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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Making
a Difference
There
is a need and an opportunity to demonstrate improved performance against sustainability criteria in the
intensive resource processing
centres of Australia
1. Concentration
of industrial activities; high visibility, high impact
2. Shared
local environment, geographic and geological features
3. Shared
local community perceptions and regional stakeholders
4. Shared
concerns with energy savings, fossil fuels and Greenhouse emissions, water quality
and usage, waste disposal
5. Critical
mass for industrial ecology initiatives; at least 3-5 processing industries
with high volume and regular input and waste streams
6. Shared
regional agri-industry activities to explore more synergies
7. Critical
mass of technical expertise; potential to motivate people