industrial ecology- international and national roundup
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Industrial Ecology-International
and National Roundup
Grant Musgrove, CEO
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About ACOR
• Australia’s peak representative of the resource
recovery and recycling industry
• Advocate on behalf of the industry to influence
government policy and decision making
• Work closely with the Federal and the State
Government to promote a sustainable and
productive economy
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Circular Production and Consumption
Benefits1. Net material savings- Estimated $1 trillion per
year globally
2. Mitigate supply risks- e.g. demand- driven
volatility
3. Job creation
- Estimated 1m
remanufacturing and
recycling jobs in EU and the
US
4. Close the loop/ Zero
waste
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International- Europe
• On 2 July 2014, the EU Commission launch the ‘Green
Growth Package’
– Linking waste policy with resource efficiency through the
‘circular economy’ to reduce resource consumption, maximise
reuse and recycling
• The Resource Efficiency Flagship Initiative and the
Roadmap to a Resource Efficient recommend the EU
members to prioritise IE as an opportunity to exploit
resource efficiency
• The Ellen Macarthur Foundation and the UK’s National
Industrial Symbiosis Programme strongly push
businesses towards a circular economy
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International- China
• The Circular Economy Promotion Law passed the 11th
National People’s Congress in 2008
• The Chinese ‘Circular Economy’ Initiative prioritised IE as
the key to address the existing environmental issues
– Committed US$ 1.2B in science and technology investment for
sustainable development by the Minister of Science and
Technology
• Developed the largest national Eco- industrial Park (EIP),
encompassing 15 national demonstration EIPs and 45
national trial EIPs
– E.g. the Tianjin Binhai New Area (electronic and chemical
clusters)
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IE in Australia…
The concept of IE has been applied in Australia over 15
years!!
However…• Lack of initiatives and financial support by Govt
• Regulation constrains
– e.g. licencing and approvals, environmental planning
and enforcement
• Lack of certainty about planning policy
• Low community awareness
As a result…• Many of the industrial areas recognised as an IE
precincts either Struggling to Survive or DIED due to the
lack of financial support, regulation constrains and low
public awareness/ support
• E.g. Kwinana industrial area (IA), Gladstone IA, Port
Melbourne industrial park and Synergy Park QLD
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(Editor: Corder, Fyfe and King 2014)
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Too Little too Late? Our progress
so far…
• Federal
– Emergent funding for IE via Dept of Industry
– the 2014- 15 Product List and the additional material
streams under the Product Stewardship Act 2011
potentially create an IE system for the resource
recovery industry
• Restructure the existing industry and further increase
secondary material recovery
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• NSW
– Sustainability Advantage Program
• over 530 participants, saving a combined $85m per year
– IE Business Network Support Grants Program
• $3.6m over 4 years to support medium and larger
businesses across NSW
– Round 1: 6 projects have been awarded in July 2014
– Edge Environment’s office fit out material recycle and
reuse program 2014
• VIC
– Manufacturing Productivity Network Program
• provides up to $600, 000 funding for manufacturing firms
in research and cleantech opportunities
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• QLD
– Draft QLD Waste Avoidance and Resource
Productivity Strategy 2014- 2024
• recognised IE and planning as one of the strategic
priorities to optimise economic benefits from reuse,
recovery and recycling
– Draft Environmental Protection and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
• Amendment for the increased recovery of waste materials
under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 reduces
significant regulatory burdens on secondary materials
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• WA
– Red Tape Reduction 2009 aims to reduce regulatory
burdens on secondary materials
– The Oakajee Industrial Estate Development
• supported by the State Govt
• recognise and integrate IE in its Structure Plan
• SA
– $253m Tonsley Park Redevelopment Project
• The Tonsley Park Redevelopment and General
Section Development Plan Amendment (DPA) was
approved by the Minister of Planning in Dec 2003
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What is Required for
Success?
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What Government needs to understand
• Waste does not exist, ONLY RESOURCE!
• Support IE locally as an essential service building
a sustainable economy and maintaining
competitive advantage post mining boom and in
the non- mining states now
• Frame policy in the context of international policies
• Streamline approval process to ease the
administration costs
• Create a broad network of the IE to facilitate and
support interactions between industries
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Q & A
Thank You