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What is Resource Efficiency?
Resource efficiency means using the Earth’s limited resources in a sustainable manner. We depend on natural resources like metals, minerals, fuels, water, land, timber, fertile soil, clean air, and biodiversity for our survival. They all constitute vital inputs that keep our economy functioning.
Increasing resource efficiency brings significant economic opportunities, drives down costs and boosts competitiveness. Resource efficiency helps stimulate technological innovation, boost employment, open up new export markets and benefit consumers through more sustainable products.
Currently, the supply of resources is limited, and our natural resource base is being eroded. Growing global demand is adding to the pressure on the environment, and competition for many resources is increasing. Many natural resources are fundamental to our health, well-being, and quality of life, so we must respect the natural limits of the planet.
Reducing water consumption makes commercial and environmental sense as it saves money, can enhance your organisation’s reputation, and helps to preserve natural resources. As with all natural resources, overuse can have a detrimental effect on the environment and limit the sustainability of future generations. Excessive consumption of water or using it in a wasteful or inefficient manner also directly impacts on your organisation. Therefore, moving towards more sustainable water use is becoming a priority for organisations across all sectors of industry.
Efficiency within the realm of wastewater production is becoming more and more important throughout all industries. Most industrial processes generate wastewater of which needs to be treated to a sufficient standard to minimise pollution, resulting in sizeable costs. Therefore, the ability to reduce the quantity of wastewater requiring treatment can have huge benefits.
Resource recovery in terms of waste aims to reduce the amount of waste generated and promote the re-use, and in turn, reducing the need for raw materials. Therefore, as the demand for materials grows worldwide, and with raising input costs, it makes sense for businesses to adopt the waste hierarchy.
Efficiency within the realm of wastewater treatment is becoming more and more important throughout many industries. Wastewater treatment can be improved through the optimisation, reconfiguration, improved management and addition of resource saving and efficient technologies.
A by-product is a substance or object, resulting from a production process, the primary aim of which is not the production of that item. By-products can come from a wide range of business sectors and can have very different environmental impacts. By-products from most industries become a waste if they are not recovered, and therefore carrying out recovery is an efficient method of waste reduction.
Technology Procurement & Cost-Benefit Analysis
Technology Development, Validation, Application & Commissioning
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