Circular Economy Planning

Land Use Futures have extensive practical experience in designing and implementing sustainability and circular economy related projects at all scales. These have ranged from:

  • National scale analysis of opportunities for using bio-based fertiliser (digestate and biochar) in the vicinity of red-meat processors to support localised circular economies,

  • Developing and implementing the Strategic Resource Precinct (aka buffertopia) concept for Water Corporation wastewater treatment plants across Western Australia.

  • Coordinating preparation of a concept plan for the Strategic Resource Precinct of the Subiaco Water Resource Recovery Facility,

  • Developing and successfully implementing Statewide policy for protecting priority agricultural land,

  • Securing Strategic Agriculture Precincts for horticulture and intensive agriculture in the Peel and Greater Bunbury regions of Western Australia.

Our services range from visioning and concept formulation, business case development, strategy, planning and implementation and monitoring and review. Examples of projects are outlined below.

Red Meat Processors (Tessele Consultants)

  • circular economy precinct wastewater sewage treatment plant

    Mass Balance

    Spatially mapping potential dried digestate and biochar production to red meat processors around Australia.

  • red meat processor circular economy

    Demand Catchment

    Analysis of land use markets for dried digestate and biochar in the demand catchment of red meat processors.

  • wastewater treatment plant planning and design

    Supply:Demand Ratios

    Determining supply:demand ratios for dried digestate and biochar production from each red meat processor.

Buffertopia Concept

  • circular economy precinct wastewater sewage treatment plant

    Buffertopia / Strategic Resource Precinct Precinct Concept

    Buffertopia sketch concept diagram highlighting an optimised land use system for water resource recovery precincts based around the odour buffer.

  • wastewater circular economy

    Circular Economy Precinct Visualisation

    Computer generated concept of buffertopia / strategic resource precinct.

  • wastewater treatment plant planning and design

    Beneficial Land Use Evaluation Matrix

    Beneficial land use evaluation matrix providing a checklist of land uses which either used outputs from the WWTP or provided inputs.

Strategic Resource Precincts - Agriculture

  • circular economy precinct wastewater sewage treatment plant

    Strategic Resource Areas - Agriculture

    Mapping areas of potential State/regional agricultural significance.

  • prime priority agricultural land mca suitability

    MCA of Areas for Irrigated Annual Horticulture

    Multi-Criteria Assessment (MCA) to prioritise areas of potential State/regional agricultural significance.

  • wastewater treatment plant planning and design

    Land & Water Resources Secured in Planning Schemes

    Land and water resources secured in regional and local planning schemes as Priority Agriculture Zones.