three-phaseestablishmentofEIPnetworksnationwide.AnoverviewofmanyAsiaPacificeco-industrialdevelopmentinitiativesrevealedthat,EIPshavebeenunderstoodinitiallyasanholisticsystemandintegratedsystem;butwhentheprojectswerestarted,theyoftenonlycarryoutexercisesofmaterialorby-productexchangeswithoutconductinganestate-wideinventoryandanalysisofresourceflowsandtheirbalances.Furthermore,onlyaveryfewinitiativeshavegonebeyondmaterialflows;forexample,suchquestionsasthemanagementandorganization