Sovereign Manufacturing.
Is the key to a stronger supply chain, something that was severely tested through COVID and showed our vulnerability because we like so many countries have outsourced our manufacturing.
Decentralised reManufacturing in Far North QLD is a smart, low-carbonisation roadmap. It not only helps reduce waste but also creates jobs, providing 9.2 employment opportunities for every 10,000 tonnes of waste processed.
When we shipped out waste to China we had a system in place to do that.
But they don't want it and in the Circular Industrial Economy there is no such thing as waste, just a resource for the next product to be made.
This is our REDUCE and REDESIGN in the one cluster of microfactories.
We have a reduce for contaminated waste = low value resource. We have a redesign for our cleaner higher value resource.
We work with businesses who want to be early adopters in the Product Stewardship Certification for any of their products in our region which is a big GREEN FLAG to conscious consumers. End of Life management done by the business owner not the consumer.
This Policy is one of the 3 policies we need that will move the needle in Climate Change. When we shift the responsibility of the end of life of a product to the manufacturer then it makes it better for them and their clients.
When your clients have to reach back out to you for where they can dispose of their product at the end of it's life you get a feedback loop opportunity and through we made it better for the planet and their micro factories, Circular Economy FNQ we will report on the life cycle of your products that can bring feedback to the designers.
This is how you improve systems, with quality feedback loops and that is what this policy does.
Along with the 2018 Slavery Act getting it's first commissioner this year which means less cheap imports are on the horizon.
We understand that the transition needs to go fast but we also need to make sure we leave no one behind.
So the education, training and ongoing support that will be provided within the micro factories will be at a literacy level of 3 and our constant training will ensure that the new industries we are at the forefront of will be good jobs, green jobs and good for people and planet.
Because that is how Social Enterprises do business for good.
Circular Economy Far North Queensland is committed to making the transition to a Circular Economy that aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals and supporting Australian Innovation.
We collaborate with existing awesome humans to help bring Circular Economy Framework to life in FNQ. And share how we are doing it along the way. #bettertogether
JCU Ideas Lab,
Founders Space
Building D4/14-88 McGregor Rd, Smithfield QLD 4878
Circular Economy FNQ acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present, and emerging. We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart to achieve justice, recognition and respect for First Nations people and a referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice in the Constitution