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TABLE 3.4
Sectors Represented in Burnside Industrial Park (UNEP 2001)
Accommodations Distribution
Adhesives Door and window manufacturing
Air conditioning Electrical equipment
Automotive repair Environmental services
Beverage products Furniture manufacturing
Building materials Food equipment
Business centers Industrial equipment
Business firms Steel fabrication
Carpeting and flooring Machine shops
Chemicals processing Medical equipment
Commercial cleaners Paint recycling
Clothing manufacturers Paper/Cardboard products
Communications equipment Printing
Computer assembly and repair Metal plating
Construction Refrigeration
Containers and packaging Transportation
Dairy products Warehousing
the park and a third is being considered. Housing is an option that is under
consideration for park expansion.
Businesses in the park must satisfy the federal, provincial, and munici-
pal regulations that apply to them. These include requirements to prevent the
discharge of pollutants that may be “hazardous to fish, restrictions of specified
toxic chemicals such as PCBs and ozone depleting substances, and separation
of solid wastes that can be composted or recycled for diversion from the land-
fill”. These requirements are enforced through regulation or encouraged through
fees such as tipping fees and sewer use fees. All of these requirements, whether
regulation or economic instruments, along with the increasing environmental
awareness of people in Canada, have created an atmosphere which is conducive
to enhanced networking and the application of new environmental manage-
ment strategies based in industrial ecology (UNEP).
All of the functions that were identified have been put into place. The
Eco-Efficiency Centre is primarily an information clearinghouse and net-
working mechanism. According to UNEP:
The Centre conducts environmental reviews and encourages compa-
nies to join an Eco-Business program adopting an environmental code
or policy, setting objectives and targets and, competing for reduction
or conservation awards. Recently, the Centre has begun testing the
Efficient Entrepreneur calendar and assistant developed jointly by the
Wuppertal Institute and UNEP-DTIE to encourage companies to track
their performance.
