The phrase "alternative industry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to industries that provide alternative products or services, often in contrast to traditional or mainstream industries.
Example: "The alternative industry has seen significant growth in recent years, particularly in renewable energy and sustainable products."
Alternatives: "alternative sector" or "non-traditional industry".
"There's still a perception that I work in an alternative industry, or that it's one-man operation putting solar panels on houses, when actually it's a mainstream industry on major commercial projects.
The sport has benefited from engaging with recreational cyclists, in a way that athletics has historically failed to do – leaving an alternative industry to grow up around fun running and marathon running rather than embracing it.
In the UK this alternative industry is represented by the Ethical Fashion Forum (ethicalfashionforum.com); a new crop of socially and ecologically aware designers is being trained at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion, and ethical designers are showcased at Estethica, part of London Fashion Week.
There's always going to be the Adam Hills and the Wil Andersons right at the top of the pile, because the mass eat that stuff up but the alternative industry isn't that far any more When you watch a comedy show, do you sit back and enjoy it or are you watching what they are doing?
This is why solar energy has been "sold" as an alternative industry, which will add to employment.
Coal mining and metalworking traditionally dominated the economy, but coal mining had ceased by the end of the 20th century, and a variety of alternative industries developed.
In a recent conference at the IMF in Washington, one of the authors, Kaddour Hadri, suggested that commodity-dependent economies should take advantage of short periods of price spikes to invest in alternative industries.
Nauru's government has tried to develop alternative industries, including tourism and offshore banking.
It also needs to further address the challenges in the localized or distributed manufacturing concept, including involvement from alternative industries, changes expected in legal responsibilities for all stakeholders, the influence of intellectual property protection in various new business structures when using open sources, and an effective approach in human resource management.
Governments can support the development of alternative industries with various incentives.
First and foremost, Saudi Arabia needs the technological base and the manpower for the alternative industries that it supposedly wants to develop.
