Strategic Industry Analysis: Biotechnology in the Waste Treatment Industry

摘要

The study was undertaken on behalf of Industry, Science and Technology Canada. The document is divided into nine chapters. This first chapter serves to introduce the study briefly and put the work into context. In the second chapter, we outline the size of the market for the waste treatment industry. Chapter three looks as the underlying forces which tend to increase the demand for waste treatment services. The fourth chapter looks at the structure of the Canadian waste biotreatment industry as indicated by contacts with companies listed in the Canadian Biotechnology Industry Sourcebook. This look at industry structure is extended in the following two chapters: in chapter five, with an overview of where biotechnology fits in with the publicly-held companies; in chapter six, with a sample of what some of the smaller, privately-held companies are doing under the innovative 'SITE' program in the U.S. The seventh chapter summarizes how biotechnology measures up to other technology options available to industry for treating waste. Chapter eight examines the public sources of waste biotreatment technology in Canada. In the ninth chapter, we summarize the outlook for biotechnology and its most promising applications in the waste treatment industry.