Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry

What industrial systems must be redesigned for sustainability?

Natural Resources

• Water
• Air
• Minerals
  • RE-STEM, Rail Enabled Sustainable Transportation of Essential Minerals
• Land
  • FTLUS, Freight Transportation Land Use Strategy
  • RE-BAR, Rail Enabled Brownfield Asset Redevelopment
• Forests
  • RE-FOREST, Rail Enabled Forest-to-Market Systems

Agriculture

• Inputs
  • Land use
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Enhancements
• Outputs
  • Food
  • Energy
  • Biomass
• Processing

Materials

• Paper
• Steel
• Packaging
• Construction materials
  • Lumber
  • Aggregates
  • Cement
    • RE-CARD, Cement and Aggregates Regional Distribution
  • Refractory
• Plastics

Energy

• RE-POWER, Rail Enabled Power Distribution

Waste

• Municipal waste
  • Glass
    • RE-GLASS, Rail Enabled Glass Logistics and Sustainable Supply
• Construction and demolition waste
• Manufacturing waste
• Used batteries
• Wood biomass

Transportation

• Railroads
  • RE-SEED, Rail Enabled Sustainable Environment and Economic Development
• Trucking
• Pipelines
• Air Cargo