• Considerable interest in establishing offshore windfarms – including one proposal pursuing environmental approvals. The proposal will deliver green energy and enable manufacturers to produce goods at Net Zero; • Available industrial land with a number of potentially suitable sites for a hub. • Proximity to Kwinana and Kemerton heavy industry centres; • A growing population, available workforce and long-term appeal as a liveable destination for potential workers; • A regional TAFE and university to provide collaborative opportunities in both the training and research areas; and • A large manufacturing industry sector and workforce already operational. The proposed AMTECH co-locates advanced manufacturing, research and training with access to complex transport nodes, common user facilities and nearby deposits of significant critical minerals. Combining these activities and assets is intended to boost opportunities for spontaneous innovation between facility users. These opportunities beyond planned collaboration, could deliver new products and breakthroughs that can be harder to achieve when entities are located in separate locations.
Resources AMTECH – www.swdc.wa.gov.au/project/sw-amtech i
Recycling and the Circular Economy There is an opportunity through a public-private collaboration to harness the synergies between industry and local government-owned waste management facilities at Kemerton, and bring about a regional scale recycling cluster. A business case for recycling a range of materials for use in transport projects demonstrated the potential to achieve WA and Commonwealth waste diversion goals and avoid significant future landfill development costs. Composting product has demonstrated value in improving agricultural performance and the overall waste materials arena creates opportunities for businesses to produce new products from recycled materials. Opportunities include: • A 35,000tpa expanded food and garden organic composting facility with room to grow up to 100,000tpa as industry, transport and agribusiness demand develops. • Crushed construction and demolition waste to divert a major component of landfill by volume while providing Main Roads with road base. • A crushed glass facility predicated on diverting glass waste from landfill, avoiding transporting container deposit scheme glass to Adelaide, and producing useful products for the transport sector including use as a capillary blanket in road construction. • A recycling facility to divert tyres and conveyor belts from landfill originating in the mining and transport sectors. Evidence suggests local processing may be viable as cost-effective input to asphalt mix, improving aspects of road performance. The WA Department of Transport is working to increase the recycled rubber component allowable under existing specifications.
Resources Bunbury Harvey Regional Council – bhrc.wa.gov.au WA Department of Transport, Office of Major Transport Infrastructure Delivery - www.transport.wa.gov.au South West Regional Futures – www.swfutures.com.au i
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