State of the Art Waste Management Facility Proposed at Fernview

Veolia Environmental Services have applied to the Shire of Gingin for a Waste Management Facility within the northern portion of Fernview Farm at Lot 7778 Wannamal Road South, Cullalla.

The proposed facility, which has been approved by the Environmental Protection Authority, will incorporate “state of the art” liner and leakage detection and collection systems that far exceed the requirements of the Department of Environment for the type of facility.

Veolia Project Director, Mr Chris Griffin said that the proposed facility would also incorporate the Company’s new bio-recovery technology which would enable the safe recovery of decomposed wastes for re-processing. “This technology, which we have trialled successfully at two locations in the Eastern States, will enable the recovery of organic rich waste, such as food wastes, for blending into a soil improver for local farms. More importantly, carbon rich wastes including plastics will also be recovered for re-processing elsewhere into diesel fuel”, he said.

Veolia, a major Australian and International Waste Management Company, currently provides Municipal waste collection and disposal services to 85 Local Authorities across Australia including the Mid-West Shires of Geraldton / Greenough, Chapman Valley, Irwin and Northampton. The Fernview Farm site has been selected over other sites in the Shire for its isolation and the considerable distance to groundwater. The site adjoins an area identified in a 2003 study by the Shire as being suitable for the establishment of a waste management facility based on a range of environmental and social criteria.

The site of the proposed facility occupies an area in the northern portion of the Farm and is estimated to take approximately 100,000 tonnes per annum of waste. The facility will be available to the Gingin and surrounding Shires but most of the waste is expected to come from the Perth Metropolitan Area.

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