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Thursday 30 – Friday 31 July 2009
The Powerhouse Museum
- 500 Harris St,Ultimo SYDNEY
The aim of the Australasian Industrial Ecology Conference is to
showcase and promote Australian and international leading examples of
initiatives that pioneer the optimisation of material and energy flows
within industry, and embody the ultimate Industrial Ecology goal of “zero waste”.
Industrial Ecology promotes enhanced sustainability by stimulating
innovations in the reuse of waste materials. The wastes or by-products
of one industry are used as inputs in another industry, thereby closing
the material loop of industrial systems and minimizing waste.
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¯ Waste
and by-products must be reused as input materials in a systematic way
to close the material cycle as efficiently as possible;
- ¯ Loss
caused by dispersion must be minimized. This refers to products such as
fertilizers, tires, or solvents that may be dispersed into the
environment and there is an obvious need to minimize the harmful
effects and design of these products.
- ¯ Maintaining
the material balance. In material flow terms, this means ensuring that
not more of a particular resource is used in one year than the amount
of the resource produced in that same year.
- ¯ Keeping
renewable and non-renewable resources as long as possible in the
material cycles, unless this is not environmentally desirable.
- ¯ Energy must rely less on fossil hydrocarbons, while stimulating the use of renewable energy as much as possible.
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The AIEC is part of a new special interest group formed under the umbrella of
Conference objectives
¯ To challenge the paradigm of waste and recognise the value of industrial and commercial by-products
¯ To learn from case studies on the application of proven and successful processes in Australia and Internationally
¯ To facilitate sustainable resource re-use opportunities in Industry
¯ To encourage the review and reform of regulatory framework to enhance materials and fuel sustainability
¯ Provide a platform to encourage networking within industry, academia, government and regulatory bodies
Who should attend
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Industries:
Oil, Gas, Mining and Mineral Processing, Metals, Chemicals, Building
Materials, Power Generators, Construction, Manufacturing, Packaging,
Food & Beverage |
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Agencies:
Australian Greenhouse Office, State and Federal Departments of
Planning, State and Federal Departments of Environment, State and
Federal Departments of Primary Industry and State and Federal
Departments of Sustainability, CSIRO, ANSTO and Universities |
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Service Providers: Environmental Lawyers, Environmental Consultants, Engineers and Accountants
Proudly Supported and Sponsored by
Weston Aluminium, NSW DECC, WMAA, Orica and Industry Leaders
  
 
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