National Circularity Centre concept revealed, 9-11-2023, Bega District News

Bega Group executive chairman Barry Irvin and Cox Architecture's Philip Cox reveal the National Circularity Centre for Bega

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00:00 It's wonderful to be here today.

00:10 The Circularity Project in the Bega Valley began a couple of years ago when we thought

00:14 that it was important to actually not only further celebrate the history of the beautiful

00:20 Bega Valley and the region which produces so much wonderful food and is so popular among

00:26 guests that want to come down and share the beautiful beaches, share the beautiful bushland,

00:31 enjoy the wonderful food.

00:33 We've always been so proud of our history but we wanted to make sure that we were positioning

00:39 the valley for the future and the future will be all about sustainability and circularity.

00:45 We wanted to give circularity a lighthouse.

00:47 We wanted to give it a home and a centre and we thought nothing better could be done than

00:52 create the National Circularity Centre in the Bega Valley.

00:59 Thank you.

01:06 The Circularity Centre is the world's first.

01:36 It is a unique building complex that demonstrates a whole heap of ideas and metaphors and things

01:45 that give the opportunity for people to learn.

01:49 It's essentially an education centre.

01:52 It's essentially a place where people will realise what aspects of circular philosophy

02:02 apply to every aspect of manufacture and daily life.

02:11 So really what we're trying to achieve here is this great centre of collaboration where

02:17 we demonstrate that we are able to bring people together from all walks of life, where we're

02:22 able to bring the best of technology, the best of education, the best of resource management

02:27 and say this is how you run a region that is truly focused on a sustainable future in

02:35 all that it does.

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