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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Going
Forward
Regional Synergies
represent a promising way to enhance improvement activities of companies
in the intense processing areas of Australia and have a significant cumulative
impact on emissions and wastes at the national level
•Continue to support the initiative in
Kwinana where considerable momentum already exists
•Continue to work with the Hunter,
where the initial meeting involved representatives from Tomago, Delta EMD, Delta Electricity,
Pasminco, CSIRO, ISR, who agreed to work together over the coming months to
explore tangible opportunities, with an initial focus is on waste stream
synergies
•Progress opportunities at
Townsville, Gladstone and other regions
•Cooperate with existing sustainable
regional development initiatives, involving Environment Australia and
federal and state development bodies
•Mobilise funding from industry and
government sources to set up development officers on the ground [~$150k per
region] to help unlock the
potential value in regional synergy initiatives
•Aim to firmly establish
activity in at least 3 regions over the coming year