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Berkefeld to chair the WSN sale

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THE NSW Government is forging ahead with the sale of WSN Environmental Solutions, with Treasurer Eric Roozendaal appointing Christopher Berkefeld as the chair “to prepare the corporation for a possible sale transaction in the second half of 2010”.

“Berkefeld has extensive experience as managing director, executive director and CEO in the waste industry spanning almost two decades... His wealth of experience combined with his expertise in the preparation of corporations for sale and the execution of sales and mergers will be invaluable to the WSN board,” said Roozendaal.

Berkefeld managed the mergers of Brambles Industrial Services and Cleanaway in 2004, the sale of Brambles in 2006, and the sale of Cleanaway in 2007.

Roozendaal said the appointment will end December 31, 2010 “to cover the period of the possible sale of WSN”.

While Transpacific Industries has repeatedly expressed interest in buying WSN, the company’s debt levels saw it hammered through the financial crisis and many in the industry question its appetite for another large acquisition.

SITA Environmental Solutions is considered the most likely bidder, with WSN’s AWT assets considered a neat fit.

Question marks surround WSN’s price tag. Sydney landfill assets are the key to its value, and the NSW Government continues to sit on the Landfill Capacity and Demand Assessment completed by Wright Corporate Strategy in 2008.

Inside Waste has applied to NSW Planning for access to the report under Freedom of Information legislation. At print time, however, we had been informally advised the document is “associated with Cabinet considerations” and likely to be protected from public release by the doctrine of Cabinet confidentiality.

Organics the hot topicORGANIC material represents a massive whack of Australia’s total waste stream – including some 50-75% of household waste – and is the big-ticket item in terms of waste’s environmental impacts. While the exact form of Australia’s future carbon reduction programs are shrouded in a thick political haze, there’s no doubt tighter carbon constraints are on their way, eventually, and this will impact heavily on our industry.

As a new initiative for the new decade, each issue of Inside Waste in 2010 will focus on a different ‘theme’. This issue, organic waste management is the hot topic of our feature articles.

Next issue, March/April, will focus on alternative waste treatment (AWT). For a full list of upcoming themes, download the media kit from www.insidewaste.com.au or see page 30 this issue.

According to the report from Hyder’s Melbourne office, any greenhouse emissions from the hot air balloon that took this picture could have been offset by carbon storage in Hanson’s Wollert landfill.

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WELL-RUN landfills can manage the greenhouse impacts of waste just as well as more expensive AWT facilities, a lifecycle assessment conducted by Hyder Consulting on Hanson’s Wollert landfill in Melbourne has found.

Undertaken for the City of Whittlesea and Hanson Landfill Services, the study considered the 144,000 tonnes of household garbage and 96,000 tonnes of C&I waste sent to Wollert in 2008. It assessed impacts from that base case compared to potential alternative scenarios, including the use of aerobic and anaerobic treatment technologies.

The take-home message, claims Hanson’s Sam Bateman, is “it can no longer be assumed that diverting organics from landfill has any greater greenhouse benefit than from sending them to a well designed and operated putrescible landfill with gas capture and electricity generation”.

Using mid-range estimated values and a standard 100-year assessment timeframe, the base case landfill “produced similar outcomes” to anaerobic mechanical biological treatment (MBT), and outperformed aerobic MBT.

Savings in terms of avoided emissions, “mostly arose from carbon storage (in the landfill and compost) and product offsets (metals, plastics and especially electricity)”.

Considering undegraded organic material as being stored and equivalent to CO2 removal from the atmosphere is the report's most controversial aspect.For more details see pages 14-15.

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Dial A Dump Industries’ application to develop a new inert waste landfill has been approved by the NSW Department of Planning. The development will see a materials processing centre and engineered landfill built at Eastern Creek in Sydney’s west.

The former Hanson quarry at Archbold Road, which Dial A Dump purchased for $130 million in 2005, is one of Sydney’s last big voids, with a capacity of at least 11 million m3 and possibly 15 million m3. The company plans to recoup some of its outlay for the 123-hectare site through an industrial subdivision.

The Director General’s assessment states the waste facility would have the capacity to accept up to two million tonnes of waste per annum, with up to 80% recycled and 20% landfilled. Landfilling is expected to be carried out for 45-65 years, based on the upper (700,000tpa) and lower limits (400,000tApa).

“The Department sought independent advice regarding justifiable demand,” states the assessment. “The project would add 14 million tonnes (40%) to Sydney’s Class 2 (non putrescible) landfill capacity, and ensure there is a level sufficient to accommodate 20 years of demand at expected future disposal rates.”

Veolia Environmental Services, meanwhile, has applied to increase the putrescible waste input to its Woodlawn Bioreactor landfill near Goulburn from the current 500,000 tonnes to 1.2 million tonnes per annum. It wants to rail an extra 400,000tpa from

Sydney, take 100,000tpa of residual materials from the AWT it wants to build at the site (which has been approved, but not yet constructed), plus another 200,000tpa of local waste from surrounding regional areas, including Goulburn and the ACT.

A Preliminary Environmental Assessment, lodged with Planning NSW, states the additional tonnage will “provide for the current and future disposal capacity for the greater Sydney region, as well as the local and regional areas surrounding Woodlawn”.

Veolia touted an operational life of about 70 years when the site first opened, but the proposed changes would cut that to 25-30 years.

The Victorian Government has committed to setting higher landfill levies and making “significant changes to how waste is managed” in 2010. Details on how far the levy will rise are yet to be released, causing great consternation for councils preparing annual budgets.

The proposed levy hike was announced in the Statement of Government Intentions, which flagged the government, “will reform economic settings, regulatory frameworks and delivery organisations to ensure that Victoria’s waste is managed more safely and sustainably”.

“These changes will bring new investment and employment opportunities while strengthening our performance in meeting the ambitions of the Towards Zero Waste Strategy.”

Details of the reform will be included in the government’s Jobs for the Future Strategy, with higher levies expected to “make new recycling ventures more viable and expand employment in the recycling and materials processing industries”.

Levy revenue will “be reinvested in the industry and through the Sustainability Fund in related environmental programs”.

WMAA’s Victorian president Martin Aylward has called for the speedy

release of the levy details, saying it could help drive resource recovery but “may be a disaster waiting to happen” if councils are caught unawares.

“The council CEOs need to know the information well before they set their budgets. I understand that they are very worried about the fact that nothing has been said to them and the clock is ticking.

“The levy hike will have a lot of short-term implications, no matter what the increase is in the fiscal sense. The Victorian community will suffer the cost of the levy hike, no doubt about it. The municipalities’ waste bodies, the local councils and the ratepayers too.”

In BriefIn BriefNew landfill justified in SydneyOH&S partnership

The NSW Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association has signed

a 12-month partnership agreement with WorkCover NSW. The initiative will “assist busi-nesses in the waste and recycling industry to improve OH&S”.

Tox scores oreTox Free Solutions (ASX:TOX) has been named preferred supplier of industrial and waste man-agement solutions for all of Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in WA’s Pilbara region, its second major contract win associated with the region’s booming resources sector.

AnaeCo’s capital ideaPerth-based AWT specialist AnaeCo (ASX:ANQ) has announced a $4 million capital raising and a new focus, looking “beyond the domestic mar-ket” in order to find international opportunities and “reach its full potential”.

Fill ’er upThe SA EPA’s standard for the production and use of waste derived fill has been finalised. It aims to “provide clarity to industry and the broader community on the issues that need to be addressed to demonstrate the suitability of the proposal to use fill”.

Mango maniaA glut of home-grown mangoes has again become a problem for Brisbane Council’s waste collectors. One fruit-filled bin weighed in at 170kg, with many others also overweight.

Levy hike to hurt Vic councils

Sydney’s new landfill, justified by demand.

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As managing director of Brentwood Recycling Systems, Graham Badman is ultimately responsible for all operations of

the company, including direct responsibility for sales, marketing and engineering of Turn Key Plants and GicomTunnel Composting Systems and supervision of general administrative functions.What was your first job in the waste industry and how did you get it? My first job as a trainee mechanical engineer was at Brentwood in 1977. I worked as a technical designer for several years and was appointed GM in 1996.Favourite part of your job? Without a doubt, designing a plant for a client who has a unique application. Seeing that plant work with a happy client who is going to make a success of operating the plant gives you the greatest feeling.Least favourite? Getting involved with projects that have little chance of proceeding, which usually happens when the correct level of due-diligence has not been done prior to going to the market.Complete this sentence: Zero waste is... Efficiently using all the materials in a waste stream to produce products or energy. The key word is ‘efficiently’, and the concept must include total costs to produce the outcome.Key driver of change in waste management? The most effective way to reduce waste is by government developing laws to dictate the volume of waste going into landfill over a period of time. Although this sounds like something that’s already been tried with limited success, previous attempts were not legislated and had no penalties for non-conformance. Without that, the concept only becomes a wish list. The solution works in the EU and can work in Australia.Did you have a role model or mentor? I learnt so much from my father while we worked together, and without doubt the core to much of my engineering knowledge has been through that relationship.Best advice you’ve been given? Listen and consider before acting.Your ideal weekend? Surfing, squash, skiing... and a drop of red wine watching the sunset!

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CHANGES to Penrith City Council’s waste collection sparked fiery debate in Sydney’s west after an organics bin (with food scraps) was introduced and residual waste bins – collected fortnightly instead of weekly – were reduced in size from 240lt to 120lt. Debate (centred on dirty nappies and maggots) flared up in January, despite the changes coming in last August.

Residents can pay an extra $50/year to have a larger residual bin, or request a temporary weekly pickup – also at $50/year.

Council said changes were made to meet state landfill diversion targets, and pointed out residual waste costs it about $160/tonne to dump in landfill while clean organics cost $90/tonne to process at SITA’s

Kemp’s Creek SAWT facility.Bin audits, however, suggest more

education is needed, with 46% of organic waste still in residual bins and contamination in the organics running at 10-30%.

Tempers flare over Penrith bins

ADELAIDE has sufficient infrastructure capacity to meet projected resource recovery forecasts – except for e-waste and tyres – until 2020, according to a Zero Waste SA study.

Recycling and resource recovery in SA is expected to increase about 20% during the next decade to reach 3.3 million tpa , driven by population growth and increasing

awareness of sustainability issues.The report finds recovery of municipal

waste could rise 19% by 2013/14 and up to 27% by 2019/20, thanks to current initiatives for food waste recovery and better source separation at the kerbside, particularly in regional areas. This would improve overall diversion of household waste from 47% to above 58%.

Source separation keeps SA on track

Maggots, an emotive feature of bin debate.

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When was the company founded? The company was set up in 1999, but purchased by the current owner 3.5 years ago.

Where do you operate? Originally based in Sydney’s western suburbs, most work now comes from the eastern suburbs and inner city areas.

Key contracts? Strata managers of residential unit complexes are the big-gest customers. The largest contract is for a building in Rhodes covering 200 bins, which are cleaned once a month. Private home owners don’t want to spend the money – we walked around for two months and delivered 50,000 flyers when we first started, and got two phone calls.

Who owns and runs the company? George Hall, a former local government employee who got jack of it after 17 years and decided to buy the business so he could work for himself.

Financials? There is plenty of room for more work, about 260 bins can be cleaned in one day. Price depends on volume, but for contracts with 50 bins or over, the cost is typically about $5 per bin.

Number of employees? Currently 90% is done by the one company owner, although occasionally a casual worker – or the wife – is roped in to help out as well.

Any new initiatives in the last few years/plans for the future? The ultimate plan would be to look at franchising the business – while there are oth-ers out there with a high pressure washer and a ute, our systems are more professional and sophisticated. We recycle all the water we use and have developed a range of organic cleaning products that remove odours. We have learnt a lot of things over the years and, with a bit more money, would really like to investigate setting up new trucks – some smaller and some bigger.

What’s the hardest thing to clean from a bin? Engine oil. People complain about maggots a lot, but bins don’t often have maggots – if they do, you’ve done something really wrong.

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Contact for further enquiries? George Hall on (02) 9661 7082.

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EPA Victoria’s crackdown on compost odour continues, with SITA Australia pleading guilty in the Sunshine Magistrates’ Court to breaching its EPA licence by allowing offensive odours to be discharged beyond the boundary of its Brooklyn composting facility in September 2008. It was fined $40,000 and ordered to pay costs of $10,000.

“Composting facilities need to have odour control measures which prevent odour from impacting the broader community,” said Bruce Dawson.

The EPA also fined Consolidated Waste (Victoria) $5,841 for odour issues at its Cemetery Road transfer station

last October. ANL’s Coldstream compost facility is also on the regulator’s radar, with an online forum opened to gauge community feeling about its application to upgrade the site.

ANL's Aero-Sorb system cuts odours.

Composters on the nose in Vic

Award recognises local innovationIMPACT Environmental has established an award to highlight local government innovation in waste management, with the top prize a study trip to the US.

The company is behind the Coffs Harbour conference, and MD Greg Freeman said the idea for the awards came from “all those years seeing what people in local government have been doing around Australia, and because

these guys often don’t get recognised”.He is hoping the award, to be

announced at the Coffs conference on May 4-6, will help bring to light some lesser-known projects, especially from regional areas.

The competition is open to any council (or regional grouping) for projects from the past three years.

Submissions are due by March 10.



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THE INTERNATIONAL Solid Waste Association’s White Paper on Waste & Climate Change, released ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, claims developed countries can achieve net emission savings of 20% by investing in the waste industry.

ISWA estimates municipal waste activities alone could account for 18% of the Kyoto reduction targets set for the EU-15. It said reductions can be achieved through investments in accepted practices, such as increasing recycling and compost production.

ISWA claims there is potential for

even larger net carbon reductions in most developing countries, with the elimination of open dumping producing easy improvements.

THERE has been progress surrounding an exemption for the outputs of AWT facilities in NSW. WMAA President Ron Wainberg said industry representatives had a “very positive” meeting with Department of Environment Climate Change and Water officials in January.

“There were still items of differences, [but] the mood was good,” he said.

Organic outputs from AWTs are considered waste and cannot legally

be applied to land in NSW until an exemption is granted through the government’s 3F ‘gateway’ legislation.

Wainberg maintains DECCW is being very conservative in its approach to developing an exemption, but said there has been “give and take” and industry is confident there will be workable guidelines in the near future.

Industry expects a response from the regulator by the end of February.

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Biochar JV a big chanceSOUTH Australian organics recycler Jeffries Group has entered a joint venture with the SA No-Till Farmers’ Association (SANTFA) to carry out research and trials on using organic material to produce energy and biochar.

The potential for biochar to sequester carbon while also improving soils is seeing it attract growing global interest. According to SANTFA, every tonne of organic waste can produce 350kg of biochar and 1MWh of renewable energy.

Operations manager Martin Jeffries said compost, soil and mulch products would remain the company’s key focus, but the JV would investigate additional end markets for organic feedstocks.

“Organic waste holds large amounts of carbon, and the use of biochar,

along with traditional organic compost applications, will be an important part of farming practice. We see them as complementary product streams.”

SANTFA’s R&D manager Greg Butler described making biochar from food waste as “the most efficient and ethical way of capturing carbon”.

There is growing support for biochar.

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PROSECUTION FOR UNLAWFUL WASTE FACILITY

On 30 November 2009, the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales found Smart Skip (NSW) Pty Ltd (“Smart Skip”) guilty of an offence against the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, in that it was the occupier of premises at 19 Fariola Street, Silverwater, New South Wales, which it caused to be unlawfully used as a waste facility between 1 July 2006 and 30 June 2007.

Smart Skip pleaded guilty to the charge and the Court found that, among other things:

1. Smart Skip had been warned by the EPA to stay below the licence threshold. 2. Smart Skip was required to hold an environment protection licence for the premises during that period; 3. Smart Skip was operating at a level of throughput of waste above the limits specifi ed in the development consent for the premises.

By way of an appropriate penalty, Smart Skip was ordered to pay a fi ne of $50,000 and the EPA’s costs of $20,000. The court also ordered Smart Skip to report its throughput monthly to the EPA.

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Plastics stockpile not under wrapsHI-QUALITY Waste Management was issued a clean up notice after NSW EPA officers found large quantities of plastics waste (including bottles and shredded material) illegally stockpiled on its premises at Bringelly, Sydney.

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"Fostering best practice and innovation in resource management"

Being the first column for 2010, normally there would be little to report following the hia-tus of Christmas, New Year and a traditionally slow January. The last few weeks, however, have seen a remarkable level of activity in the NSW Compost and AWT industry sectors in developing a response to the NSW ‘3F’ General Exemption, aimed at defining the conditions under which the application of AWT organics to land is permitted.

It’s a complicated issue. Protection of the environment is paramount, and while there is an increased contamina-tion risk associated with this material, its high nutrient value and the benefits of resource recovery indicate that an appropriate risk management strategy needs to be identified.

The Compost Industry members, which includes some AWT operators, together with independent technical experts, agreed on an industry response to the draft regulation, which, following a round of broader consultation has been submitted to DECCW. This has been a tremendous example of dialogue and compromise between WMAA mem-bers who initially held opposing points of view, and the sort of ‘advocacy’ we should be involved in.

With debate surrounding WMAA’s role in advocacy still current, this exercise demonstrated what is possible and why it is critical for the association to actively fill this role. Congratulations and thanks to all those involved.

The Branches and Divisions will soon hold their elections for new Presidents/Chairs. Being a voluntary organisation, filling these roles can often be a labour of love. I’d like to thank those stepping down: your efforts and contribution are very much appreciated. Also, welcome to the ‘new faces’: I hope you enjoy your new role. I look forward to meeting you at SAC.– Ron Wainberg

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The WMAA National Divisions, State Branches and Working Groups undertake projects throughout the year to enhance the professional development of the industry. The projects offer a diverse variety of opportunities, from development through to responding to govern-ment policy and waste strategies. The following is a summary of these projects.Completed projects:Young Professionals Working Group Carbon Tracking Project (NSW)The overall objective of the six-month project was to reduce the contribution to climate change due to greenhouse emissions associated with activities and events run by the Working Group Committee.101 things young professionals should know (WA)The Working Group produced a comprehensive guide to the waste industry in WA for those new to the industry and those looking to expand their knowledge. This includes an explanation of waste industry jargon, basic concepts and terms, and a list of key contacts.Scholarship program for young profes-sionals (National)The Working Group was granted funding to create a national confer-ence scholarship program for young professionals in the waste industry. The scholarship provides two young professionals with the opportunity to attend an industry event and take advantage of key networking and knowledge expansion opportunities.Waste levy outcomes in 2009 (SA)The SA Branch designed a project to assist members to engage in govern-ment consultation on waste industry

issues. The project aims to improve communication and outcomes for the SA waste industry.Incorrect disposal of bio-hazardous waste (National)The Bio-Hazardous Waste Industry Division (BWI) survey in 2008 indi-cated an increasing rate of incor-rect disposal of bio-hazardous waste material. To raise awareness of the issues, BWI engaged a public rela-tions consultant to develop strate-gic messages that will consider the social, economic, environmental and OH&S outcomes.Best Practice Guidelines for Workplace Health & Safety within the waste management and recycling

industries (WA)The WA Branch engaged an expert to review and update the 1999 ver-sion of this document, primarily for members in WA but with a long-term view to developing a national document for use by members in all states.Training courses (National)The National office investi-gated a range of training and methods of delivery tailored to meet needs of members including online training and seminars, espe-cially for members in regional areas.

In progressLandfill emissions testing, methods 2 and 3 (National)The National Landfill Division is preparing a summary report detail-ing results from landfill emissions tests to assist in the verification of emissions testing during 2009.Response to the EPA strategy (Qld)In anticipation of the long awaited release of the Queensland EPA’s new waste management strategy, the WMAA Qld Branch has taken a proactive approach to provid-ing feedback by preparing to run a series of stakeholder workshops.

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May 4–6: Waste 2010 – Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Conference; Coffs Harbour, NSW. www.impactenviro.com.au/waste2010July 21-23: Enviro 2010 Conference & Exhibition – Solutions for a Sustainable Future; Melbourne, VIC. www.enviro2010.com.auSep 2-3: Australasian Industrial Ecology Conference; Sydney, NSW. Details at www.austindustrialecology.com.auSep 13–17: Waste & Recycle Conference; Fremantle, WA. www.wasteandrecycle.com.auOct 27–29: Watch your ‘Waste’ Line, Adelaide, SA. www.wasteline.com.auFor more information about these events, please contact Veronica on (02) 8746 5055 or [email protected]

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During the WMAA Victorian Branch annual Christmas dinner on December 9, the recipient of the inaugural WMAA Pam Keating award was announced.

The award, sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services, is presented to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the Victorian environ-ment industry, particularly in areas reflecting Pam’s many years of involvement prior to her tragic death.

The 2009 recipient of the award was Ellen Sandell.As Victorian director of the Australian Youth

Climate Coalition and environmental officer at the University of Melbourne, Sandell has shown exceptional leadership qualities. This includes in 2007 conceiving and single-handedly creating LEAP (Leadership in Environmental Action Program) – an environmental conference designed to fill a gap in environmental education and leadership training for high school students.

The first three-day conference attracted students from 17 schools across the state, offering workshops led by young environmental leaders, excursions to native for-est, and an opportunity to plan their own environmental project. LEAP was so successful that the students used the skills they gained from the conference to start the Victorian Inter-School Environment Network, which now includes more than 20 high schools.

As a winner of the Pam Keating Award, Sandell received $1,500 in prize money to be used for profes-sional development. She put the funds towards attend-

ing the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, and a study tour to meet prominent non-profit organisations and people working on climate change throughout Europe and the UK.

Having left for Copenhagen at the time of the Award Ceremony, Sandell was unable to attend the Dinner to receive the award and trophy (sponsored by Sustainability Victoria). Christine Wardle, who chaired the selection panel, received the award on Sandell’s behalf. It was presented by Travis Keating (Pam’s son).

Sandell is an outstanding and worthy winner of the inaugural award. The WMAA Victorian Branch antici-pates having her speak about her Copenhagen and study tour experiences at one of its 2010 Branch functions.

Leon Schulz grew up in the recycling industry in South Australia. Noticing a need for a diversified commercial recy-cling company, in May 2005 he created NT Recycling Solutions in the Northern Territory.What is your present role? CEO, manag-ing director.What is the company’s area of exper-tise? We specialise in recycling card-board, paper and plastic; secure document destruction (ASIO T4 accredited); and waste minimisation systems that maxim-ise recycling and reduce waste to landfill.What is your background? CDL (con-tainer deposit legislation) in SA, 20 years in the recycling and waste industry.What is your greatest achievement to date? Making the people of Darwin and the NT more aware of the importance and benefits of recycling and resource recovery.Best advice that you ever received?Work smarter, rather than harder.Why did you become part of WMAA? To utilise the vast resources on offer, keep up-to-date with industry issues, and to have a say in shaping the

future of the waste industry.What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the waste industry today? Resistance to change and the impending carbon pollution reduction scheme.What do you think the future holds for the waste indus-try? New technology that will change the way we think about waste.

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STATE PRESIDENTS:NSWMike Ritchie 0408 663 942

VICMartin Aylward (03) 9558 7220

QLDTroy Uren 0432 632 200

SADon Richardson (08) 8213 2100

TAS (Vice President)Shane Eberhardt (03) 6424 7344

WABruce Bowman 0402 373 582

NATIONAL DIVISION CHAIRS:CARBON COMMITTEEMike Ritchie 0408 663 942

COMPOST AUSTRALIAPeter Wadewitz (08) 8556 5295

CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITIONBob Andrews (08) 8242 1039

BIOHAZARDOUS WASTELincoln Falconer +64 9919 5457

ENERGY FROM WASTEChristine Wardle 0408 540 980

EDUCATIONDavid D'Arcy Burke (08) 9497 5699

LANDFILLMax Spedding 0400 880 677

DISCLAIMERArticles and papers submitted for the Inside WMAA section of this newsletter present an overview of the topic only and are not intended to be a detailed statement of the law. Views are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the WMAA.

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In October 2009, the Waste Authority WA allocated partner-ship funding to the WA Branch of WMAA to resource specific waste industry projects.

One of the projects, the Draft State Waste Strategy, was com-pleted in December 2009. The objective was to facilitate a work-shop on the Draft Waste Strategy with the WMAA expanding the project by inviting comment from members unable to attend the workshop, facilitating debate at the workshop, coordinating comments and preparing a sub-mission to the Waste Authority.

At its completion, it was found the Waste Strategy needed to acknowledge the need for a para-digm shift, to consider waste as a resource, acknowledge the relationship between waste and climate change, and offer strategies that are appropriate for a carbon constrained society.

WMAA WA Branch also advo-cated for a single landfill levy based on tonnage, and a state-wide strategy for education and communication.

A review of the Standing Committee’s recommendations, in consultation with the WMAA WA membership, and comment on these recommendations were scheduled for January 2010. EcoChange will consult on the project.

C&I Recycling GuideThe WMAA WA C&I Working Group has identified a need for the publication of a C&I Recycling Guide. Some of the project objec-tives are to increase the diversion of waste from landfill; identify and list the range of service providers who

offer collection services for the range of recyclable materials; increase the awareness of participants in C&I industry sectors regarding the avail-ability of resource recovery options, where materials can be delivered, the location of the relevant facilities and the range of materials accepted

at each of these facilities; develop a simple map of the greater Perth metro area; and identify and publish a reliable contact point where callers can receive up-to-date advice.

Golder Associates will consult on the project.

Review landfill licensingThe purpose of this project is

to review the Department of Environment and Conservation’s landfill licensing regime in line with the recommendations made in the Welker review of Part V of the Environmental Protection Act in 2003.

Spartel will consult on the project.

Alternative Waste TechnologiesThe WMAA WA AWT Working

Group was established in early 2009. The use of AWT as a means of processing municipal solid waste is now growing within the waste industry in WA. In the Perth metro-politan area, there are two facilities in full operation, two undergoing commissioning or early stages of post

commissioning operations. There are also two more facilities being planned. This level of activity is consistent with the Draft Waste Strategy for Western Australia, which suggests that by 2015, 70% of municipal waste will be proc-essed by AWTs.

AWT facilities typically have high capital costs and long (great-er than 20 years) expected lives. Investments in these facilities require careful planning and risk management by local govern-ments and the companies con-tracting to provide them.

The experience of some of the existing and planned AWTs has been difficult in terms of sit-ing, local community acceptance and approvals. The problems that have been experienced have mostly been resolved through

improved communication and edu-cation of the stakeholders and com-munity.

The objective of the project is to prepare a draft guideline for the state authorities to reference when approving, licensing and forming policy regarding the use of alterna-tive waste technologies for waste management in WA.

ASK Waste Management will con-sult on the project.

Waste educators databaseThe aim of this project is to develop a communications database of waste educators and their waste education programs and activities currently taking place in Western Australia to be utilised in a future gap analysis of waste education in WA.

Jade Plottke will consult on this project.

WA branch reviews its projects

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SITA’s BioVision Mindarie AWT facility.

"The use of AWT as a means of processing municipal solid waste is now growing

within the waste industry in WA."


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By Max Spedding

Lauded as Australia’s peak environ-mental and sustainability event, the Enviro Conference and Exhibition has grown in both eminence and participation since its inauguration in Sydney in 2000.

This year, it is anticipated that 1,000 delegates will attend each day of the event.

To be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) from 21-23 July 2010, the Enviro 2010 Conference and Exhibition will be presented by the Australian Water Association and the WMAA.

As the world continues to embrace the “new green deal”, and as envi-ronmental sustainability becomes a global issue, Enviro 2010 offers gov-ernment, industry and the public a robust and dynamic forum where they can exchange ideas, experi-ences, research and solutions and continue to build a strong and effec-tive response to the environmental issues facing us today.

With a collection of keynote addresses, workshops and tours sup-porting the main conference and exhibition, Enviro 2010 will offer a flexible program that will be of interest to all participants in the sec-tor. Posters covering the more tech-nical papers will also be displayed in the exhibition.

Enviro 2010 will be a carbon neu-tral event and all delegates are being encouraged reduce or to offset their travel footprint.

Conference ProgramThe focus of Enviro 2010 is environ-mental sustainability, with a theme Solutions for a Sustainable Future.

The two-and-a-half day confer-ence program has been designed to cover broad environmental and sustainability issues ranging across water, waste, resource recovery, energy, climate change and tech-niques to adapt to change.

This year’s keynote speakers echo the event’s commitment to address-ing the pressing issues of environ-mental sustainability:

■ Bob DoppeltDoppelt is executive director of Resource Innovations, a sustainabil-ity research and technical assist-ance program; and The Climate Leadership Initiative at the Institute for a Sustainable Environment (University of Oregon, US). He is also a principal in the consulting firm Factor Ten Inc.

His work focuses on assist-ing organisations in implement-ing sustainability change manage-ment programs. He has also served on the Western Division of The President’s Council on Sustainable Development and on the US EPA National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology.

He speaks at and leads workshops on systems thinking, climate change and related organisational change, governance and personal leadership for sustainability.■ Professor David KarolyProfessor Karoly is an ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Meteorology at the University of Melbourne. He is an internationally-recognised expert in climate change and climate variability, including greenhouse climate change, strat-ospheric ozone depletion and inter-annual climate variations due to El Niño-Southern Oscillation.

He was heavily involved in prepa-ration of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2007. Professor Karoly was chair of the Premier of Victoria’s Climate Change Reference Group during 2008 and 2009, and is a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and the

Australian Academy of Sciences’ National Committee on Earth System Science.■ Dorjee SunThe CEO of Carbon Conservation, Sun was the founder of a recruit-ment software company with offic-es in Melbourne and London, and an award winning education com-pany which mentored more than 25,000 students through Sydney and Melbourne.

He started Carbon Conservation to finance the preservation of tropi-cal rainforests and provide carbon credit revenues to local communi-ties via avoided deforestation.■ Dr. Avinash PatwardhanDr. Patwardhan is vice president of Water Business Group and interna-tional sustainable solutions manager with CH2M HILL. He has more than 22 years’ experience in sustain-able solutions, watershed manage-ment, sustainable planning, water quality analysis and management and total water management. He has received two US patents, authored more than 45 technical papers and publications, and has worked on over 50 watershed studies.

Most recently, he worked as a project manager delivering sus-tainability services for Masdar, the world’s first carbon-neutral com-munity in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.■ Gabrielle KellyDirector of the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence Program, she has sig-nificant experience in Australia and the US working on policy align-ment, cross-government capability and new products development for a global market.

In 1990, with the Sundance

Institute, Kelly produced one of the first climate change documentaries. She has also interviewed global political leaders for US and UK television. She has played a sig-nificant role in the vision and early implementation of the Playford North Project- one of Australia's largest urban and social regeneration projects.

The conference will also present 108 diverse papers under six themes — implementing change, sustainable resource recovery and management, sustainable cities and infrastructure, innovation, procurement and supply chains, and responding to climate change.

Exhibition and innovationThe conference will be run concur-rently with the Enviro – LIVE Trade Exhibition, where more than 100 exhibitors will display the latest in environmental innovation.

The exhibition will play a very powerful role in bringing industry buyers and suppliers together, allow-ing the buyers to identify solutions face-to-face and the suppliers to exhibit their products and services to the right people.

Even though this year’s exhibition will be smaller than those in the past, it will be more broadly based, with exhibitors coming from a range of environment industry sectors that fall into the water, waste, sustaina-bility, soil, air and energy categories.

Max Spedding is chair of Enviro 2010. For more information or to register for the event, visit www.envi-ro2010.com.au or contact Veronica Dullens on (02) 8746 5055 or [email protected]

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By Garth Lamb

OUR industry has divided along familiar battlelines for debating waste’s greenhouse impacts. This time, however, it is landfill champion Sam Bateman who has stormed out of his corner armed with an independent report supporting his long espoused view that policy-makers have been unfairly vilifying well-run landfills.

Hanson Landfill Services and Melbourne’s City of Whittlesea Council tasked Hyder Consulting with conducting a lifecycle assessment on Hanson’s Wollert landfill. The study, led by Dr Joe Pickin (now with Blue Environment), modelled various disposal scenarios for the 144,000 tonnes of household garbage and 96,000 tonnes of C&I waste sent to Wollert in 2008 (see figure 1).

Using “mid-range estimated values” and a standard 100-year assessment timeframe, the headline finding was that, in terms of greenhouse impacts, the base case landfill “produced similar outcomes” to anaerobic mechanical biological treatment (MBT), resulting in net emission savings of between 66,000 and 72,000 tonnes of CO2e. Aerobic MBT, meanwhile, resulted in significantly lower savings of 33,000 tonnes CO2e (figure 2).

“It can no longer be assumed that diverting organics from landfill has any greater greenhouse benefit from sending them to a well designed and operated putrescible landfill with gas capture and electricity generation,” Bateman declared.

In a sector where research generally relies on some assumptions, however, vigorous debate over modelling decisions always transpires. Mike Ritchie, the industry’s most outspoken resource recovery and AWT advocate, quickly denounced the Wollert report as “one of the worst pieces of research in recent history”.

His central criticism surrounded Hyder’s decision to consider the portion of organic matter that does not degrade in landfill as being “stored”, and counting that as an offset equivalent to CO2 removal from the atmosphere.

This was a key factor in landfill’s strong performance, especially over longer timeframes.

Ron Wainberg, Hyder’s (Sydney-based) head of waste and resources, clarified that the report from Hyder’s Melbourne office was produced using “a number of assumptions which differ from those normally invoked”.

The determination of greenhouse emissions from landfills, he explained, is governed by the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting

(NGER) Guidelines, which are set by the Department of Climate Change, and “these rules do not recognise sequestration of carbon in this manner, so caution must be exercised if the emissions reported are compared with those for other cases which were determined in accordance with the guidelines”.

Ritchie was less measured in his criticism, saying the report “has no basis in the reality of carbon accounting” and pointing out a

landfill operator who used the same assumptions to report under NGERS would potentially attract penalties of up to $220,000 for providing misleading information.

Bateman reckons detractors are confusing science with politics.

Quirky accountingBateman’s argument is that there’s a big difference between the science of what actually happens to organics in landfill – which is what his LCA

attempts to capture – and the politics of how things are reported under the international frameworks NGERs is built on.

“We would never claim this carbon storage in our NGER return, and no landfill should… but when state governments are trying to work out from a scientific basis ‘what is the approach we should be taking’, then you do have to take [carbon storage] into account because it’s a real thing,” said Bateman.

“NGERs guidelines are steeped in the Kyoto Protocol, which is a political agreement that agreed to treat harvested wood products in a certain way,” he explains, with timber harvested from a forest basically considered to immediately release all its carbon.

“[But] that’s just for the convenience of the accounting, it’s patently obviously wrong – a big lump of timber doesn’t just evaporate overnight,” he said, adding the IPCC “recognises carbon storage in landfills and includes a method for calculating it in its Workbook on Waste”.

He further argues the existence of fossil fuels such as coal and oil (formed from organic matter subjected to underground pressure and heat over thousands of years) is very obvious proof organics in anaerobic environments can store carbon, despite any “quirk in the accounting”.

“State governments have made policy decisions on the treating of organic waste based on LCA – not on NGERs, not on Kyoto… on LCA, which takes into account all the scientific evidence of what happens to the carbon.”

Despite the to-and-fro arguments about carbon storage,

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Wrangling over Wollert report

Figure 1: Description of the scenarios modelled.

Figure 2: Results using mid-range parameter values assessed over a 100-year instantaneous emission base.

Figure 3: Results with high (88%), mid (74%) and low (60%) values for methane recovery from landfill, and high (68kWh/t) and low (0kWh/t) net electricity yield from anaerobic MBT.



the Wollert report appears to have met with real interest from policy-makers, at least in Victoria. Is there a rethink on the cards about landfill’s role in the carbon-constrained world?

Getting down to specificsPickin went to admirable lengths introducing transparency around his report’s uncertainties and assumptions, and concedes “it is really difficult to present something like this, when there’s multiple variables that are uncertain, in a static report on a piece of paper”.

A major difference between this report and others (which often haven’t shone such a favourable light on landfill) is that it considers a specific site, rather than a ‘typical’ landfill. This manifests itself in factors such as recycled organics being considered to have little carbon offset value because, in Melbourne, most outputs currently go to “low-grade uses” such as road rehabilitation, rather than agricultural uses where they might displace the use of energy-intensive synthetic fertilisers.

Another site specific factor – and the one with the biggest impact on

Wollert’s overall performance – is the fraction of methane gas recovered and used to generate energy, displacing the use of fossil fuels in power generation. Bateman has previously claimed instantaneous gas capture rates of 95% at Wollert, although Pickin’s report looks at “whole of life” gas capture.

It settles on a range of 60-88%, based on a number of sources including direct measurement. Emissions before collection begins were assumed to be

negligible (partly due to the aerobic conditions affecting uncovered waste, generating CO2 rather than methane), and the portion of emissions after collection ends ranged from 5-10%. It was assumed 1.5% of the methane collected was not oxidised.

With methane recovery at the high end of the range, the base case landfill was the best performing of all scenarios modelled. At the low end,

however, the base case was worse than anaerobic MBT (although still better than aerobic MBT – see figure 3).

The report suggests the best way to generate renewable energy from organic waste is actually by sending it to landfill. The low-range estimate of net electricity output from Wollert – about 150kWh/tonne of waste –greatly exceeded even the high range estimate for anaerobic MBT, 68kWh/t, largely due to the energy required running AWT plants.

It’s a fascinating finding and, according to Pickin, highlights the need to challenge current assumptions “that all landfills are just the same, a ‘fail pot’ at the bottom [of the waste hierarchy] – there’s obviously a lot than can be done, and landfills vary from the top of the range down”.

Wollert is certainly atop the heap; it was crowned Australia’s best landfill in WMAA’s National Excellence

Awards last year. But Bateman is confident that, when it comes to greenhouse performance, “any major urban putrescible landfill in Australia with a well-designed and operated gas capture and electricity generation system will perform as well”.

It should of course be noted the environmental impacts of different waste disposal practices are more complex than those summed up by carbon emissions alone.

There remains, for example, the issue of whether filling big holes is the best use of some limited resources. As carbon accounting methods stand currently, and with some form of carbon price likely to emerge in the near future, there is also a financial incentive for councils to work within the political rules rather than get too excited about the science.

The Wollert report does, however, question the justification of anti-landfill policies being introduced on the basis of carbon impacts. How that may affect the political rules remains to be seen.

Download the full report from www.insidewaste.com.au


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The report suggests the best way to generate renewable energy from organic

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By Garth Lamb.

SHOALHAVEN City Council is only a two-hour drive south of Sydney, but its waste management challenges are worlds apart from those of any metropolitan council. With one landfill to service 92,000 people spread across 4,660km2, it wages a constant battle against the “tyranny of distance” when it comes to collecting waste.

It is also battling to overcome a push toward one-size-fits-all bin configurations that don’t really fit its needs. While metro councils are looking at three bin systems and AWTs, Shoalhaven has taken a completely different tack – and its novel trial suggests it could achieve some of the best landfill diversion rates in the country, without using high-tech equipment.

Its 14-week ‘Get to the Point’ trial covered 720 homes in the small coastal township of Greenwell Point. Two bins were used, the first a ‘wet’ bin for all organic material, from lawn clippings and leaves through to food waste, dirty paper and even soiled nappies. The second ‘dry’ bin was used for traditional recyclable material (such as bottles, cans and paper) but, interestingly, also for bags of residual waste. Those rubbish bags were later manually removed at the materials recycling facility.

“It’s a whole different way of thinking,” said waste minimisation officer Fiona Schreurs, with most councils having spent years educating residents about not putting bagged material or rubbish into recycling bins. But Shoalhaven’s headline result, an 80% diversion from landfill, suggests it’s on to something.

“It was absolutely stunning – we were just over the moon getting that sort of diversion and you can’t argue, with those stats, that this is not something to be looked at. It shouldn’t be discounted,” said Schreurs.

Dry bins derive jobsThe NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water supports councils moving to three bin systems, but Shoalhaven was concerned about transport implications: “Having a third bin means extra trucks on our roads, and we’re quite a large LGA, so we were looking at ways of reducing transport costs and trying to be more efficient,” said Schreurs.

The council internally funded its two-bin trial (and its home composting rollout – see the box below), without aide from DECCW.

There are 10 waste depots in the LGA, dotted along 114km of the Princes Highway. Council runs 11 collection trucks, which each travel about 51,000km per year. Recycling trucks average one tonne collected per 20km travelled, while garbage trucks do 1t/15km – a far cry from a city run.

“Each council area is different, so we need to come up with solutions for our areas and our communities,” said Schreurs. “You can’t just give a blanket approach with the same bin service.”

There have been some European trials, notably in Norway, using a single bin to collect colour coded bags of different material, which are later separated using optical sorting technologies. But Schreurs describes her council’s approach as “very low-technology”.

“All that it requires is space, which

we have a lot of, and people.”Of the total 85.9 tonnes delivered to

the MRF from the weekly dry recycling bin collection, 21 tonnes (24%) was landfilled. An extra three workers were placed on the picking line to manually remove the bagged rubbish, which waste management manager David Hojem said worked well. The trial did only cover 720 households, and more manpower would be required if it were rolled out to the full 50,000 homes. Still, Hojem points out manual approaches are not only reliable, but provide local employment.

The obvious concern with co-collecting rubbish and recyclables is contamination of recovered material, and Hojem concedes, “you do get a bit of contamination, which sticks mainly to paper… the paper bales’ quality wasn’t as good,” especially where over-compaction in collection trucks caused residual bags to split, or broken glass cut them open.

If the paper was too badly contaminated, it could possibly be sent with other organic material to be made into compost, although this wasn’t necessary during the trial. Hojem claims that extra contamination “was not a problem at all” with the other material streams recovered for recycling.

Wet bin experimentsComposting systems for organic material were also “extremely low technology,” with two processes trialled on seven piles. The first set used effective microorganisms (EM), a biological spray supplied by VRM to kick-start breakdown. Material was covered using a very basic tarp.

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The best thing council’s ever done…Shoalhaven City Council has set up a dedicated home composting program with the potential to reduce the volume of household waste it collects by 30%. Rather than just being given free equipment, however, residents must first complete 1.5 hours’ training on how to use the system. At the end of the workshop, they get one of Source Separation’s benchtop kitchen bins and a backyard composting unit.“The easiest thing to do would be just give them a bin, but 99% of those bins would sit out in the backyard and not be used, so the training is integral in the success,” said waste minimisation officer Fiona Schreurs. “There’s no point training them and not giving them the resources, and there’s no point giving them the resources and not training them.”“Really we need the community to help us [solve waste problems], and this is a way of us saying ‘we’d like you to help us, but we’ll give you the tools and resources to do that’”.Some 5,000 households were trained in stage one, and Schreurs said the program “has been very well received”, with several messages along the lines of “it’s the best thing council’s ever done”. It has now rolled out another 1,500 systems.The council was out to tender as Inside Waste went to print and unsure what collection system might be rolled out in 2010. It was expected, however, that households with home composting training would be able to pay less than other residents by using a smaller bin.

Shoalhaven’s two bin results “stunning”


ComposTex’s permeable membrane covers and forced aeration. The blowers were adjusted depending on pile temperatures, coming on at 65˚C and off at 55˚C. Hojem said there were initially problems with the outside of the pile drying out due to the permeable cover, “so in the end we put some plastic tarps over it [leaving some air gaps]”.

All piles were turned three times throughout the three-month trial, with litter manually picked out at various points. A trommel screen removed the final oversized material. Of the total 67.6 tonnes delivered to the composting area from the fortnightly organics collection, only 8.8 tonnes (13%) ended up in landfill.

There was no clear winner between the two organic treatment systems:

Hojem sees “advantages in both”. Test results showed all piles conformed to AS4452 standards, although available nitrogen was considered a little low and there was some E.coli contamination. Council was advised if piles were left to mature longer – six months instead of three – E.coli levels would probably be “more acceptable”.

“If we ran another trial and excluded cat poo, dog poo and nappies, we might get a different result, but that’s not the point – we wanted to include those difficult materials,” said Schreurs.

Left field trial sparks interestShoalhaven is part of the southern councils group, stretching from Wollongong to Bega, which is considering regional waste options, including the possibility of banding together to build an AWT. But this trial suggests high technology isn’t the only way to achieve high diversion in regional areas.

“The feedback we’ve got [from other councils] is they’re interested to see what we’re doing, they’re interested to see the results, and I guess they’re fascinated we would try something so

left field,” said Schreurs, although the feedback hasn’t all been positive.

“Some of the other councils have told me that there’s no way their residents would be able to do that, [but] I don’t know that I believe that – our community did it.”

She puts Shoalhaven’s success down to an education program inviting residents “to come on a journey with us… We basically asked if

they would help us”.While many entered the trial with

trepidation, Schreurs said by the end, “they were asking ‘can we keep this – we don’t want to go back’”.

With plenty of regional councils able to add up a similar “space plus people” equation that seems to have worked for Shoalhaven, there may soon be more Australian communities begging for a two-bin approach.


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ORGANIC matter makes up a huge proportion of Australia’s waste stream, and there is a growing list of options for those looking to recover some value from the material. The flip side of having more options, of course, is the greater confusion when trying to decide the best approach. The following table, with input from consultants including Stephen Thompson of SIA and Matthew Warnken of Crucible Carbon, should help narrow down the possibilities.

Process Approx. Australian Feed stock End product Process Advantages Disadvantages description gatefee examples duration

Controlled, aerobic decomposition of organic garden waste in a windrow with the help of microorganisms to form stabilised debris (compost).Process involves passive aeration with periodic turning to build porosity, release trapped gas and heat.

The odour issues raised from open windrow system can be overcome by eliminating the windrow turning process during the initial stages of composting. Controlled aeration aided by perforated piping yields better process control for rapid biodegradation. Can take place in open or covered windrows, or in closed containers.

In-vessel systems support the degradation of organics in an enclosed reactor (metallic tank, tunnel, rotating shell, concrete bunker, etc), resulting in effective control of air and temperature.Air is supplied under temperature control to maintain optimum conditions for rapid and assured composting.

Anaerobic digestion is best suited for wet organic materials. The breakdown of the organic wastes in this process is carried out in the absence of oxygen by anaerobic bacteria, forming a digestate. Gases released can be captured and used for power generation.

Pyrolysis (thermal decomposition of material in the absence of air) of the organic wastes result in the production of stable, carbon rich (charcoal) substances. The slower the pyrolysis process, the more biochar produced.

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$20-60/t

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$140-220/t

$0-50/t depending on plant efficiency and markets for the outputs.

• Chullora and Eastern Creek waste and recycling centres run by WSN Environmental Solutions.• Australian Native Landscapes and Camden Soil Mix in NSW.• Cleanaway, Broken Hill, SA.

• SITA’s BioWise Biocell composting facility at Kwinana, WA.• Pine Gro at Deer Park, VIC.• Australian Native Landscapes, Coldstream, VIC.

• Remondis’, Cairncross plant, Hastings, Port Macquarie, NSW.• Natural Recovery System, Dandenong, VIC.• RDM Vertical Composting Unit Environmental, Moss Vale, NSW.• SITA, Port Stephens Bedminster Plant.

• Veolia/TransPacific Industries’ Earth Power Plant at Camellia, NSW. • WSN-Macarthur Resource Recovery Park (Jacks Gully).• Global Renewables’, Eastern Creek UR-3R, NSW.

No commercial biochar production in Australia, although plants are being proposed. Countries including the Philippines and Brazil do have some production

Mainly green waste but capable of processing other organics segregated or separated from domestic waste, including commingled (food and packaging), without plastics and foil.

Green waste and bio-solids (dewatered bio-sludge at about 14% dry solids) at Kwinana and Deer Park, only green waste at Coldstream.

Bio-solids and grease trap wastes in blends with large quantities of recycled compost or shredded green waste to facilitate moisture control and provide a permeable blend for rapid composting.

Any biodegradable material; the yield of methane in the biogas is proportional to the putrescibility of the feed, but so is the odour issue.

Applicable to most organic waste. Waste stream should be free of, or able to be cleaned from, any contaminants not acceptable for fuel or land application.

Compost for land reclamation, road-works and public works. Suitable also for horticulture and farming, commercial and domestic applications if well stripped of plastic and metal.

Compost for land reclamation, road-works and public works. Suitable also for horticulture and farming, commercial and domestic applications if well stripped of ‘contaminants’.

Depends on quality of feedstock, ranging from high-grade compost to low-grade products suitable for land rehabilitation.

Biogas (methane 60% and carbon dioxide 30%), digestate (the remaining organics and mineral matter) and waste water (usually acidic).

Common products include:• Solids: stable & carbon rich residue (biochar).• Liquids: bio-oil, volatile organic chemicals• Gaseous; fuel energy (syngas).

8-16 weeks’ composting and maturation time.

4-6 weeks’ composting and maturation to achieve moisture and stability requirements on blended products.

7 to 21 days.

Residence time may vary depending on type of feed material and configuration of digestion system from 14 to 40 days.

Fast and slow pyrolysis, high and low temperature processes.Residence times of material in process can vary from seconds to hours.

• Ideal for large waste volumes, uniform end product.• Wide spectrum of green waste can be processed.• Lowest cost system to install and operate.• Low tech uses standard equipment.

• More space efficient, reduced temperature variance, good process control.• Shorter composting time and less labour intensive.• Effective control of moisture level and oxygen content.

• Improved process control of moisture content, air flow and temperature.• Highly automated process and low labour intensity.• Odour problems controlled by scrubbing within the reactor.• Less space needed, can be used in on-site treatment.

• Reduces emissions.• Renewable energy source.• Nutrient filled digestate can be used as fertiliser.• Less labour intensive because no turning of piles

• Has the potential to sequester carbon.• Reduces CO2, methane and NOx emissions.• Biochar suitable for land application.• Source of renewable energy (oil or syngas).

• Extensive need of labour and space.• Process rate affected by seasonal weather, low process control.• Greater potential for odours.• Least technically advanced method.

• Aerated systems can dry out quickly and need to be continuously monitored for optimum levels.• Pile settling may lead to anaerobic activity.• Need for control systems for blower regulation.• Blocked pipes reduces efficiency.

• Requires screening/shredding prior to the process to ensure correct C:N ratio.• Inadequate residence time for forming mature compost and occasional zones of non-optimal activity.• High capital investment and maintenance.• Limited throughput.

• High capital expenditure, absolute maintenance of moisture content required.• Effective maintenance of C:N ratio 20-30:1 since excess N may lead to inhibition of digestion.

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The Green BinThe Green Bin has been specifi cally designed for organic food waste collection and diversion. With over 1,000,000 units in use worldwide it is an internationally proven system for use within Municipal Waste collection programs.

■ Ideal for multi unit/high density residential dwellings that do not have a green waste diversion service;■ Ideal for source separation of kitchen organics in commercial kitchen locations;■ 47 litre capacity;■ Supplied with close fi tting ‘throw-back’ hinged lid with an optional secure steel latch;■ Ergonmically designed for easy lifting and emptying;

MultiSortThe complete MultiSort system is a fl exible recycling container system consisting of interchangeable bodies and Australian Standard colour-coded lids. MultiSort is an inexpensive system to allow you to manage and measure your entire waste stream.

■ Differentiated aperture openings assisting users to recognise appropriate waste stream;■ Graphics depicting the appropriate waste stream;■ Modular system for ‘linking’ multiple units to create a recycling station;■ Effi cient size and shape fi ts tight spaces;■ Easy to clean, long life, durable, all-plastic construction;

The Kitchen Collector2 million Kitchen Collector units are used in homes across Australia, North America and Europe. It is aesthetically designed to blend into a contemporary kitchen environment. This user friendly system helps promote participation in organics diversion programs.

■ 7.5 litre size promotes bi-/tri weekly emptying■ Snap-latch and 360 degree double-rim closure lid is an effective barrier to pests and odours■ Oval shape facilitates easy plate-scraping which makes separating out food waste signifi cantly easier■ Built-in mounting slots allows the Kitchen Collector to be attached to the rear of any kitchen door■ Made with a minimum 25% recycled content■ 5 year warranty

The Earth MachineThe Earth Machine™ is the most successful product of its type in the world. Since its introduction, more than 2,500,000 Earth Machines are in use in over 3,500 communities internationally.

■ Divert up to 470 Kg. of kitchen and garden waste per household per year;■ Less organic waste to landfi ll;■ Home Composting is the most cost effective waste management option available;■ 300 litre capacity;■ Twist-locking pest-resistant lid;■ Easily transportable - Fits in any car;■ Comprehensive 20 pg. educational home composting handbook;■ Minimum 50% recycled content;■ 10 year warranty;

The Vented CaddyThe Vented Caddy in conjunction with the breathable Compost-a-bag ® provides an attractive, durable source seperated food organics collection system within any domestic kitchen.

■ Wide side-to-side opening so that plate contents can be scraped in easily;■ Tough single piece carry handle;■ Locking lid;■ Liner trap to secure compostable liners;■ Available in three sizes; 5, 7 and 10 litres■ Wipe clean smooth interior■ Lid bumps past front edge of the bin when closed, preventing accidental opening

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THERE is no doubt that physical contamination of organic waste directly impacts on the cost of processing and the value of the end product. But how do we successfully engage the whole community in quality organics collections? How do we get universal participation while keeping glass, metal and plastics out of the organic waste stream?

With almost universal participation and contamination rates at about 0.2%, the systems for collection established in the NSW Southern Highlands by Goulburn Mulwaree Council and Lachlan Council as part of the Groundswell City to Soil project are leading the way in source separation of household organics. The community engagement strategy adopted by the councils is simple, cheap and effective, but it does challenge entrenched approaches, especially to waste education.

The two councils have been providing

a combined food scrap and garden waste collection to 10,800 households for almost 16 months as part of the project, which is funded by the NSW Environmental Trust. The Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Inside Waste highlighted the low contamination rates achieved by householders in the early stages of the project. Contamination rates have since ranged between 0.076% and 0.4%.

The community engagement program is based on the assumption that, to get people to do something, you need to give them the right tools, information and motivation.

Right toolsFundamentally, we need to make it easy for people to do what we want them to do. The challenge is to find tools that are universally desirable to use.

More importantly, the tools need to pass the “75-year-old mother” test. Basically, if you can’t get your granny to use them, then you haven’t got the right tools. One of the main reasons

people don’t compost is they don’t like smelly kitchen buckets. So we need a system that does not produce odours and does not need washing.

People are used to placing food scraps into plastic bags, tying them up and placing them in a wheelie bin. So it

makes sense to replicate these existing behaviours.

The best tools we could find are vented kitchen bins and compostable bags (supplied by BioBag Australasia). They work because they emulate and improve on what people are doing

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already. Compostable bags improve on the existing system because they eliminate odours in the kitchen and in the wheelie bin. And yes, my 75-year-old mother happily uses them.

Right informationInformation about the collection needs to be provided in ways that reach everyone, regardless of literacy. We need to let people know exactly what we want them to do and why we want them to do it. Thought needs to be given to the tone of information as well as graphics and medium.

The Groundswell project has developed humble two-colour graphics in preference to glossy photos and kept information relentlessly upbeat and as simple and inclusive as possible. Pictures of specific people with specific kitchens and food scraps will alienate anyone who can't relate to that image.

Rather than worry about multi-lingual brochures, our information has included drawings that explain what we want. The project has purposefully chosen cheap or free forms of media including council mail outs, press releases, updates in rates notices, word of mouth and a blog, while steering clear of glossy advertisements to maintain the simplicity and ‘normalness’ of the collection.

Our constant message is, “if you put your food and garden waste into this bin, we will compost it and get it back into agriculture”. It is a simple and powerful message.

The result is people know everything they put in the bin is going to end up on a local farmer’s paddock. The collection becomes about food and food production, rather than waste and garbage.

For this message to work, however, you need to convince the community this is what you are doing. You need to show them the compost and show them the occasional farmer applying it to a paddock.

A photo of one of the more photogenic customers, preferably out in the paddock with some rolling hills, a truck full of beautiful compost, a few sheep and a short press release with a nice quote from the farmers saying how wonderful the community is, should always be a winner.

MotivationWhat gets people to source separate organics? For me, this is the most interesting and contested area of the waste industry. I strongly believe councils, waste companies and the government consistently underestimate the community. People assume that

universal participation is unachievable and, as a result, design non-compliance into their systems.

Obviously, there is no single universal motivator to get people to correctly source separate. We trawled through the NSW DECCW ‘Who Cares about the Environment’ research and found there were six reasons why people might participate and different people would respond to one, some, or all of those six.

The motivators are: help address climate change; reduce waste to landfill; reduce waste costs; improve agricultural soils; support local farmers; and win prizes.

By consciously using combinations of all six motivators in media releases, article and letters, we are able to reach the whole community. For example, someone who has no interest in climate change may be motivated by the prospect of reduced waste costs or reduced waste to landfill.

The purpose of running a prize program for zero contamination is to reward people for doing the right thing, generate positive messages about the program, generate community conversations and to reinforce the message that City to Soil is about food production rather than waste. If possible, take a photo when presenting the prizes and get a short quote from the winner for a press release.

In summary, our Community Engagement Strategy taps into known motivators and transcends the requirement to change people’s values. Education messages and materials have been kept very simple.

The use of drawings and social marketing strategies ensures people do not have to be literate to correctly participate. The program transcends conventional education strategies that rely on values change or environmental awareness. It is also notable for its ease of implementation, simplicity, affordability and effectiveness.

The success of the education program is dependant on making sure the right tools have been provided, and the right motivators identified. People need to know what you want them to do as well as why. Strengthening the link between people and where their food comes from is integral to keeping physical contamination out of organics stream.

A good community engagement strategy builds positive links between households, councils, processors and local farmers. And that can only be a good thing.

Simone Dilkara is the Groundswell project manager. iw


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By Anastasia Joyce

IN A novel project to help educate the community about what really happens to the waste they throw out, American researchers have turned to modern technology to track the fate of household rubbish.

Electronic ‘trash tags’ were placed on different types of waste from homes in Seattle and New York. The tags, which are about the size of a business card, use wireless technology to track the path of the rubbish from households to waste processing centres, landfills, or wherever else the signal stops.

The tags were developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) SENSEable City lab, which is now working to refine the system by developing ‘smart dust’ technology.

Regardless of the tag used, the purpose of the research is to make people aware of what happens to their waste. The project is being undertaken with help from the City of Seattle, New

York City Council, wireless technology company Qualcomm, America’s largest waste company Waste Management, and a team of artists from the Architectural League of New York.

The battery powered trash tag works using GPS and CDMA mobile phone technology. Its position is traced by measuring the strength of signals from mobile phone towers to a receptor on the tag.

The devices last about two months and are able to go into a regular ‘sleep’ mode to extend battery life when the waste is stationary. They have motion detectors attached so that once the rubbish starts moving again, the tag boots up and the tracking restarts.

Refined researchThe Trash Track project saw tags placed on paper cups, plastic bottles, light globes, electronic waste and glass rubbish. The results were featured in Toward the Sentient City, an exhibition organised by the Architectural League

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member Dietmar Offenhuber told Inside Waste the tags could not be placed on everything, including objects smaller than the tags and also organic matter destined for recycling facilities: “we did not want to contaminate the compost with electronic devices,” he explained.

MIT also sought to further reduce the impact of its project by using materials in the electronic tags that could be legally mixed up with normal household waste.

The tags proved to be very sturdy and remained with the objects until the waste disappeared into landfill, or was destroyed by shredders, heat, moisture or mechanical processing. They were able to withstand the pressure of truck compacting.

“We used a very stable insulation foam, making it almost impossible to separate the tags from the objects without destroying them both,” said Offenhuber.

New York currently diverts about 30% of its waste from landfill, but aims for ‘zero waste’ by 2030. The Toward

the Sentient City exhibition aimed to promote public interest in waste issues and help encourage cooperation in responsible recycling.

MIT is now hoping to further refine its research, and has identified that this is limited by the size of its tags. It is therefore investigating whether the sensors and receptors could be reduced to dust-sized devices.

This could allow better tracking of e-waste and hazardous materials, and while Offenhuber admits the team are not able to call their devices “smart dust” just yet, “with smaller and cheaper tags, we are getting there”.

Anastasia Joyce is a freelance writ-er and editor of the always quirky www.wotwaste.com website. iw


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Operating weight: 29.3tDimensions: 3,345 x 3,200 x 10,620mm (transport)Engine: Doosan DL08 Tier III, 147kW at 1,900rpmBucket breakout force: 199kNMax digging depth: 7,360mmSwing speed: 0–9.9rpmTravel speed: 5.1km/hKey selling point: The hydraulic excavator’s power, durability, ease of servicing, operator comfort and its precise control increase its effectiveness and life expectancy.Base cost: Refused to provide.More: From Clark Equipment on (02) 9477 8444 or via www.doosance.com.au

Operating weight: 29.56tDimensions: 3,180 x 10,410 x 2,990mm (shipping)Engine: Cat C7 with ACERT Technology, 152kW at 1,800rpmBucket breakout force: 188kNMax digging depth: 7,170mmSwing speed: 10.2rpmTravel speed: 5.3km/hKey selling point: ROPS compliant cab meets ISO 12117-2:2008; high digging forces to maximise productivity; fuel efficient engine; ergonomically designed cab; ease of serviceability.Base cost: Refused to provide.More: Dealer locator available through Caterpillar Australia via www.cat.com.au

Operating weight: 35.9tDimensions: 3,260 x 11,050 x 3,020mm (transport)Engine: Isuzu Tier III, 202kW at 2,000rpmBucket breakout force: 228.8kNMax digging depth: 7,340mmSwing speed: 0-9.8rpmTravel speed: 3.5-5.5km/hKey selling point: Case B-Series Heavy Excavators are ready to get to work as they come with standard factory fitted hose burst control valves, bi-directional auxiliary hydraulics and reinforced heavy duty arms.Base cost: Refused to provide.More: From Case on 1300 99 2273 or via www.casece.com

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Vacuum Truck Supplies is an ISO9001 accredited vacuum tank manufacturer specialising only in the construction of high quality vacuum tankers strictly for liquid waste.All of our tankers are designed, built and tested to a extremely high standardOur total commitment to quality and customer satisfaction is paramount.VTS take pride in the fact that much of our business is based around many return clients of all sizes.

Visit our new website

www.vacuumtrucks.com.au or call us on 1800 822 787

WATCHING a good excavator operator at work is one of the true joys of being around any site that requires heavy machinery to function. True guru status is achieved when the cap of a beer bottle can be removed with a flick of the bucket. While the more mundane task of moving dirt or waste requires significantly less precision, it is still important to have the right machine – and the right operator – for the task at hand.

The great thing about excavators is how versatile they are, especially with the range of attachment options now available on the market. The one machine can be used on a range of jobs, from feeding organics into a shredder to constructing roads through a site or loading daily cover soil on to a truck. Obviously the primary job should be front-of-mind when selecting a machine, but have a think about other potential uses on the site too; it could make all the difference when selecting which model to go for.

There are not many waste-specific criteria to consider with a standard excavator – keep it off the tipping face and there is no great difference between using it on a landfill or a construction site.

One thing to check, however, is the cooling system as wind borne litter can create havoc with radiators.

Inside Waste has gathered specs on a range of machines, although it should be pointed out that not all of the manufacturers on the market responded to our requests for information.

It is reasonable to assume those companies featured here are, if nothing else, those which are the most interested in attracting business from waste industry operators. You don’t need us to tell you that a keen manufacturer is no bad thing when it comes to the all-important

aspects of customer service and support.Several manufacturers refused to provide a price guide for their

machines, generally because it varies from dealer to dealer (especially in the current market, where dealers are probably more open to making deals than ever before).

As a final tip with picking any machine, don’t get too carried away with the on-paper stats and forget to liaise with the operators who are actually going to spend the hours driving the thing. While it is very hard to put a dollar figure on the value of a happy worker, there’s a clear difference between an operator who is comfortable and looks forward to coming to work, as opposed to someone who gets grumpier as the day wears on and their back wears out.

You never know, give them the right machine and your operator might become a guru too – saving you looking for an opener at 5pm.

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JCB Liebherr Australia

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Operating weight: 25.9tDimensions: 9,960 x 3,290 x 3,050mmEngine: ISUZU 4HKIX, 147kW at 2,050rpmBucket breakout force: 192kNMax digging depth: 6,800mmSwing speed: 10.6rpmTravel speed: 5.6km/hKey selling point: “Do more for less”: with the combination of high engine output, superior hydraulic flow, greater bucket breakout and large capacity buckets, JCB excavators will move more material for every hour worked.Base cost: $199,000.More: JCB Construction Equipment Australia on (02) 9609 6033 or via the website www.cea.net.au

Operating weight: 20.6–21.6tDimensions: 8,350 x 3,140 x 2,550mmEngine: TCD2013 L0V4 according to level IIIA/Tier 3Bucket breakout force: Not applicableMax digging depth: 5,800mmSwing speed: 0–9.0rpm (stepless)Travel speed: 20km/h (road travel)Key selling point: State-of-the-art technology and high-quality workmanship. Designed for maximum productivity, the Litronic system increases performance and reduces fuel consumption.Base cost: $250,000.More: From Liebherr Australia on (08) 8349 6888 or via www.liebherr.com

Operating weight: From 8.39tDimensions: 6,175 x 2,330 x 1,855mm Engine: Komatsu SAA4D95LE-5 Interim Tier 4 compliant, 49kW @ 1,950rpmBucket breakout force: 53.3kN Max digging depth: 4,160–4,615mmSwing speed: 10rpmTravel speed: 5.1km/h Key selling point: Industry leading operator environment, Komatsu CLSS hydraulic system. Base cost: Approx $140,000 + GSTMore: From Komatsu Australia on (02) 9795 8222 or via www.komatsu.com.au

Operating weight: 20.2tDimensions: 9,450 x 3,030 x 2,800mm (overall)Engine: Hino J05E, 118kW at 2,000rpmBucket breakout force: 143kNMax digging depth: 6,700mmSwing speed: 12.5rpmTravel speed: 6.0km/hKey selling point: Kobelco excavators combine power, ease of operation and maximum reliability to keep total cost of ownership low.Base cost: Refused to provide.More: Kobelco-CNH Australia on 1300 562 3526 or via www.kobelco.com.au

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Don’t be bulldozed, get the grunt you needWE’VE stated the obvious before and we’ll do it again; when you’ve got to move a large pile of waste or dirt, you’re much better off having a dozer at your disposal than being forced to use a shovel and wheelbarrow.

Dozers are therefore found at most Australian landfills, and have been in use long enough that it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have a view on what they want from a machine.

Some sites will try and get away with not having a dozer if they already have a compactor in the shed, although it is generally a very bad idea to run compactors over the tipping face. Not only does it ruin the surface, making it difficult to drive anything else over it, but it can also damage liner systems. On the other hand, dozers are hardly light, and can perform reasonably well as make shift compactors if the site can’t justify two bits of heavy machinery.

The temptation with dozers is often to buy the biggest unit one can afford, although this is not always the best plan. There are some big units out there – a whole ‘over 100-tonne’ class in fact – but smaller, more agile machines are generally better for landfill operations. A big site with a lot of cover to move may warrant a larger unit, but a small machine is all that is required to push waste off the tipping face and into the landfill proper.

Over-sized units also cost more to run, so choosing the smallest unit that meets the site’s needs is generally the smartest bet. Second-hand units fill the needs of many operators, and a key tip here is to examine remaining track life: a new set of tracks and rollers could set you back $25,000.

PRODUCT PROFILE: DOZERS


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Dimensions: 7,600 x 3,500 x 3,450mmWeight: 27.9tEngine: Cummins NT855C280, 162kWTransmission type: PowershiftMax. speed (forward/reverse): 10.9/13.2km/hBlade type/capacity: Straight/Tilt, 5.3m3

Length of track on ground: 2.89mSteering type: Clutch and brake steeringKey selling point: Bang for the buck. Popular with owner-operators who are reasonably handy around dozers.Base cost: From $240,000 + GST including rippers and blade.More: Sino Heavy Equipment on 1300 368 216 or via www.sinoheavy.com

Dimensions: 6,180 x 3,500 x 3,570mmWeight: 27.2tEngine: Cummins QSC 8.3, 179kWTransmission type: Modular countershaft type power-shiftMax. speed (forward/reverse): 10.6/12.5km/hBlade type/capacity: Semi-U, 11.9m3 or Full-U, 14.0m3

Length of track on ground: 2.86mSteering type: Two-speed geared steering with conventional clutch brake, joystick control.Key selling point: Outstanding performance and reliability, combined with lower purchase price provides value for money alternative.Base cost: $495,000More: International Machinery Services on (07) 4936 3577 or www.ims.ihub.com.au

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Case

CaterpillarDimensions: 5,730 x 2,690 x 3,180mmWeight: 22tEngine: John Deere PowerTech Plus 6090HTTransmission type: Automatic dual path hydrostatic driveMax. speed (forward/reverse): 10.1/10.1km/hBlade type/capacity: PAT, 3.94m3 or Semi-U, 5.57m3

Length of track on ground: 3.28mSteering type: Single-lever steering with speed and direction control with counter rotation, full power turns and infinitely variable track speeds.Key selling point: Power turns, counter rotation, power management and infinite speed control. Loaded with productivity and controllability enhancements.Base cost: $430,000More: Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia on 1300 448 2244 or via the website www.hcma.com.au

Dimensions: 3,226 x 2,510 (over track) x 6,655mm (with ripper)Weight: 21.1tEngine: Case Family IV 667TA, 137kWTransmission type: Powershift Max. speed (forward/reverse): 11/13km/hrBlade type/capacity: Semi-U blade, 5.6m3Length of track on ground: 3.2mSteering type: Hydrostatic differential steering Key selling point: The exclusive Case hydraulic variable Power Steer feature delivers maximum power to both tracks. This feature lets you push a load of material through a turn with no problem.Base cost: Refused to provideMore: From Case on 1300 99 2273 or via www.casece.com

Dimensions: 5,330 x 3,260 x 3,200mmWeight: 18.4tEngine: CAT C-9 ACERTMTransmission type: PowershiftMax. speed (forward/reverse): 11.4/14.6km/hBlade type/capacity: Semi-U, 11.2m3

Length of track on ground: 2.87mSteering type: Differential steeringKey selling point: Dedicated modification is suitable for harsh landfill applications. Elevated sprocket reduces impact loads to power train.Base cost: Refused to provideMore: Dealer locator available through Caterpillar Australia, www.cat.com.au

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PRODUCT PROFILES: NEXT ISSUE

Advanced waste treatment facilities are attracting a great deal of interest, so what’s on offer? Like any waste facility, odour

control is a key issue, and we’ll give the low-down on

that front too.

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AWTs + Odour Control systems

To be part of either profile contact editor Garth Lamb on (02) 9817 6400 or by email [email protected]

Phone1300 65 8888

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The Inside Waste web site contains free resources, useful information, a weekly roundup of news, a fully searchable database; Media Kit, and a free# subscription form. In addition to this, every back issue since 2004 in PDF format is available from the magazine archive section.

Available free to anyone in the waste industry, Inside Waste reaches across all sectors, with local councils and commercial operators the biggest readership groups identified in a 2007 subscriber survey. Offering the only comprehensive wrap of the Australian waste industry, regulators, product suppliers and consultants also turn to Inside Waste for information.

To submit news, product releases and articles to Inside Waste contact the editor, Garth Lamb, on (02) 9817 6400 or email [email protected]

# Qualifying FREE subscribers are: (a) those who currently work in, supply to, regulate or buy from the waste industry in Australia and New Zealand OR (b) are a member of the Waste Management Association of Australia

2010 Product & Theme Schedule


Who reads Inside Waste?

Editorial submissions

Issue 34 (Jan/Feb)THEME: Organics PROFILE: Excavators + Dozers

Issue 35 (Mar/Apr)THEME: AWT PROFILE: AWTs + Odour control systems

Issue 36 (May/Jun) THEME: Transfer Stations + Buyers Guide PROFILE: Bulk compaction systems + balers

Each issue focuses on a different theme, with a mix of feature articles outlining the latest news and developments. There are also two profiles of key products for the industry in every issue.

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• Highlights of US compost trip• Project funding for 2007• Nuclear waste Q&A tourpages 11-14

A DISASTER just waiting to happen? Absolutely, according to

industry experts consulted by Inside Waste. They described

Plastech’s hazardous waste storage facility located at

St Mary’s in Sydney’s west as one of the worst managed

waste sites in Australia.

Now, it has been issued clean up notices by the

Department of Environment & Conservation (DEC).

“I cannot imagine a more dangerous situation than what

you’ve got there,” said Store-Safe’s Grant Breeze after view-

ing photos of the site. “It fails the most basic rules of storage

and handling of dangerous goods. It fails the most basic of

EPA requirements... it fails emergency services, it fails

everything."

The problems he identified included little separation or

segregation of different chemicals, no bunding, materials

that combust on contact with water simply stored in a rusty

shed, chemicals too close to boundary fences and triple

stacking of material on pallets meant only for temporary

(6-8 hours) storage.

“Unequivocally, I can say this is th

e worst thing I have

ever seen. I don’t know how it managed to get in this posi-

tion without some inspector coming along... I just can’t see

how they’ve got away with it,” said Breeze.

According to the DEC’s Steve Beaman, the regulator has

had concerns about the site since late last year and varied

its operating licence on February 7 so it could no longer

receive any waste.

Two clean up orders were issued March 7, less than a

week after Inside Waste first asked the DEC for comment.

One was addressed to the company and one to sole director,

Ruth Buchanan.

All Class 1 dangerous goods must be removed from the

site by March 9, all clinical waste gone by March 16, acids

and bases by April 13 and non-chlorinated solvents taken

away by April 21. All other material must be removed or

properly secured within the building by April 27.

Buchanan, who claimed the site was only temporarily

closed due to flooding when Inside Waste spoke with her

days before the clean up was ordered, says she definitely

intends to comply with the DEC's orders and sees no prob-

lem with the timelines or the cost. She expects the site to

be up and running again in the future.

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March / April 2007


Environment Business Magazine

Utilises hidden capacity below ground level to create

an innovative and proven waste resource recovery unit.

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Underground Collection System

THE WASTE industry could reduce

Australia’s net greenhouse emissions by

6.7%, some 38 million tonnes of CO2e,

says a draft paper prepared by Warnken

ISE for SITA Environmental Solutions.

The relative impact of one tonne

of food waste undergoing different

treatment was calculated. Unsurprisingly,

capped landfills without gas capture

were the worst option, producing 1,096

tonnes of CO2e. Best practice landfill

with gas capture creates 309 tonnes.

Of the alternative treatment options,

a Bedminster style composter would

actually offset 670 tonnes of CO2e,

while an AWT using a combination

of aerobic composting and anaerobic

digestion (such as ArrowBio) would

offset 779 tonnes. The best option is

mechanical biological treatment with

anaerobic digestion, offsetting 886

tonnes – almost 2,000 tonnes less CO2

compared to most landfills.

Improving gas capture at existing

landfills could cut emissions from

historic waste by 8,500 tonnes/year,

says the report, while not landfilling

biodegradable material in the future

would save 13,600 tonnes/year.

Recovering the embodied energy

in recycled products would also be

significant, saving 11,000 tonnes.

Feedback invited before May 29.

Report at http://tinyurl.com/2m3v5p

There seems little order to the quadruple-stacked waste. This shed for explosive chemicals has seen better days.

15 Expert tips and tricks to fix biofilters

23 DriveCam can cut risky driving by 90%

26 Lesson to learn from the UK’s LATS

29 Product Profile: Slow speed shredders

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Organics 10%

Hazardous/Medical/Liquid 7%

Municipal 26%

Regulator 3%

Supplier 8%

NSW 33%

GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN

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VIC 33%

NZ + OSEAS1.5%

ACT1.5%

WA12%

NT2%

TAS2.5%

QLD15%

Issue 37 (Jul/Aug)THEME: Engagement PROFILE: Software systems + weighbridges Issue 38 (Sep/Oct)THEME: Waste Transportation PROFILE: Industrial + domestic collection vehicles

Issue 39 (Nov/Dec) THEME: C&D PROFILE: Shredders (fast, slow and granulators)



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23-24EcoForum Conference & Exhibition; Sydney. Details at www.ecoforum.net.au

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9WCRA NSW Breakfast Briefing; Sydney. Details at www.wcra.com.au

16-17National Recycling Industry Summit; Canberra. Details at www.wmaa.com.au

24Globe Biennial Trade Fair & Conference on Business & the Environment; Vancouver, Canada. Details at www.globe2010.com

April20-22Carbon Reduction & Trading Expo; Melbourne. Details at www.actexpo.com.au

20-22Safety in Action; Melbourne. Details at www.safetyinaction.com.au

May18-20The Middle East Waste Summit; Dubai. Details at www.wastesum-mit.com

24-26Recycling Show; Sydney. Details at www.cebit.com.au/2010/expo/clean-tech/recycling

June10-11NSW Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association (WCRA) Annual Convention. Details at www.wcra.com.au

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WASTED Space generally produces revolutionary, visionary solutions to modern waste dilemmas – such as selling positions on the side of waste trucks to targeted advertisers like deodorant-makers, or setting up skills-based death matches to determine industry leadership roles. To kick off the new decade, however, we are going back to basics with a new spin on tried and tested solutions to organic waste: hungry critters.

Yeah, yeah, we know your Grandma was ahead of the game when she used to feed food scraps to the chooks, put ash from the wood stove on the garden and leave two-inch thick refillable bottles out for the milkman. But we’ve adapted Nanna’s recipes to come up with a modern master plan; a vision for the future rather than just wistful yearnings for a simpler past.

We’ve already got worm farms in responsible backyards across the nation, and that’s great – the slimly critters power through most organics and give back handy fertilisers. But, to be frank, they aren’t a sexy pet and we’re kicking castings uphill if we reckon every home wants one (plus we’d still need landfill for onion peels and chop bones).

Back in 2004, Wasted Space bleated about unleashing an army of goats to clean up waste, but with a bit of reflection, we’ve found one or two downsides. Firstly, it’s hard to convince them to eat only things you don’t want, plus they aren’t always friendly.

It was Australian ‘Lambassador’ Sam Kekovich that provided inspiration for the perfect solution. We need more lamb, he reckons, so we suggest turning the nation’s plentiful urban parks into mini feedlots. Don’t scoff – this idea has legs.

Have you seen the way city kids go gaga for cute lambs at petting zoos? The only real competition is piglets, and we can throw a few of them in the feedlot mix, too. After all, bacon and egg breakfasts are almost as well loved as BBQ lamb lunches.

So here’s the vision: every community gets its own ‘feedlot’. Residents simply cart their own foodscraps to hand feed the animals on their way to school or work. Seriously, who wouldn’t do a good job removing contamination from kitchen bins when directly placing the rest of it in a cute little lamb’s mouth?

The feedlot becomes a place for the community to come together, especially at the BBQ held every second Sunday (come on, it’s good for kids to learn about life, death and food production – plus how else did you reckon we’d keep only cute little fluffy critters lining up at the fence?).

Imagine the tourist dollars that could flow – enterprising kids could scrape brussels sprouts off their plates into bags for sale to the highest international bidder. Oh what stories our visitors would tell their friends after a real-life Australian ‘farm’ experience!

It’s another step toward getting the world to eat lamb on International Australia Day. It’s another step to sustainable waste management. And it’s not a bad way to get the urban masses reengaged with rural roots. We’ll just have to find a way to keep those pesky animal rights protesters at bay…

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT INNOVATION IN WASTE AWARDS

WIN A TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES !

This year will see the introduction of the Local Government Innovation In Waste Awards at the Waste 2010 Conference being held at Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour, 4th - 6th May.

Have you and your Council or Waste Authority undertaken any innovative Waste Management Projects in the last 3 years that you are proud of and that have achieved great results? If so, why not share it with us at the Coffs Conference and be in the running to win a great prize. The competition is open Australia wide.

1st PrizeA return trip to the US to a Waste Conference (return airfare, 5 nights accommodation and registra-

tion) to the value of $4,000 and a winners plaque2nd Prize

A return trip to Sydney/New Zealand Waste Conference (return airfare, 3 nights accommodation and registration) to the value of $2,500 and a 2nd place plaque

3rd PrizeRegistration (including attendance at all social events) and 2 nights accommodation at Waste 2011 in

Coffs Harbour to the value of $1,000 and a 3rd place plaque4th & 5th Prizes

Highly commended plaques

Entries close 5pm on Wednesday, 10th March 2010

Further details and entry forms are available at www.impactenviro.com.au/waste2010 or by phoning Greg or Dawn on 02 6583 8118

JudgingA panel of 5 independent judges involved in the waste industry will shortlist the entries received to determine the best 5, then those shortlisted will make a presentation at the Coffs Conference on Wednesday 5 May 2010. The winners will be then be announced at the Conference Dinner on Wednesday night.


Australia's premier waste management conferenceOpal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour, NSW

4-6 May 2010


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