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                     Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management
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                     The Fairfield mission statement is:
                     The Fairfield Ecological Industrial Park is an interdependent, partnering,
                     environmentally conscious business/residential district. This district
                     encourages recycling of products and services, and is committed to
                     empowerment through improved employment, profits, education, health,
                     and quality of life. This district cycles resources with minimum export
                     of waste products and maximum export of value added products.

                The Fairfield EIP has over 1,300 heavy industrial zoned areas and about 60
                operating companies located in the South Baltimore Empowerment Zone.
                Transportation of raw materials and waste streams will be facilitated by port
                and rail. All available resources and other newly initiated ones will be used
                to achieve a closed loop for the production process (Smart Growth 2000).
                     The current economy of Fairfield is based on carbon-based industries.
                The major facilities in the area include:

                     • Oil company marketing sites.
                     • Asphalt manufacturing and distribution facilities.
                     • Chemical plants.
                     • Homologation companies which customize automobiles for export
                       and import.

                Other companies were developed to connect primary facilities to Fairfield.
                For transportation trucks, rail, and ports are used. Environmental companies
                control tank trucks, storage tanks, and cleanup operations. For manufacturing
                and distribution tire treading, box making, and materials handling machin-
                ery exist. Table 3.5 provides percentages for the current economies in the
                Fairfield EIP.
                     The Fairfield EIP is trying to achieve the following:

                     • Expand cleaner production programs.
                     • Integrate innovative environmental technologies.
                     • Expand its business networks.
                     • Implement an extensive master plan and fiscal impact analyses.


                           TABLE 3.5
                           Percentages for the Current Economies in the Fairfield EIP
                           Industrial classification               Percentage
                           Carbon                                    77%
                           Metal manufacturers                       10%
                           Inorganic products                         4%
                           Services                                   9%
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