Thanks for posting this, I had a go today. After 5 hours slowly building up I've just finished getting a proper furnace setup and mini bus done. Obviously the island has undergone a few alterations...
The biggest hurdle is just time as there's so little space at first, not really even enough to automate red/green. I worked out of boxes etc till I got landfill going then more time waiting for enough to be made to do anything. Still, together with tablet games the time passed quickly enough. I've already cleared out the next 3 islands (got mil 2 and went hunting, those big worms were a nasty surprise but AP wins). Here's a screenshot of how it's looking now. If I keep going I'll post some more.