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Sustainable Production and Consumption - Projects Developing a Society based on the Life-Cycle Approach: The 3R Platform One of the challenges facing us today is the need to introduce a more life cycle oriented approach to addressing production and consumption. Such an approach encompasses the need to stimulate the recycling and reuse of products, and to reduce materials and energy usage during production and consumption. As a follow up to the G8 endorsement, the Government of Japan organized a 3R Ministerial Conference in Tokyo from 28 to 30 April 2005. The Conference was a starting point for pursuing globally, a sound material-cycle society through the "3Rs" of reduce, reuse and recycle. In order to move forward and implement the intended outcomes of the 3R Ministerial Conference, IETC has developed an implementing mechanism for the 3R initiative in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, called the "3R Platform". Such a platform provides support for concrete 3R activities, such as demonstration projects and institutional strengthening exercises, building on experiences in Japan and other countries, and tailoring them to the needs and specific conditions of each country. The 3R Platform is envisaged to have six programmatic components. The components cover a range of issues related to building sustainability commitment, developing 3R policies and strategies, developing information networks and improving access to accurate and trustworthy information. Cooperation among entities working on 3R issues in the Asia-Pacific Region is a critical element of the Platform. This project lays the groundwork for a comprehensive implementation of the 3R Platform in the bienuum 2006-2007 & 2008-2009. Objective(s):
Title: Development of Eco-Towns in the Asia Pacific Region Project summary: Eco-towns are urban planning and environmental management efforts where industries located in the designated 'eco-town' area practice resource recycling within their manufacturing process and in between the industries. They are developed in pursuit of synergies derived from combined efforts in waste treatment, environmental preservation, and promotion of industrial development. Eco towns have a number of key features such as (a) Strong legislation shifting the market towards a recycling-based society, (b) State and local governments are spearheading the drive to bring together industry clusters to be sustainable, (c) Increasing product research and development – in the public and private sectors, including universities, (d) The large and rapidly expanding eco-business market domestically and internationally, (e) Strong focus on environmental technologies and ESTs, and innovative/cutting-edge solutions to solve environmental problems, and (f) Focus on energy conservation, material development and integrated waste management are also features of eco-towns. Eco Towns in Japan were developed in the last 10 years by utilizing regional technology and industry in Japan. Local governments and enterprises have worked in partnership to build such complexes. There is a clear need to identity the key lessons learnt in the setting up of the eco towns. These lessons will help in the development of step-by-step guidelines that will enable local/ national governments to set up eco-towns in their countries. It will also provide the necessary 'workable strategies' to develop demonstration projects and commitments, as well as resources to implement demonstration projects in cities in developing countries. Objective(s):
Title: Resource Augmentation by Tapping Renewable Resources and Utilizing Waste in Viet Nam In line with UNEP mandate to support capacity building through demonstration projects, IETC is carrying out a major project on Resource Augmentation based on environmentally sound technologies (ESTs). The overall objective of this project is to augment resources like water and energy and to support local capacity building for implementation of such projects. The other objective includes raising awareness for resource augmentation through alternative practices based on ESTs. The project follows the eco-town approach to augment the resources (water and energy) and to minimize wastes. Rainwater harvesting is aimed to increase the availability of freshwater resources for the current and expansion production plans of the sugar industry. The wastewater treatment and reuse is targeted to increase the quantity and quality of water for its reuse within the industry as well as for the irrigation in the adjacent areas. The organic waste from the nearby communities, agriculture, and the industry would be converted into compost for the agriculture and gas for the industry use. The project includes awareness raising and capacity building through demonstration of ESTs. Awareness raising workshops are aimed to increase the appreciation of the need and strategies for resource augmentation. The major target groups will be governments especially local, sugar industry, farmers, and community. The demonstration projects are targeted to improve the local capacity in adaptation of the ESTs in local conditions. Based on the local technical and socio-economic data, the ESTs would be designed for rainwater harvesting, wastewater treatment, and production of compost and gas from organic waste. The implementation of those ESTs is planned to improve the local capacity in implementing such projects for supporting sustainable development in developing countries. Excellent local commitment both in terms of technical and financial support to the project is expected to ensure long-term sustainability. For the successful implementation, the project is collaborative effort among IETC, Viet Nam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC) and Binh Dinh Sugar Company of Viet Nam. IETC, together with VNCPC will provide the technical support and the sugar company will contribute to and host the demonstration projects. It will also finance the implementation of three ESTs and will provide technical staff for the operation and maintenance. The lessons to be learned from this project will assist IETC as well as other international organizations towards the replication and scaling up of similar projects. The project is expected to be completed by February 2007. Title: Integrated Waste Management Plan for Wuxi New District The International Environmental Technology Center (IETC) recently signed a Framework Agreement with the Wuxi Municipality in the People’s Republic of China to develop an integrated waste management plan for the Wuxi New District. Wuxi New District is one of the top ten national level development zone in China, and is listed in the first group of export bases for hi-tech products and it is a national demonstration zone for ISO14000. Wuxi New District is located in the Southeast part of Wuxi city, 6km from the city center. It was formally established in 1995, and covers an area of 200km2, with a population of 380,000 including 250,000 industrial workers. Wuxi New District is a technology intensive new city with five industry pillars - electronic information, mechanical & electrical integration, bio pharmaceutical, fine chemicals and new materials. With such a large and expanding industrial base, WND also has its share of environmental problems. While the waste water issues to a large extent have been taken care of with the installation of three waste water treatment plants, there is still considerable work required to be done in the field of solid waste. With increasing industrialization and improving living standards, the quantity of solid waste is expected rise further. This project aims to assist WND in developing an integrated solid waste management plan. The project is based on the concept of integrated waste management so that the waste constituents are recycled and reused to the maximum possible extent and the development of the city can take place in harmony with the environment. The project will collect baseline data and assess the current waste management system. It will identify issues of concern, and use the information collected to develop an integrated waste management plan (IWMP). The project will also envisage the development of a supportive framework to implement the plan with awareness raising and capacity building, policy tools, technologies and techniques, etc. The project will be implemented in the Wuxi New District - from January 2006 to December 2007.
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