Saint John is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick with a population of about 70,000. It is the oldest incorporated city in Canada situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the St. John River. The city of Saint John is home to one of Canada’s largest concentrations of large industries.
The city has a compact heavy industrial core consisting of the Irving Oil Refinery, the Irving Pulp and Paper Mill, the Irving Tissue Mill, and Irving Paper Mill. An oil-fired thermal electric utility (NB Power), Moosehead Brewery, Baxters Dairy and the Lantic Sugar Refinery are also located in Saint John industrial area (Nisbet et al. 1999).
In 1997 Environment Canada commissioned JAN Consultants, with the cooperation of local research and industrial partners, to carry out studies in Saint John, Sarnia-Lambton, and Montreal on opportunities for eco-industrial networking in these industrial areas. The purpose of these case studies was to take stock of the existing synergies to identify what are the drivers and barriers behind such partnerships and to establish the principles for developing networks in other industrialised areas. The study for Saint John resulted in recommendations for taking advantage of potential regional synergy opportunities (e.g. cogeneration, district heating, plastics manufacturing, metal working) and removal of associated barriers (e.g. lack of awareness, economics, regulations).
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This webpage was last modified on 8 December 2006.
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