INTERNAL GUIDE WHEN CONSIDERING FUTURE WASTE OPTIONS December, 2011 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The following officers of Council assisted in the preparation of the Bland Shire Council Waste Management Strategy: Anthony Daintith (Manager Development Services) Guy Marchant (Building & Environmental Health Surveyor) Wayne Broad (Assets, Facilites & Projects Coordinator) Paul Glennon (Workshop & Plant Supervisor) Phil Marshall (General Manager) Bland Shire Waste Management Strategy 2 CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND .......................................................................................... 6 2. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONS ................................................ 7 2.1 POPULATION AND HOUSING ................................................................................................... 7 2.2 COLLECTION SERVICES ........................................................................................................... 8 2.3 WASTE DISPOSAL.......................................................................................................................10 2.4 RESOURCE RECOVERY ............................................................................................................30 2.5 ASSOCIATED SERVICE COSTS ...............................................................................................31 2.6 ASSOCIATED SERVICE REVENUE .........................................................................................31 3. REVIEW OF EXISTING SERVICES AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS .................................................................................................. 32 3.1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................32 3.2 COLLECTION SERVICES ..........................................................................................................32 3.3 WASTE DISPOSAL.......................................................................................................................38 3.3.1 Generally ......................................................................................................................................38 3.3.2 West Wyalong Landfill ................................................................................................................41 3.3.3 Ungarie Landfill ...........................................................................................................................43 3.3.4 Barmedman Landfill ....................................................................................................................44 3.3.4 Weethalle Landfill .......................................................................................................................45 3.3.6 Tallimba Landfill .........................................................................................................................46 3.3.7 Mirrool Landfill ...........................................................................................................................47 3.3.8 Naradhan Landfill ........................................................................................................................47 3.3.9 Kikoira landfill .............................................................................................................................48 3.4 RESOURCE RECOVERY ............................................................................................................49 3.5 EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................51 List of Tables Table 1: Bland LGA Population Characteristics .............................................................................. 7 Table 2: Kerbside Collection Days – Domestic Service .................................................................. 8 Table 3: Current Street Cleaning Regime ..................................................................................... 10 Table 4: Bland LGA Waste Infrastructure ...................................................................................... 10 Table 5: Bland LGA Landfill Opening Hours ................................................................................. 11 Table 6: Wastes accepted and excluded at Landfills .................................................................... 11 Table 7: Fees and Charges (2008-2009) - West Wyalong Landfill ............................................... 14 Table 8: Material Generation – West Wyalong Landfill ................................................................. 15 Table 9: Bland Annual Waste Management Costs ........................................................................ 31 Table 10: Bland Annual Waste Management Revenue ................................................................ 31 Table 11: Operating Costs for the Waste Collection service to be provided by Council ............... 33 Table 12: Costs for the purchase of new bins ............................................................................... 34 Table 13: Recommendations – Domestic Collection Services ...................................................... 35 Table 14: Recommendations – Trade Waste Collection Services ................................................ 35 Table 15: Recommendations – Park/Street (Collection Services) ................................................ 36 Table 16: Recommendations – Special Events (Collection Services) .......................................... 36 Table 17: Proposed Street Cleaning Regime ................................................................................ 37 Table 18: Projections for Contracting the Street Sweeping Service ............................................. 37 Table 19: Recommendations – Street Cleaning ............................................................................ 38 Table 20: Recommendations- Waste Disposal (Generally) .......................................................... 40 Table 21: Recommended Opening Hours (West Wyalong Landfill) .............................................. 42 Table 22: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (West Wyalong Landfill) ..................................... 43 Table 23: Recommended Opening Hours (Ungarie Landfill) ........................................................ 43 Table 24: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (Ungarie Landfill) ................................................ 44 Table 25: Recommended Opening Hours (Barmedman Landfill) ................................................. 44 Table 26: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (Barmedman Landfill) ......................................... 45 Table 27: Recommended hours of operation (Weethalle Landfill) ................................................ 46 Table 28: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (Weethalle Landfill) ............................................ 46 Table 29: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (Tallimba Landfill) ............................................... 47 Table 30: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (Mirrool Landfill) ................................................. 47 Table 31: Recommendations - Waste Disposal (Naradhan Landfill) ............................................ 48 Table 32: Actions - Waste Disposal (Kikiora Landfill) .................................................................... 49 Table 33: Recommendations - Resource Recovery ...................................................................... 50 Table 34: Recommendations - Community Involvement and Education ...................................... 52 List of Maps Map 1: Map of Bland Local Government Area ................................................................................ 7 Map 2: West Wyalong Landfill Locality Map .................................................................................. 12 Map 3: Aerial view of West Wyalong Landfill ................................................................................ 13 Map 4: Ungarie Landfill Locality Plan ............................................................................................ 16 Map 5: Aerial view of Ungarie Landfill ........................................................................................... 16 Map 6: Barmedman Landfill Locality Map ..................................................................................... 18 Map 7: Aerial view of Barmedman Landfill .................................................................................... 18 Map 8: Weethalle Landfill Location Map ....................................................................................... 20 Map 9: Aerial view of Weethalle Landfill ........................................................................................ 20 Map 10: Tallimba Landfill Location Map ........................................................................................ 22 Map 11: Aerial view of Tallimba Landfill ........................................................................................ 22 Map 12: Kikoira Landfill Location Map .......................................................................................... 24 Map 13: Aerial view of Kikoira Landfill ........................................................................................... 24 Map 14: Naradhan Landfill Location Map ...................................................................................... 26 Map 15: Aerial view of Naradhan Landfill .....................................................................................