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DRAFT METROPOLITAN WASTE
AND RESOURCE RECOVERY
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Whittlesea
Hume
Nillumbik
Melton
Wyndham
Moreland
Banyule
Moonee
Valley
Darebin
Brimbank
Manningham
MaribyrnongYarra
Maroondah
MelbourneBoroondara
Port
Whitehorse
Hobsons
Phillip
Bay
Stonnington
Knox
Glen Monash
Eira
Yarra Ranges
Bayside
Kingston
Greater
Dandenong
Cardinia
Casey
Frankston
Mornington Peninsula
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Contents
Chair Foreward 7
Executive Summary
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1 About the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan
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1.1 Purpose of this plan
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1.2 Statutory objective of this plan
10
1.3 What is the scope of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan, and how is it developed?
10
1.4 Who approves the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
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1.5 Who uses the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
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1.6 How can I get involved?
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2 What do we want to achieve?
2.1
Achieving our goals: the State Infrastructure Plan
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2.2 Priority actions for the metropolitan region
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2.3 Performance indicators
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3 The state of waste in the metropolitan region
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3.1
The metropolitan region
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3.2 Waste managed in the metropolitan region
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3.3 Waste flows into the metropolitan region
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3.4 Waste flows out of the metropolitan region
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3.5 Future projections of waste to be managed in metropolitan region
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3.6 What are we recycling?
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3.7
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What material is still being sent to landfill?
4 Collection services
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4.1
Municipal kerbside collections
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4.1.1 Analysis of future needs
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4.2 Commercial collections
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4.2.2 Priority actions – collections
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4.3 Hard waste collections and drop off
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4.4 Residential multi-unit development collections
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4.4.2 Priority actions – multi-unit development collections
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Existing metropolitan waste and resource recovery infrastructure
5.1 Resource recovery centres and transfer stations (RRC/TS)
5.1.1 Current status
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5.2
5.3
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5.1.3 Priority actions - Resource recovery centre and transfer station
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Resource recovery infrastructure
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5.2.1 Material recovery facilities (MRFs)
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Reprocessing infrastructure
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5.3.1 Strategic considerations
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5.3.2
Organics reprocessing infrastructure
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5.3.3
Dry recyclables (plastics, paper/cardboard, glass and textiles)43
5.3.4
Metals43
5.3.5 Construction and demolition
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5.3.6 Rubber and tyres
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5.3.7 Wood and timber
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Infrastructure for treating residual waste
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5.4.2 Priority action - residual waste processing
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5.5
Regional infrastructure servicing metropolitan region
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5.6
Metropolitan landfill infrastructure
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5.6.2 Location of metropolitan landfills
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5.6.3 Determining the capacity of existing metropolitan landfill network
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5.6.5 Short to medium term closures of south east landfills
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5.6.6 Contingency planning
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5.4
6 Environmental and financial performance
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6.1 Financial and economic factors
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6.1.1 Market economics
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6.1.2 Policy settings (including land use planning)
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6.1.3 Economies of scale
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6.1.4 Community willingness to pay
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6.2 Environmental factors
6.2.1 Management of emissions and amenity issues
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6.2.2 Post closure rehabilitation of landfill sites
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6.2.3 Social license to operate
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7 Land use planning and transport
7.1
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Siting infrastructure
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7.1.1 Priority action – siting and buffer protection
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7.2 Integrated planning and decision making
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7.3
Planning schemes and transport strategies
7.4Transport
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Waste and resource recovery hubs
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8.1
What is a hub?
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8.2
Land use planning challenges for waste and resource recovery hubs
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8.3
Metropolitan review of waste and resource recovery hubs
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8.3.1 Priority action – hubs and spokes
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Future waste and resource recovery requirements of the metropolitan region
9.1
Metropolitan needs analysis
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10 Market assessment
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10.1
Market assessment outcomes
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10.2
How the Market Assessment informs the infrastructure schedule
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10.3
Regional infrastructure
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11 Metropolitan waste and resource recovery infrastructure schedule
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11.1
Part A – Existing resource recovery and reprocessing infrastructure
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11.2
Part B – Existing landfills
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11.2.1
Future landfill schedule - sequencing of landfill closure dates
86
11.3
Infrastructure schedule discussion
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12 Rehabilitation of closed landfills in the region
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Appendices 94
Appendix A - Requirements of the Environment Protection Act (1970)
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Appendix B – Metropolitan landfill site maps
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Glossary
101
Acronyms
104
Figures
Figure 1: Process for preparing the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
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Figure 2 – Waste and resource recovery system
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Figure 3: State Infrastructure Plan vision, purpose, goals, strategic directions and outcomes
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Figure 4: Map of the metropolitan councils
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Figure 5: Waste managed in metropolitan region by sector, 2014-15
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Figure 6: Metropolitan region projected waste to be managed
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Figure 7: Resource recovery by material category, 2014-2015
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Figure 8: Indicative composition of MSW and C&I material entering metropolitan landfills, 2014
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Figure 9: Metropolitan resource recovery centres and transfer stations
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Figure 10: Resource recovery infrastructure in the metropolitan region
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Figure 11: Metropolitan plastics, rubber, tyres, and textiles reprocessing
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Figure 12: Metropolitan glass, metals and C&D reprocessing infrastructure
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Figure 13: Metropolitan paper/cardboard, green waste and wood /timber reprocessing infrastructure
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Figure 14: Indicative composition of MSW and C&I material disposed at metropolitan landfills
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Figure 15: Map of metropolitan landfill
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Figure 16: Projected landfill capacity, 2014–15 to 2041–2042
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Figure 17: Criteria to identify potential resource recovery infrastructure sites 57
Figure 18: Criteria to identify potential landfill sites
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Figure 19: Location of hubs in the metropolitan region
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Tables
Table 1: Waste managed in the metropolitan region by sector, 2014-15
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Table 2: MSW kerbside flows into metropolitan region
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Table 3: Waste flows out of metropolitan region
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Table 4: Number of metropolitan waste and resource recovery infrastructure identified
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Table 5: Functions of metropolitan resource recovery centres and transfer stations
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Table 6: Metropolitan on-site processing infrastructure
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Table 7: Metropolitan organic procurement clusters
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Table 8: Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy - Strategic directions
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Table 9: Infrastructure for treating residual waste
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Table 10: Metropolitan landfills in the metropolitan region
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Table 11: Planning system responses to waste and resource recovery infrastructure
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Table 12: Waste and resource recovery hubs criteria
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Table 13: Metropolitan analysis of hubs
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Table 14: Metropolitan infrastructure need assessment
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Table 15: Metropolitan needs and opportunities
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Table 16: Assessment outcomes
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Table 17: Assessment of infrastructure options
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Table 18: Existing resource recovery and reprocessing infrastructure
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Table 19: Future Resource Recovery Infrastructure requirements
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Table 20: Existing landfills
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Table 21: Metropolitan landfill sequence of fill
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Table 22: Potential effects of priority one and priority two on future landfill need
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Table 23: Metropolitan closed landfills
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CHAIR FOREWORD
It is with great pleasure that we release the Draft Metropolitan Waste
and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan for public consultation.
This plan is aimed at providing a roadmap that will shape Melbourne’s
network of waste and resource recovery infrastructure for the next 30
years.
This draft supercedes the first strategy of its kind, the Metropolitan
Waste and Resource Recovery Strategic Plan 2009, which was
developed by MWRRG and our Victorian Government waste portfolio
partners in conjunction with local government and industry.
One of the key outcomes of the 2009 Strategic Plan was the
development of a joint procurement model to provide cost effective,
best practice waste management services and infrastructure to meet
the needs of local government and the community. In the implementation of this
proposed plan MWRRG will continue to play an important role in guiding a program of
procurements and engagement across the metropolitan region that will develop new
facilities to divert significant volumes of material from landfill.
We know that disposing materials to landfill is a limited solution. While some landfill is
required in Melbourne’s waste management system, easily accessible landfill space is
finite. Landfills also have social and environmental consequences and are increasingly
becoming more unacceptable to the Victorian community.
Our existing waste and resource recovery infrastructure provides the capacity to
manage current waste volumes. However, as our population grows so too will the
pressure on these facilities. For these faciltiies to continue to operate effectively, they
will need increasing capacity whilst meeting regulatory requirements. This will require
MWRRG and other Victorian Government agencies to work with waste generators and
industry to enhance the waste and resource recovery network and understand the
growing pressures and future needs.
This Metropolitan Implementation Plan highlights that there is an opportunity to
aggregate significant volumes of municipal waste for tender when the existing landfill
tenders expire in 2021.This will provide the market with the opportunity to respond
and provide alternatives for disposal (as an alternative to landfill). Increasing resource
recovery will not be easy, and to do this successfully will require alignment of a number
of stakeholders.
This plan will see us working in four main priority areas – addressing immediate
infrastructure capacity needs; protecting existing facilities and siting new facilities;
maximising resource recovery; and engaging with partners, stakeholders and the
community.
We thank local government, members of the waste and resource recovery industry
and the community for their valuable input in developing this Consultation Draft
Metropolitan Implementation Plan. We are now looking forward to the feedback we
receive to finalise this plan of action.
Les Willmott
Chair Metropolitan Waste Resource Recovery Group
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
One of the essential ingredients of a modern city is how it
manages its waste – the materials that are no longer wanted,
such as food and green waste, old mattresses, e-waste like
old phones and computers, plastics, paper and metals.
The infrastructure that manages these materials provides
an essential community service, and getting the right
infrastructure in the right location, at the right time will make
sure greater metropolitan Melbourne remains liveable and
vibrant.
The metropolitan region has worked hard over the past ten
years to recycle and recover more value from our waste so
we can reduce our reliance on landfills.
However, we have new challenges and if we continue to just
do more of the same we won’t be able to keep up with the
growing waste volume. We’d be missing out on a significant
opportunity to turn waste into value which can fuel new
industries and create new jobs.
The numbers show us both the challenge and the
opportunity for the metropolitan region of Melbourne.
The metropolitan region is a city of 4.3 million people that
is growing; by 2051 population is projected to increase to
7.8 million people. This means our waste will grow too. By
2042 our waste will grow by 63%, meaning we will need to
manage 16.5 million tonnes each year. If we don’t make any
changes it’s anticipated that around one million tonnes of this
extra waste will need to be landfilled. That’s the equivalent of
needing two more large landfills over this period.
The scale of this challenge alone compels us to search for
better solutions to make sure Melbourne is a modern, liveable
city into the future.
However it’s not just about having too much waste. It’s also
about the opportunity of turning what we throw away back
into something valuable, and that will create new industries
and new jobs.
There is a lot of scope to make valuable goods from our
waste. We’re putting around 1.3 million tonnes of food and
green waste into landfill, which is just under half – or 42% - of
everything we send to landfill. This is significant because we
put so much effort and so many resources into managing this
waste in the landfill as it breaks down and generates methane
– a potent greenhouse gas. This is really a waste when we
could be turning it into something worthwhile like compost
or energy. Seeing waste not as a problem but as a resource
will keep our city liveable into the future.
There are also opportunities with other materials – plastics,
polystyrene, timber, textiles to name a few. These things can
be turned into new products or have new applications, such
as using recycled glass in the construction of road bases and
recycled plastic content in boardwalks and street furniture.
Because we’re looking at managing more waste in the future
we need to act now. We need to act differently so that we
take advantage of the economic possibilities in treating our
waste and make valuable new products which will create new
industries and new jobs.
MWRRG has undertaken a Market Assessment to identify
industry’s opportunities and aspirations for waste
management. We’ve also consulted with people and local
government to better understand the issues and needs of
households. These ideas, together with the direction set in
the Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure
Plan (State Infrastructure Plan) and MWRRG’s own research
and analysis, have formed this consultation draft of the
Metropolitan Implementation Plan (Consultation Draft).
This plan is about turning waste into value which will create
new industries and new jobs - seeing waste not as a problem
but as a resource will keep our city liveable into the future.
The greater Melbourne community has shown great
leadership over the past ten years, going from a resource
recovery rate of around 57%1 to 73% now.
To achieve a step change we will need an integrated network,
smarter thinking, and more advanced technology. There is no
single solution for reducing Melbourne’s reliance on landfills,
and some of the challenges we need to tackle will be harder
for some than others.
The priority of this plan – where we can make the most
impact – is to reduce the need for landfilling by making use
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Strategic Plan, Metropolitan Waste Management Group, 2009
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of alternative technologies. We will do this by working on
three fronts:
of materials, which means smaller volumes needing to be
transported to landfills.
Local government
The Implementation Plan is only one part of the State
Government’s approach. MWRRG will continue to work with
Sustainability Victoria, EPA Victoria, DELWP and the other six
Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Groups to meet the
goals of the State Infrastructure Plan.
ff help local government go out to tender for a joint
contract that can process waste currently collected in
the household garbage bin. This contact would replace
existing contracts that currently send around 1 million
tonnes of household waste to landfill each year
ff work with local government to expand the collection of
food waste so that householders can recycle both their
food and garden waste
ff support planning authorities to use land use planning
measures which recognise the importance of waste and
resource recovery as an essential community function and
protect communities.
Industry
Moving the metropolitan region towards even more resource
recovery can create new industries and jobs, grow the
economy, protect the health of communities, while achieving
environmental wins. This step change is needed because
if we do not think and act differently greater Melbourne
will need more landfills. It is now up to all of us who create
waste, as well as those involved in managing it, to review this
consultation draft so that together we can finalise a plan that
is practical, doable, and one that can manage our waste in the
smart way a modern, liveable city needs.
ff increase certainty and transparency for industry, and
community, through defining the future role of waste and
resource recovery hubs, and taking measures to establish
and protect buffer separation distances
ff open up commercial collection and recovery opportunities
through local government joint contracts
ff work with commercial businesses like restaurants and
supermarkets to recover organic food waste
ff work with commercial waste generators and the waste and
resource recovery industry to find new opportunities for
resource recovery
ff support the use of innovative, small on-site organic
processing infrastructure
ff support industry to engage with stakeholders and
community that deliver best practice outcomes.
Community
ff provide more opportunities to recycle household waste,
particularly garden and food waste
ff support household recycling through education, and for
apartments and units, ensure new developments provide
recycling facilities
ff engage the community in waste and resource recovery
decisions.
These combined resource recovery initiatives and others
in the plan will help reduce the need for additional landfills.
However, some landfilling will still be needed over the life
of this ten year plan, and beyond. Ten landfills are expected
to close during the ten year life of this plan. The remaining
landfills have the capacity to provide for Melbourne’s medium
and long term needs.
MWRRG’s priority focus will be on diverting organics away
from landfill, so that the challenges this material presents
in landfills can be reduced. MWRRG will also support
Melbourne’s transfer stations network to maximise recovery
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1: ABOUT THE METROPOLITAN WASTE AND
RESOURCE RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
1.1 Purpose of this plan
This consultation draft of the Metropolitan Waste and
Resource Recovery Implementation Plan (referred to as the
Consultation Draft) has been written to help stakeholders
including local government, industry and community to
participate in preparing Melbourne’s implementation plan and
identifying the waste and resource recovery needs to manage
waste into the future.
the Victorian Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure
Planning Framework. This framework enables Victoria to
establish a waste and resource recovery system that:
ff effectively manages the expected mix and volumes of
waste
ff reflects the principles of environmental justice to ensure
that impacts on the community, environment and public
health are not disproportionately felt across communities
ff supports a viable resource recovery industry
1.2 Statutory objective of this plan
ff reduces the amount of valuable materials going to landfill.2
The objective of the Metropolitan Waste and Resource
Recovery Implementation Plan (Metropolitan Plan) is to set
out how the waste and resource recovery infrastructure
needs of the greater metropolitan Melbourne region will be
met over at least a 10 year period. This is a requirement of the
Environment Protection Act 1970 (The Act).
1.3 What is the scope of the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan, and how is it
developed?
The Act also requires the Metropolitan Waste and Resource
Recovery Group (MWRRG) to implement Victoria’s strategic
directions for waste and resource recovery that are described
in the Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure
Plan (State Infrastructure Plan).
This plan, together with the State Infrastructure Plan
and six other Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
Implementation Plans (Regional Implementation Plans), forms
2
The Environment Protection Act 1970 sets out the full scope
and requirements of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan.
While the State Infrastructure Plan provides the road map
for investment in Victoria’s waste and resource recovery
system, the Metropolitan Implementation Plan identifies what
needs to happen in Melbourne to make sure we have the
right infrastructure, in the right place, at the right time. The
Metropolitan Implementation Plan is the first of the Regional
Implementation Plans that will be developed across Victoria.
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The Metropolitan Implementation Plan must include:
ff a description and analysis of waste and resource recovery
infrastructure within its region
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery
Group
ff a description of how the long-term directions in the State
Infrastructure Plan will be implemented to meet local
and regional infrastructure needs within the waste and
resource recovery region
ff MWRRG is responsible for planning and
facilitating the development of waste and
resource recovery facilities and services
across the metropolitan region of Melbourne.
ff a schedule of existing and required waste and resource
recovery infrastructure within the waste and resource
recovery region, and
ff MWRRG provides land use planning advice to
local government and industry and facilitates
joint procurement of facilities and services to
provide better economic, environmental and
waste management outcomes for councils
and their communities.
ff any matters required by the Ministerial Guideline: Making,
amending and integrating the Statewide Waste and
Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan and Regional
Implementation Plans.
MWRRG is responsible for preparing the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan, in collaboration with Sustainability
Victoria, Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria, and
all other regional waste and resource recovery groups.
The Ministerial Guideline provides further detail on processes
and considerations for preparing this plan.
ff MWRRG also helps build the capacity
and knowledge of councils and their
communities in best practice waste
minimisation and litter reduction, and delivers
programs and identifies opportunities
and options to improve services and
infrastructure for the metropolitan region.
Figure 1 shows the overall process for preparing the
Metropolitan Implementation Plan. Underpinning this
approach is evidence-based analysis and assessment,
principles of transparency and fairness, and engagement with
stakeholders and community. This Consultation Draft is the
output from stage five of the process.
For more detail on statutory requirements, the
scope and processes for preparing the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan, please see Appendix A.
Figure 1: Process for preparing the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
Assessment
of current and
projected waste
generation
Assessment
of current
infrastructure and
capacity need
Market assessment
for new and
expanded
infrastructure
STAGE 4
STAGE 5
STAGE 6
Evaluate
submissions
Develop Draft
Metropolitan
Implementation
Plan and Schedule
Finalise
Metropolitan
Implementation
Plan
Implementation
Stakeholder and community engagement
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Figure 2 shows the wide range of activities that occur in the
overall waste and resource recovery system.3
The scope of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan is to
identify the infrastructure needed to manage waste materials
after entering the system (indicated yellow).
Waste avoidance, litter reduction and illegal dumping are
not within the scope of the Metropolitan Implementation
Plan, however it is part of the government’s broader strategy
for managing waste and will be covered in the soon-tobe-released Statewide Community and Business Waste
Education Strategy (Statewide Education Strategy).
While population growth is a major driver of how much waste
is generated, there are many other factors contributing to
how much and what waste is generated, such as economic
conditions, manufacturing, and community behaviour.
Figure 2 – Waste and resource recovery system
The Statewide Community and Business Waste Education Strategy will work alongside the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
to reduce waste generation and improve resource recovery by engaging and sharing information with community, schools,
businesses, industry and government.
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Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan, Sustainability Victoria, 2015
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1.4 Who approves the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan
The Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water
approves the Metropolitan Implementation Plan, following
consultation on this draft and integration with the State
Infrastructure Plan and all other Regional Implementation
Plans. This will include consultation with Sustainability
Victoria, EPA Victoria, and other regional waste and resource
recovery groups.
1.5 Who uses the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan
The final Metropolitan Implementation Plan will be used to
inform decision making by councils, industry, individuals
and community involved in resource recovery and waste
management.
1.6 How can I get involved?
Many stakeholders and communities are involved in planning,
building, operating and using Melbourne’s waste and resource
recovery network. This involvement will continue following
the release of this consultation draft and throughout the
development of the final Metropolitan Implementation Plan.
A range of opportunities to be involved in the development
and delivery of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan will be
provided throughout November and December 2015. These
will include forums with local government, industry and
community. A number of public pop-up events will also be
run in key waste and resource recovery hub areas to provide
an opportunity for feedback and questions.
Go to MWRRG’s Participate site to find out about upcoming
engagement and submission opportunities –
www.participate.mwrrg.vic.gov.au.
The Act specifically requires that:
ff councils must perform waste management functions
which are consistent with the Regional Implementation
Plans
ff any person involved in the generation, management or
transport of waste within a waste and resource recovery
region must not do anything in relation to the waste that
is inconsistent with the relevant Regional Implementation
Plans.
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2:WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE?
MWRRG’s aim is to ensure the metropolitan region has
the infrastructure it needs to manage waste and recover
resources in the right location, at the right time. We will do
this by supporting state and local governments, industry and
community to:
ff reduce their reliance on landfills
ff maximise resource recovery
ff achieve best practice standards so that communities and
the environment are protected
ff make well informed evidence based decisions.
2.1 Achieving our goals: the State
Infrastructure Plan
The strategic directions for this Consultation Draft are the
same strategic directions listed in the State Infrastructure Plan.
These directions are to:
ff maximise the diversion of recoverable materials from
landfills
ff support increased resource recovery
ff achieve quantities for reprocessing
ff manage waste and material streams
ff maximise economic outcomes, provide cost effective
service delivery and reduce community, environment and
public health impacts (based on evidence)
ff facilitate a cost effective statewide network of waste and
resource recovery infrastructure.
Figure 3, on the next page, provides more detail on the State
Infrastructure Plan.
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Figure 3: State Infrastructure Plan vision, purpose, goals, strategic directions and outcomes
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The decisions that need to be confirmed in this Consultation
Draft are how to best achieve these strategic directions, and
at what time these strategic directions can be achieved.
Melburnians have done a great job over the past decade to
reduce reliance on landfills. Today around 73% of all waste
is recovered. Our challenge now is to ensure Melbourne
maintains and builds on this achievement to reduce our
reliance on landfills even further. We also need to act on
opportunities to divert materials out of landfill that can cause
significant problems for the environment and communities.
Green waste, food and plastics are challenging materials and
make up 57% of all materials going to landfill – reducing these
materials in landfill will have positive benefits.
We also know that resource recovery can lead to more
jobs. Long term policies enable job growth and investment
in better resource recovery infrastructure and advanced
technologies.
The principal question is – over what time period can we
move to resource recovery alternatives while also ensuring
Victoria has the appropriate end markets to allow investment
that is commercially viable?
At the most fundamental level waste and resource recovery
infrastructure protects public health and the environment
from the potential harm that waste materials can cause.
Landfills in our current network of infrastructure play this
important role. Reducing our reliance on landfills will require
strong markets that can sustainably divert material away from
landfills. The State Infrastructure Plan, the recently released
Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy (VORRS),
and the Draft Victorian Market Development Strategy
for Recovered Resources all put forward a pathway for
supporting these essential markets.
This Consultation Draft is a plan for moving Melbourne
towards greater resource recovery by building on the
opportunities that exist within the existing infrastructure
network, market and policy settings.
It is now the turn of local government, industry and
community to review our plan and provide feedback to help
create a Metropolitan Implementation Plan that is practical,
achievable and innovative.
2.2 Priority actions for the metropolitan
region
MWRRG is proposing 10 priority actions over the next 10
years to achieve the strategic directions listed in the State
A detailed discussion of the analysis underpinning these
actions has been informed by internal research and analysis
of waste projections (Section 3) and infrastructure capacity
(Sections 4 and 5) and a market assessment process (Section
10). MWRRG has also undertaken preliminary consultation
with local government and community, and this feedback has
also shaped this proposal.
Priority 1: Minimise councils’ reliance on landfills through
group procurement of residual waste collection and
processing that progressively increases the resource
recovery rate over the contract duration.
Why are we proposing this?
MWRRG currently manages five municipal landfill service
contracts on behalf of 26 councils. These contracts account
for about one million tonnes of landfilled waste annually. The
contracts collectively expire on 31 March 2021, providing
the opportunity to go to market and make available the
secure, large volumes of waste needed to underpin industry
investment in resource recovery alternatives.
A municipal procurement of this magnitude would also
provide capacity for commercial waste, and would be
expected to stimulate the wider market which will help
provide infrastructure for commercial waste generators.
This proposal includes the collection and processing of waste,
along with resource recovery targets that would progressively
increase over the contract duration. This proposal would help
provide flexibility for both councils and contractor to meet
service level standards while ensuring resource recovery
targets can also be commercially sustainable into the long
term.
How will this help implement the State Infrastructure Plan
strategic directions?
Group procurement achieves quantities for reprocessing
by consolidating and aggregating material streams, and
maximises economic outcomes and cost effective service
delivery by achieving economies of scale.
It progressively increases the resource recovery rate by:
ff maximising the diversion of recoverable materials from
landfill, allowing industry and local government to respond
to market changes that increase the economic viability of
recovery
ff supporting increased resource recovery by providing the
certainty of contracted materials for resource recovery.
Priority 2: Build the metropolitan organics processing
network and maximise the network’s productivity by
accepting household and commercial food waste.
Establishing the metropolitan organics processing network,
through a series of group procurements with councils,
provides the metropolitan region with the facilities it needs to
divert municipal green waste from landfill, with a projected
annual capacity of over 450,000 tonnes. Building this network
strengthens community and environmental outcomes by
facilitating investment in best practice facilities.
Maximising the network’s productivity by accepting
household food waste and commercial food waste ensures
all 450,000 tonnes will be used, and diverts food (which
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breaks down to produce odours and leachate) from landfill.
The metropolitan organics processing network will:
ff achieve quantities for reprocessing by consolidating and
aggregating organic material to maximise economic
outcomes, cost effective service delivery and achieve
economies of scale
landfill by securing purpose-built infrastructure over the
medium term
ff reduce community, environment and public health impacts
by providing industry with the opportunity to put forward,
and ultimately invest in, best practice infrastructure
proposals that can meet local government service needs
and provide cost effective service delivery.
Priority 3: Ensure hubs support industry while protecting
communities and the environment through defining the
role of a hub, promoting best practice, and acting on
opportunities to co-locate with water utilities
Defining hubs (a facility or group of facilities that manage
or recover waste streams) and the future role they may
play supports land use planning decisions which can better
protect strategic infrastructure critical to Melbourne’s needs.
Managing facilities within hubs to best practice standards
maximises community and environmental outcomes and
ensures that agreed hubs are adequately considered in
planning schemes.
Water utility sites offer an opportunity to make better use of
existing land with adequate buffer protection distances by
co-locating resource recovery facilities, such as organics
processing facilities. This also offers an opportunity to
combine waste streams, such as biosolids, which can
potentially expand the range of marketable products. Water
utilities have also expressed interest in exploring co-location
opportunities.
Defining and managing hubs to best practice standards, and
acting on co-location opportunities enables the:
ff waste and material streams to be properly managed by:
ff making available land that is suitably zoned and located
ff encouraging compatible land uses
ff facilitation of a cost-effective network of waste and
resource recovery infrastructure through:
ff active engagement with local government, relevant
state agencies and community to understand local
issues, needs and desires, and to ensure all planning and
operational decisions are informed by local information
ff supporting industry’s social licence to operate to best
practice standards.
Priority 4: Develop planning policies and tools that facilitate
resource recovery targeting:
ff protection of buffer separation distances of waste and
resource recovery facilities
ff provisions for recycling infrastructure in multi-unit
developments.
It is essential that appropriate land use planning measures
are used to protect the buffer separation distances between
facilities and sensitive uses. When housing and similar land
uses encroach on buffer protection distances around key
waste and resource recovery sites, the long term viability of
the infrastructure is put at risk. This in turn risks Melbourne
not having the capacity it needs to safely manage and recover
waste and resources. Communities can also potentially be
impacted if located too close to a facility.
With increasing numbers of multi-unit developments
(MUDs) we need to plan and design these developments to
accommodate waste and resource recovery infrastructure.
Historically, the planning system has not adequately provided
for developments that can accommodate resource recovery.
Protecting buffer separation distances around key waste and
resource recovery sites and hubs, and supporting better waste
management designs in MUDs to accommodates resource
recovery collections will help:
ff manage waste and material streams by protecting sites and
buffers through the planning scheme
ff facilitate a cost effective statewide network by ensuring
hubs are integrated into planning and decision making
ff support increased resource recovery by ensuring
developments are designed to enable effective recovery
ff maximise diversion of recoverable materials from landfill
by recovering commingled recycling to achieve better
community and environment outcomes.
Priority 5: Support and promote small on-site organic
processing infrastructure.
Small, on-site organics processing infrastructure has the
potential to play an important role in diverting food waste
from landfill, and there is growing interest from businesses to
explore these opportunities.
Appropriate choice of systems and solutions will help
businesses to manage their waste on site.
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On-site organics processing will:
ff maximise economic outcomes and cost effective
service delivery by supporting processors’ decisions with
information on the availability of food waste.
by enabling businesses and other organisations to manage
their food waste on-site and achieve better community
and environmental outcomes.
Priority 8: Maximise recovery of priority materials (identified
through Victorian Market Development Strategy) by
establishing relationships between waste generators and
the processing industry.
Priority 6: Develop a Transfer Station Growth Strategy
to facilitate a network that can manage projected waste
volumes while maximising resource recovery.
A growth strategy will guide development of a network that
can deliver services to the metropolitan community in the
long term. This growth also needs to maximise the recovery
of materials that flow through a resource recovery centre or
transfer station.
The growth strategy will:
through local government and private transfer stations
ff support increased resource recovery by ensuring the
spokes (the sequence of activities that moves materials
from generators to hubs) recover all viable materials before
receival at landfills
ff maximise economic outcomes and cost effective service
delivery by supporting decisions with an evidence base that
indicates where and how needs are best met.
ff ensure these facilities are well located, and designed to
meet best practice standards.
Priority 7: Establish relationships between commercial food
waste generators and organic processors.
There is little organics processing infrastructure available
for commercial food waste generators. Secure, aggregated
supply of commercial food waste is needed to facilitate
investment in new organics processing facilities. Connecting
food generators with the processing industry will help open
up these opportunities.
These connections will:
aggregating food waste to maximise economic outcomes,
cost effective service delivery and economies of scale.
As with organics, the dry recyclables industry needs secure,
aggregated volumes of materials to support investment in
new and existing reprocessing operations.
These connections will:
aggregating waste to maximise economic outcomes, cost
effective service delivery and economies of scale.
ff maximise economic outcomes and cost effective
service delivery by supporting processors’ decisions with
information on the availability of waste and feedstock.
Priority 9: Community and stakeholders are engaged in
waste and resource recovery decision making.
The State Infrastructure Plan introduces the principle of
environmental justice, which for waste and resource recovery
planning requires the community to be involved in the
decisions and long term planning to establish a safe and
integrated system. Community leaders have confirmed their
expectation and desire to be engaged across the life of a
facility, from construction to operation.
Engaging stakeholders and the community helps support
good infrastructure outcomes through informing decisions
with local knowledge and needs, and through the
perspectives and creativity that diverse views can bring.
Engagement will:
ff maximise economic outcomes, provide cost effective
service delivery and reduce community, environment and
public health impacts by basing decisions on evidence
which includes feedback provided by community and
stakeholders
ff facilitate a cost effective statewide network of waste and
resource recovery infrastructure by facilitating decisions
capable of addressing local, regional and state waste and
resource recovery infrastructure needs..
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Priority 10: Support residents and businesses to maximise
recycling through local delivery of the Statewide Education
Strategy.
When residents and businesses separate waste and use
recycling bins correctly they make an important contribution
to reducing Melbourne’s reliance on landfills. Residents
and businesses need support to effectively use their local
recycling and organics waste services. Education programs
and engagement with communities and stakeholders
contributes to the delivery of efficient waste and resource
recovery services and infrastructure.
Education will:
landfills by increasing the volume of materials collected
and reducing contamination levels.
2.3 Performance indicators
Setting performance indicators will help us measure and
report on our success as we start to deliver our 10 priority
actions.
MWRRG will work with Sustainability Victoria and Regional
Waste and Resource Recovery Groups to develop and set
performance indicators through the state wide integrated
planning processes.
Community engagement in preparing the
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MWRRG conducted preliminary community
consultation to help develop this Consultation
Draft. Some of the themes that arose from this
consultation include:.
ff communities living in vicinity of landfills and
recycling facilities shared concerns with
impacts (e.g. odour, dust, noise, traffic).
These communities support using advanced
technologies so that Melbourne’s resource
recovery can be maximised.
ff communities wish to be involved early in
decision making, and be better represented
in state and local processes
ff awareness and educational campaigns are
intergeral to encouraging Melburnians to:
ff take greater ownership of waste and
resource recovery activities
ff change behaviours such as waste
separation and waste minimisation at
home
ff communities want access to more recycling
opportunities in the suburbs at kerbside and
at facilities
ff communities are concerned by increasing
volumes of food waste, packaging, furniture,
electrical goods, construction and demolition
waste that end up in landfills
ff communities want manufacturers to be
made more accountable for goods they
produce that ultimately get disposed at
landfill at the end of their useful life.
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3:THE STATE OF WASTE IN THE METROPOLITAN
REGION
3.1 The metropolitan region
The metropolitan region is a city of 4.3 million people
spanning nearly 10,000 square kilometres. It is home to nearly
75% of all Victorians. Melbourne’s population is projected to
increase to 7.8 million in 20514.
dwellings. In December 2012, 73% (200,995) of Victoria’s
275,336 business establishments were based in the
metropolitan region. High concentrations of business
establishments exist in central Melbourne (the City of
Melbourne), in the north (Hume) and south east (Monash and
Dandenong).
In 2011 there were 1,163,659 separate houses, 345,006
medium density dwellings5, and 118,402 high density
The metropolitan region of Melbourne includes 31 local
government areas as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: Map of the metropolitan councils
Whittlesea
Hume
Nillumbik
Melton
Wyndham
Moreland
Banyule
Moonee
Valley
Darebin
Brimbank
Manningham
Maribyrnong Yarra
Maroondah
Melbourne Boroondara
Port
Whitehorse
Hobsons
Phillip
Bay
Stonnington
Knox
Glen Monash
Eira
Yarra Ranges
Bayside
Kingston
Greater
Dandenong
Cardinia
Casey
Frankston
Mornington Peninsula
4
5
Victoria in Future 2015, ABS
ABS – 2015
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3.2 Waste managed in the metropolitan
region
In 2014-2015, about 10.3 million tonnes of waste was
managed in metropolitan region comprising of onstruction
and demolition waste (C&D), commercial and industrial (C&I)
and municipal solid waste (MSW) as shown in Figure 5.
C&D represents the largest sector because of the heavy
nature of the materials produced by this sector, including
soils, masonry and aggregates. This is followed by C&I
sources of waste, including waste from offices, factories,
manufacturers, schools, universities, government agencies,
and small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
While MSW accounts for about one quarter of all waste
managed in Melbourne, it represents a large portion of
the material disposed in metropolitan landfills each year.
Reducing Melbourne’s long term reliance on landfills will
require the municipal sector - and industry partners - to
modernise and change the way waste services are delivered
for the local communities.
Table 1 identifies the waste managed in the metropolitan
region by sector (by weight).
This represents almost 80% of Victoria’s waste, highlighting
the importance the metropolitan area plays in the state wide
waste and resource recovery network.
Table 1: Waste managed in the metropolitan region
by sector, 2014-15
Sector
Weight (tonnes)
MSW
2, 523 000
C&I
3, 322 000
C&D
4, 589 000
Figure 5: Waste managed in metropolitan region by sector, 2014-15
MSW
24%
C&D
44%
C&I
32%
Source: Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Projection Model V18, 2015
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3.3 Waste flows into the metropolitan
region
3.4 Waste flows out of the metropolitan
region
The metropolitan region plays a significant role in managing
waste materials from across Victoria. Melbourne’s proximity
to reprocessing industries and export infrastructure makes it
the ideal location to perform this role.
Some waste generated in the metropolitan region also moves
to regional areas for reprocessing as shown in Table 3. The
most significant component of this is solid inert material, with
350,000 tonnes of waste sent to regional landfills per annum,
mostly to the Grampians Central West Region that includes
Maddingley Brown Coal. The remaining outflow is made up
mainly of aggregates, masonry and soil (9,100 tonnes) and
paper and cardboard (99,600 tonnes).
Waste managed within Melbourne is generated by regional
and metropolitan communities and businesses. The State
Infrastructure Plan notes that “…the metropolitan region
contains reprocessing hubs for most materials. This reflects
its large population, manufacturing base and access to
transport...”
The flow of waste from regional Victoria impacts on the waste
and resource recovery infrastructure of the metropolitan
region and needs to be considered in infrastructure planning
to ensure sufficient capacity is available to meet future needs.
Flows of kerbside MSW into the metropolitan region are
represented in Table 2. The main component is kerbside
recycling, which is transported to Melbourne material
recovery facilities (MRFs) for processing.
Table 2: MSW kerbside flows into metropolitan
region, 2013-146
In addition, approximately 107,000 tonnes of organics from
Melbourne is processed outside of the metropolitan region,
mostly at Gippsland Water in Gippsland.
Table 3: Waste flows out of metropolitan region,
2013-14
Material stream
Tonnes per annum
Waste (solid inert) 7
350,000
Reprocessing
57,100
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Organics
107,000
Paper and cardboard
99,600
Waste stream
Tonnes per annum
Aggregates, masonry and soil
9,100
Landfill
18,500
Plastic
1300
Recycling
57,100
Glass
<100
Organics
-
Metal
100
Total
75,600
Total
567,100
The bulk of recyclable material sorted at regional MRFs is
transported to the metropolitan region for reprocessing or for
export to overseas markets.
Data for C&I sources of waste entering the metropolitan
region from other regions is limited.
For further information on the C&I, C&D and MSW waste
sources and flows refer to the Section 7.3 of the State
Note: Source Regional Group. Values are approximate, MSW metropolitan inflow data may be incomplete.
The solid inert includes a portion of shredder flock for which there are currently no reprocessing markets. Additionally there are limited landfill sites where this
material stream can be accepted for disposal.
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Sustainability Victoria, SRU Survey and analysis of regional reprocessors and material recovery facility operators (June 2015).
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3.5 Future projections of waste to be
managed in metropolitan region
If we assume 2015 recycling rates continue, then by 2041-42,
Melbourne will need:
The amount of waste metropolitan region generates will
continue to grow along with our population. By 2041-42
waste managed is projected to grow by 63%, meaning around
16.5 million tonnes will need to be managed each year.
ff five million annual tonnes of new resource recovery
capacity.
A significant boost in new infrastructure will be needed to
manage this growth.
Figure 6 highlights Melbourne’s waste challenge.
ff one million annual tonnes of new landfill capacity each
year
The government’s long term goal for landfilling is for these
facilities to only receive waste that has been treated first to
recover all valuable materials. To achieve this goal, Melbourne
would need around 7 million annual tonnes of new recovery
capacity (assuming 25% of residual material will still require
disposal to landfill post processing).
Figure 6: Metropolitan region projected waste to be managed
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Recovery
Disposal
Millions of tonnes
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
2014/15
2019/20
2024/25
2029/30
2034/35
2039/40
Source: Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Projection Model V18
There is much work to do before Melbourne enjoys a future where more of our waste is recovered. However a step change
towards this goal is possible, because Melburnians have already demonstrated that they can boost their recycling. Today, about
73% of all waste generated and managed in Melbourne is recovered.
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Data projection modelling
MWRRG developed a projection model based on Sustainability Victoria’s Waste and Resource Recovery
Projection Model for the State, which projects the quantities of waste generated until 2041-42. The first
five years of Sustainability Victoria’s projections are taken from an EPA Victoria model designed to estimate
quantities of waste to landfill over that period.
The five year EPA Victoria model projects MSW quantities (based on the relationship with population) and C&I
and C&D quantities (based on the relationship with economic activity).
The longer term Sustainability Victoria model projects all waste based on population growth, because credible
projections of economic growth are not available over a 30 year timeframe.
The primary data underpinning the models are the annual tonnes of waste landfilled and recovered, and
government projections of population and economic activity. In summary, the models assess the past
relationship between the total waste generated and the other variables, then estimate future waste generation
assuming these relationships hold into the future.
The models also estimate future recovery rates. For the first five years, based on the EPA Victoria model,
recovery rates are estimated using recorded trends and the general outlook for recycling. After five years, it is
conservatively assumed that recovery rates will remain constant.
While the assumptions underpinning the metropolitan projection model are considered reasonable, waste
projections are highly uncertain and the results reflect informed, best estimates.
The model projections update when new annual waste data is entered. Government agencies will monitor the
projections as new data becomes available. Further information about the models and the data assumptions
can be found in the State Infrastructure Plan.
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3.6 What are we recycling?
A range of factors influence what materials are recovered,
including the composition of waste, regulations, the costs of
disposal and recycling, the availability of resource recovery
technology and infrastructure, community behaviour, and the
presence of markets for recovered materials. Figure 7 shows
the current materials recovered and reprocessed.
Figure 7: Resource recovery by material category, 2014-2015
Paper/cardboard
17.1%
Food waste 0.1%
Green waste 3.9%
Wood/timber 2.0%
Textiles 0.1%
Aggregate, masonry
and soils
50%
Other organic 4.6%
Glass 2.3%
Plastics 1.9%
Metals
18.1%
(Source: Metropolitan Waste and resource recovery Projection Model V18, 2015)
The following sections of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
analyse the capacity of Melbourne’s infrastructure to manage the
projected volumes of waste in a way that achieves the goals and
strategic directions of the State Infrastructure Plan.
The plan also sets out the metropolitan infrastructure schedule of
existing and required infrastructure for Melbourne.
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3.7 What material is still being sent to
landfill?
In 2014, MWRRG conducted landfill audits to better
understand what materials from households and the
commercial sector are currently going to landfill. Figure 8
shows the results of this study.
Food and green waste makes up 42% of the waste sent to
landfills, a high proportion given the challenges this material
presents when landfilled, such as:
ff it produces odorous gases and methane, which have a
global warming potential 25 times greater than carbon
dioxide9
However there are opportunities to improve recovery of
material sent to landfill including the recovery of resources
that can be processed into compost products. Recovery of
organic green and food waste is a priority for government,
and the recently released Victorian Organics Resource
Recovery Strategy (VORRS) and the Victorian Market
Development Strategy for Recovered Resources will provide
further direction for managing this waste stream.
In addition, there is existing infrastructure and processes that
could potentially recover many other materials currently
being landfilled such as metals and paper/cardboard.
Recovery of these materials is currently not maximised
due to poor service provision or not having identified the
opportunities for diversion.
ff it produces leachate, a liquid that’s created as material
decomposes. This leachate must be carefully managed
as it contains harmful substances that can pollute
groundwater and waterways if not contained.
Figure 8: Indicative composition of MSW and C&I material entering metropolitan landfills, 2014
Textiles 4%
Green
waste
7%
Other
organic
7%
Nappies
6%
Aggregates Masonry and Soil 4%
Glass 3%
Other 3%
Metals 3%
Paper/
Cardboard
10%
Wood/timber 1%
E-waste 1%
PIW 1%
Plastics
15%
Food waste
35%
Source EC Sustainable – Metropolitan waste to landfill compositional audit project, 2014
Further information on materials managed by the waste and
resource recovery sector are included in section 3 of the State
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National Greenhouse Accounts Factors: Australian National Greenhouse Accounts Australian Government, Department of Environment, August 2015
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4: COLLECTION SERVICES
Collection services pick up waste from locations where it is
generated, and transport this material to waste and resource
recovery facilities for processing or disposal. Collection
services are provided either through local governments or
private commercial operators. They play a role in protecting
public health and the environment.
4.1 Municipal kerbside collections
Municipal kerbside collections provide an essential
community service through the regular removal of waste
materials from households. They also form part of the supply
chain for recovered materials by providing a secure supply
of feedstock for processors of organics green waste and
commingled recyclables such as metals and plastics.
Municipal kerbside collection services include the collection
of garbage, commingled recyclables and organics green
waste from households. Most councils provide an organics
bin to rate payers as an optional service, requiring households
to request the bin at an additional charge. This service may
also be provided by councils, through contract arrangements,
and paid for by residents through rates. In some instances,
municipal collection services are extended to small and
medium enterprises.
Increasing the quality and quantity of recovered materials
could be achieved through:
ff providing households with a larger 360 litre commingled
recyclable bin (where appropriate) at the time of a council’s
kerbside contract renewal
ff councils adopting the Australian Standard for Mobile
Waste Containers (AS4123) at the time of kerbside contract
renewal to create a metropolitan wide uniform standard
for bin lid colours to support standard education and
messaging around the use of bins
ff implementing metropolitan-wide education campaigns
as well as providing ongoing localised household
engagement programs
ff providing a universal garden waste service for all
metropolitan councils with a transition to a universal food
and green collection service.
4.2 Commercial collections
Commercial collections services for commercial and
industrial waste generators are privately arranged and funded.
C&I waste is generated from commercial and industrial
activities, including from the government, education and
health sectors. It also includes waste from offices, factories,
manufacturers, schools, universities, government agencies,
restaurants/cafes and small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
Commercial collections may include skip bins provided by
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a private contractor to collect and remove bulk waste from
households, businesses, schools and commercial premises.
It is evident that more can be done to maximise resource
recovery from the C&I sector and commercial collection
service area. Key challenges include limited reprocessing
infrastructure to receive waste (particularly food waste) and
source separating materials for collection.
4.2.2 Priority actions – collections
Maximising recycling from residential and commercial
collections will be addressed through the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan priority action to:
ff Support residents and businesses to maximise recycling
through local delivery of the Statewide Education Strategy.
4.3 Hard waste collections and drop off
Hard waste collections provide households with the
opportunity to dispose of items not suitable or available via
household kerbside collections. All metropolitan councils
provide hard waste collection services for residents. These are
offered as at-call or scheduled collection services across the
municipality.
In 2010-2011, over 77,000 tonnes10 of hard waste was
collected across the metropolitan region. This is an average
of 47 kg per serviced household. Hard waste includes
collections from kerbsides and drop off at resource recovery
centres and transfer stations (RRC/TS), as well as rubbish
that’s illegally dumped in laneways, creeks and streets.
Over the last 10 years, the cost and quantity of hard waste
collected has increased. This has required changes in the
logistics and occupational health and safety requirements
for those providing collection services. Over this time, the
diversion rate from landfill has dropped greatly, which is likely
due to:
ff people collecting valuable material before the
contractor arrives at kerbside (reducing the ability to offset collection costs with revenue from recovered items)
ff the collection process, such as the use of compactor
trucks, damaging items.
Hard waste collections represent an opportunity to reduce
waste to landfill through:
ff maximising material recovery from residential dwellings,
both houses and multi-unit developments
ff minimising damage to materials during collection
ff achieving economic benefit through recovery and end use.
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4.4 Residential multi-unit development
collections
Melbourne’s population growth has resulted in increasing
numbers of high density residential and commercial mixed
use developments. This has created challenges in providing
waste and resource recovery services.
Poorly designed collection areas and infrastructure impact
on amenity and are costly to address through retrofitting. The
consequence is that, compared to single dwellings, resource
recovery rates for MUDs are often lower and contamination
rates higher.
Much of the contamination is in the form of bagged
recyclables which cannot be readily sorted by MRFs.
Resou7rce loss can often occur when it is easier for residents
to dispose of recyclables in garbage bins than in recycling
bins.
There is a range of statutory and non-statutory planning
tools, policies and processes already in place that impact
on effective and efficient waste management and resource
recovery within MUDs. In Melbourne, these planning tools are
not consistent across all metropolitan councils.
(putrescible, recycling, organics, hard waste)
ff increasing the level of coordination and consistency of
waste and recycling collection services to multi-unit
developments.
To support the provision of waste and resource recovery
services for existing MUDs, where existing infrastructure
and service levels are a barrier to better resource recovery,
improvements may be made through:
ff building the capacity of householders and property
industry stakeholders to develop, use and support waste
management systems
ff exploring and implementing retrofitting options to make
resource recovery easier.
4.4.2 Priority actions – multi-unit development
collections
Maximising recycling from multi-unit developments will be
addressed through the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
priority action to:
ff develop planning polices and tools that facilitate resource
recovery targeting the provisions of multi-unit dwellings.
This lack of consistency may act as a barrier to ensuring
sustainable waste management practices are considered
and implemented early in a development’s design phase and
throughout its operation.
MWRRG is working to prepare consistent guidelines for
developers that address the waste and recycling needs of
residents.
To support the provision of waste and resource recovery
services, planners, waste managers, the waste industry and
the building industry need clear and consistent standards for
waste services and infrastructure in multi-unit/high rise mixed
developments. This may be achieved through:
ff MWRRG developing and maintaining appropriate best
practice facility design and operational standards for
services for multi-unit and mixed use development
ff centralising all waste infrastructure and service standards in
one location in planning schemes
ff providing clear waste and recovery objectives with
appropriate standards
ff stating the needs and requirements clearly for municipal
waste service provision
ff making waste management plans a requirement for all
multi-unit, high rise and mixed use developments in
Victoria
ff providing appropriate vehicle access and provision for
infrastructure, bins and storage for all waste streams
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5:EXISTING METROPOLITAN WASTE AND
RESOURCE RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE
The metropolitan region is home to a diverse range of waste
and resource recovery infrastructure with more than 150
facilities in operation in the region. Collectively these facilities
processed approximately 10.4 million tonnes of material in the
2014-15 period.
While a large percentage of the waste managed by
metropolitan infrastructure is generated in the metropolitan
region, some material is received from regional areas for
disposal and processing. Further detail on the regional inflows
and outflows of waste is provided in Section 3.
The assessment of current and future requirements for
waste and resource recovery infrastructure involved a
comprehensive industry engagement process to determine
the location, volume and capacity of existing infrastructure.
Whilst all efforts have been made to ensure the data collected
is comprehensive, MWRRG acknowledge that there may be
some gaps in the infrastructure assessment. The consultation
phase provides industry with the opportunity to provide
information on gaps identified in the assessment.
Using the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery
Projection Model (V18, 2015) an analysis was undertaken
to assess the future waste management requirements
against existing and planned infrastructure capacity for the
metropolitan region. Data used in this section comes from
this model and an assessment of infrastructure capacity also
undertaken in 201511.
For assessment purposes infrastructure is classified by its
function and the types of materials it processes. Table 4
provides a summary of waste and resource recovery facilities
operating in the metropolitan region. A more detailed
schedule of all existing infrastructure is provided in the
metropolitan infrastructure schedule in Section 12.
Table 4: Number of metropolitan waste and resource recovery infrastructure identified
Infrastructure Type
Total Facilities
Transfer infrastructure
Waste transfer stations
19
Resource recovery centres
21
Drop off facilities
15
Recovery infrastructure
Material recovery facilities
10
Food recovery facilities
2
Reprocessing infrastructure
Paper/cardboard
6
Organics waste
6
Wood timber
1
Textiles
2
Glass
2
Plastic
19
Metals
9
C&D
22
Rubber/tyres
2
Landfills
Putrescible
12
Solid inert
8
Other
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5.1 Resource recovery centres and
transfer stations (RRC/TS)
Resource recovery centres, transfer stations, and drop off
facilities represent an important link in the waste and resource
recovery infrastructure chain. RRC/TSs receive a range of
material streams including hard, organic, residual waste and
commingled recyclables. They focus on recovering, sorting
and/or consolidating recyclable materials for transport to
reprocessing facilities or MRFs and consolidating residual
waste for transport to landfills. They provide community and
business access to disposal and recycling options for items
not suitable for disposal via kerbside collections: A summary
of the function each facility plays is provided in Table 5.
5.1.1
Current status
There are 59 RRC/TSs currently operating in the metropolitan
region (Figure 9). Collectively these sites managed
approximately 1.1 million tonnes of waste in the 2013-14
period. Of the material received at these facilities, 61% was
from MSW, 28% from the C&I and 11% from C&D.
Table 5: Functions of metropolitan resource recovery centres and transfer stations
Facility type
No. in metropolitan region
Function
21
Receive mixed loads of waste and
recyclables from households and
businesses and can be sited alone or
at landfills. Facility users may sort the
materials at the time of disposal. These
facilities may also include a resale centre
where recovered items are sold for
reuse.
Transfer stations
19
Receive waste from local government,
households, businesses or private
contractors. Some limited separation
of materials may be undertaken at
the facility prior to the material being
consolidated and dispatched either
for disposal or reprocessing. Transfer
Stations may have a resale centre where
recovered items are sold for reuse.
Drop off facilities
15
Only receive recyclable material.
Materials are placed into designated
vessels. These facilities can include
green waste, e-waste, glass bottle,
paper and cardboard collections. They
generally do not allow for the disposal
of residual material.
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Figure 9: Metropolitan resource recovery centres and transfer stations
Trentham
Wallan
Macedon
$
Gisborne
Marysville
Whittlesea
$
$$
Kinglake
Sunbury
Woods Point
Craigieburn
Ballan
Hurstbridge
Yarra Glen
Bacchus Marsh
Melton
Healesville
Industrial
Commercial
Agriculture
Open Green Space
Residential
Excluded
Tullamarine
Warrandyte
Caroline Springs
Heidelberg
Warburton
Lilydale
Deer Park
$$
Yarra Junction
Box Hill
Melbourne
Baw Baw Village
Powelltown
Meredith
Noojee
Belgrave
Werribee
Moorabbin
Erica
Dandenong
Neerim South
Berwick
Bannockburn
Bunyip
Cranbourne
Portarlington
Drouin
Warragul
Frankston
Yallourn North
Moe
Geelong
Trafalgar
Tooradin
A
FT
Mornington
Ocean Grove
Lang Lang
Queenscliff
Hastings
Portsea
Poowong
Torquay
Rosebud
R
D
93
Crib Point
Mirboo North
Anglesea
Korumburra
90
Cowes
Flinders
Paper Size A3
0
2.5
5
10
Kilometres
15
20
o
Leongatha
LEGEND
Drop-off facility
Study Area Boundary
LGA Boundaries
Principal Freight Network
Major Water Areas
Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)
Residential Areas
Major Roads
Parks and Reserves
Major Watercourses
Transfer Station
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5.1.3
Priority actions - resource recovery centre
and transfer station
As the population of the metropolitan region grows, so
too will the requirements of the RRC/TS network. Factors
impacting on the future of the network include:
Maximising resource recovery from RRC/TS will be addressed
through the State Infrastructure Plan priority action to:
ff closure and consolidation of landfill sites in the
metropolitan region, especially in the south east, further
increasing the need for accessibility to local collection and
disposal points
ff develop a Transfer Station Growth Strategy to facilitate a
network that can manage projected waste volumes while
maximising resourse recovery.
ff expansion in material types to be accepted at sites
5.2 Resource recovery infrastructure
ff projected increase in the amount of waste the network will
be required to manage.
Assessments of the network have identified approximately
500,000 tonnes of additional annual capacity is available in
the existing facilities. This additional capacity will provide for
metropolitan requirements into the medium term.
Operators have indicated that many existing sites require
upgrades to allow for improved function, resource recovery
and environmental performance of sites.
Resource recovery infrastructure receives waste and/or
recycling that has been collected from households and
businesses by local governments or private contractors.
Generally these larger commercial facilities do not allow for
drop off of materials by householders or businesses in the
metropolitan region. Figure 10 maps where resource recovery
infrastructure is located in the metropolitan region.
A growth strategy is required to guide development of
a network that can deliver services to the metropolitan
community in the long term. This growth also needs to
maximise the recovery of materials that flow through a RRC/
TS.
In conjunction with the release of this Consultation Draft,
MWRRG will prepare the Transfer Station Growth Strategy,
which will identify and prioritise locations, and specific sites
where additional RRC/TS capacity and functions are required,
ensuring local requirements and the broader needs of the
metropolitan region are met. The strategy will focus support
to localities where investment is required in the short term to
maximise resource recovery and provide a strategy for long
term improvements to the network.
The strategy will also consider the impact caused by
metropolitan residential encroachment of peri urban areas
and the impact on regional waste and resource recovery
infrastructure. MWRRG will work closely with regional groups
to identify suitable strategies that could help address any flow
on effects and impacts of urban growth.
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Figure 10: Resource recovery infrastructure in the metropolitan region
Trentham
Wallan
Macedon
Gisborne
Marysville
Whittlesea
Kinglake
Woods
Point
Dandenong
Sunbury
Craigieburn
Ballan
Hurstbridge
Yarra Glen
Bacchus Marsh
Melton
Healesville
Industrial
Commercial
Agriculture
Open Green Space
Residential
Tullamarine
Warrandyte
Caroline Springs
Heidelberg
Warburton
Lilydale
Deer Park
Yarra Junction
Box Hill
Baw Baw Village
Melbourne
Powelltown
Meredith
Noojee
Belgrave
Werribee
Moorabbin
Erica
68
Dandenong
Neerim South
Berwick
Bannockburn
Pakenham
Bunyip
Cranbourne
Portarlington
Drouin
Warragul
Frankston
Yallourn North
Moe
Geelong
Trafalgar
Tooradin
Ocean Grove
Lang Lang
Queenscliff
D
93
Rosebud
5
Food recovery
1
Crib Point
Mirboo North
Anglesea
Korumburra
90
Cowes
Paper Size A3
2.5
Yarra City Council
Poowong
Torquay
Flinders
0
Fareshare
Hastings
Portsea
R
A
FT
Mornington
10
Kilometres
15
20
o
Leongatha
LEGEND
Food recovery
Material recovery facility
Study Area Boundary
LGA Boundaries
Major Water Areas
Residential Areas
Major Roads
Parks and Reserves
Major Watercourses
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5.2.1 Material recovery facilities (MRFs)
The most common form of resource recovery facilities are
MRFs. These receive commingled recycling from MSW and
C&I waste streams collected by local government or private
contractors. The recovered material is sorted and sent to
reprocessors. Any residual material (material that cannot be
reprocessed into new items) is sent to landfill for disposal.
5.2.1.1 Current status
There are ten MRFs currently operating in the metropolitan
region. In the 2013-14 period, these facilities received and
processed approximately 670,000 tonnes of waste. Paper
and cardboard represented 58% of materials recovered.
The recovery of materials via MRFs in metropolitan region is
exclusively handled by the private sector.
5.2.1.2 Analysis of future needs
Assessments indicate the current MRF infrastructure network
has approximately 260,000 tonnes per annum of additional
processing capacity available. This provides sufficient capacity
to meet the projected needs in the medium term.
Future challenges facing the MRF sector include:
ff an increasing range of products and materials requiring
recovery (e.g. polystyrene, soft plastics)
5.3 Reprocessing infrastructure
Reprocessing infrastructure in the metropolitan region
manages a range of materials from the C&I, C&D and MSW
sectors, including:
ff paper/cardboard
ff organics waste
ff wood/timber
ff textiles
ff glass
ff plastics
ff metals
ff Rubber and tyres
ff c&D
ff other
Figures 11 to 13 map where reprocessing infrastructure is
located in the metropolitan region.
ff managing contamination rates
ff fluctuating commodity prices
If market conditions become unfavourable, some facilities
may opt to send unsorted material to South East Asia for
processing.
Additional information on challenges facing the recovery and
reprocessing sector are included in Section 8.
Food recovery facilities
There are a number of food recovery facilities in the metropolitan region. These small scale facilities receive food
from restaurants, cafes and supermarkets. The collected food is redistributed by charity organisations like FareShare
and SecondBite. The capacity of these facilities in the 2013-14 period was 2,760 tonnes. Additional capacity is
available within this infrastructure to further maximise the diversion of food waste.
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Figure 11: Metropolitan plastics, rubber, tyres, and textiles reprocessing
Trentham
Inset 1
Wallan
Macedon
%
Gisborne
%
Kinglake
%%
Ballan
%%
Marysville
Whittlesea
Woods Point
Sunbury
Craigieburn
%
Hurstbridge
Yarra Glen
Bacchus Marsh
Melton
Healesville
Tullamarine
Warrandyte
Caroline Springs
%
Warburton
Heidelberg
Deer Park
Lilydale
Melbourne
%
Industrial
Commercial
Agriculture
Open Green Space
Residential
Yarra Junction
Box Hill
Baw Baw Village
Powelltown
Meredith
Noojee
Belgrave
Werribee
Moorabbin
Erica
68
Dandenong
Neerim South
Berwick
Bannockburn
Pakenham
Bunyip
Cranbourne
Portarlington
Drouin
Warragul
Frankston
Yallourn North
Moe
Geelong
Trafalgar
Tooradin
Ocean Grove
Lang Lang
Queenscliff
93
Hastings
Portsea
Poowong
Torquay
Rosebud
D
R
A
FT
Mornington
Crib Point
Mirboo North
Anglesea
Korumburra
90
Cowes
Flinders
Paper Size A3
0
2.5
5
10
Kilometres
15
20
o
Leongatha
LEGEND
Plastics
Rubber & tyres
Textiles
Study Area Boundary
LGA Boundaries
Major Water Areas
Residential Areas
Major Roads
Parks and Reserves
Major Watercourses
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Figure 12: Metropolitan glass, metals and C&D reprocessing infrastructure
Trentham
Wallan
Macedon
Gisborne
Marysville
Whittlesea
Kinglake
Woods Point
Sunbury
Craigieburn
Ballan
Hurstbridge
Yarra Glen
Healesville
Industrial
Commercial
Agriculture
Open Green Space
Residential
Excluded
Bacchus Marsh
Tullamarine
Warrandyte
Caroline Springs
Heidelberg
Warburton
Lilydale
Deer Park
Yarra Junction
Melbourne
Box Hill
Baw Baw Village
Powelltown
Meredith
Noojee
Belgrave
Werribee
Moorabbin
Erica
68
Dandenong
Neerim South
Berwick
Bannockburn
Pakenham
Bunyip
Cranbourne
Portarlington
Drouin
Warragul
Frankston
Yallourn North
Moe
Geelong
Trafalgar
Tooradin
Ocean Grove
Lang Lang
Queenscliff
D
93
Hastings
Portsea
Poowong
Torquay
Rosebud
R
A
FT
Mornington
Crib Point
Mirboo North
Anglesea
Korumburra
90
Cowes
Flinders
Paper Size A3
0
2.5
5
10
Kilometres
15
20
o
Leongatha
LEGEND
Construction & Demolition
Glass
Metals
Study Area Boundary
LGA Boundaries
Major Water Areas
Residential Areas
Major Roads
Parks and Reserves
Major Watercourses
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Figure 13: Metropolitan paper/cardboard, green waste and wood /timber reprocessing infrastructure
Trentham
Wallan
Macedon
Gisborne
Marysville
Whittlesea
Kinglake
Woods Point
Sunbury
Craigieburn
Ballan
Hurstbridge
Yarra Glen
Healesville
Bacchus Marsh
Tullamarine
Warrandyte
Caroline Springs
Heidelberg
Warburton
Lilydale
Deer Park
Yarra Junction
Melbourne
Box Hill
Baw Baw Village
Powelltown
Meredith
Noojee
Belgrave
Werribee
Moorabbin
Erica
68
Dandenong
Neerim South
Berwick
Bannockburn
Pakenham
Bunyip
Cranbourne
Portarlington
Drouin
Warragul
Frankston
Yallourn North
Moe
Geelong
Trafalgar
Tooradin
Ocean Grove
Lang Lang
Queenscliff
D
93
Hastings
Portsea
Poowong
Torquay
Rosebud
R
A
FT
Mornington
Crib Point
Mirboo North
Anglesea
Korumburra
90
Cowes
Flinders
Paper Size A3
0
2.5
5
10
Kilometres
15
20
o
Leongatha
LEGEND
Green waste
Paper/cardboard
Wood / timber
Study Area Boundary
LGA Boundaries
Major Water Areas
Residential Areas
Major Roads
Parks and Reserves
Major Watercourses
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Overall the network of reprocessors in the metropolitan
region managed 5.8 million tonnes of waste in 2013-14
and has an estimated capacity of 8.3 million tonnes per
annum (tpa), representing additional available capacity of
approximately 2.5 million tpa12 . This oversupply of capacity is
distributed variously across the different material types, with
the greatest spare capacity available in C&D reprocessing.
The extent to which spare capacity is used in the future is
dependent on a number of factors, such as construction,
economic conditions, end markets for products and
commodity prices.
5.3.1
Strategic considerations
Reprocessing in the metropolitan region is subject to a
variety of factors including the availability of materials and
technology, viability of current business models, international
commodity markets and end markets for manufactured
products.
To support continued diversion of materials from landfill,
MWRRG can play a role by assisting with the creation of dry
recyclables streams, through collective procurement and
opportunities to achieve economies of scale.
Local reprocessors need healthy markets for end products for
their operations to be viable. Sustainability Victoria’s Market
Development Strategy for Recovered Resources will stimulate
local markets for recovered resources by reducing barriers
and developing the right conditions for material and product
markets to grow and mature.
In the absence of healthy markets for end products,
reprocessors may become reliant on gate fees to remain
viable.
These options are dependent on the community’s willingness
to pay to have waste materials put to beneficial use rather
than in landfill.
5.3.2 Organics reprocessing infrastructure
Organic waste is predominantly generated through
residential, business and C&I sectors. Organics reprocessing
facilities receive green and food waste from these sectors.
Collected organic materials are mainly processed through
composting under controlled conditions. Composting of
Melbourne’s organics through reprocessing facilities currently
occurs in two ways:
ff In open windrows where organic matter is laid out
to compost then mechanically turned to aerate and
encourage the physical breakdown of the material.
ff In-vessel composting which utilises more advanced
technology whereby processing of organic material occurs
in a sealed building to provide optimal conditions for quick
composting.
Organic materials represent more than 40% of all waste sent
to landfill by the MSW and C&I sectors in the metropolitan
region13. Growing the metropolitan organic processing
network presents a major opportunity to treat putrescible
materials (those materials that break down through the
activity of micro-organisms) entering landfills.
Assessments indicate that organics reprocessors in the
metropolitan region have a collective processing capacity of
over 290,000 tonnes per annum. In 2013-14 they collectively
processed 253,00014 tonnes.
Approximately 107,00015 tonnes of MSW organic waste is
being sent to regional Victoria for reprocessing, through
overflow arrangements managed by MWRRG. The market for
the compost product generated by this process is growing.
Overflow arrangements are likely to continue in order to
manage seasonal variations in generation levels and as
MWRRG undertakes collective procurement for a sustainable
network of infrastructure required to meet the metropolitan
region’s long term needs.
Currently 28 of the 31 metropolitan councils offer a green
waste kerbside collection service. Most green waste
services provided by councils are optional, fee for service
arrangements (rather than compulsory) with levels of
household participation varying between local government
areas.
Feedstock for organics processing from MSW kerbside
collections is almost exclusively made up of green waste.
However, food waste is a major component of the household
garbage stream, making up 39%16, and there is a significant
opportunity to also divert this organic waste from landfill
through increased recovery of food through the MSW
kerbside system. Nillumbik Shire Council is currently the only
metropolitan local government to offer a full green and food
service to its residents, whereby householders can put food
scraps in their green bin which is processed at the in-vessel
facility in Bulla.
There is currently little processing capacity for MSW food
waste and for commercial organic waste.
There are a number of small, on-site processing infrastructure
in Melbourne, shown in Table 6.
MWRRG landfill audit data
14
15
Source: Sustainability Victoria, unpublished data from SRU Survey and analysis of regional reprocessors and material recovery facility operators
16
Sustainability Victoria, Victorian Statewide Garbage Bin Audits - 2013
12
13
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Table 6: Metropolitan on-site processing infrastructure
Site
Degraves Street, Ross House
Melbourne City Council Town
Hall
Melbourne Zoo
Technology
Capacity
Outputs and end uses
The dehydrator unit uses heat from
steam, gas or electrical power to
dry organics into a friable powder/
crumb that can be applied to land.
These units are used by commercial
kitchens and food outlets
generating at least 30-50kg of food
organics per day (e.g. ~0.5 x 240
wheelie bin).
The capacity of this dehydrator is
1,200 kg per day. Dehydrators can
be modular and capacity can range
from: 30 kg to 2000 kg per day.
Units are economical as they
allow garbage to be collected less
frequently where premises are
charged on a per lift basis.
This aerobic composting unit is
controlled and fully automated. The
units progressively mix, aerate and
move organic material through a
chamber.
The capacity of this unit is 2,500
kg per day. A range of units are
available:
City of Melbourne has trialled use
of outputs in their landscaping
operations.
Restaurant owners are using some
outputs in their vegetable gardens.
ff 300-400 kg per day
ff 1-1.5 tonnes per day
Units take good mixed organics
feedstock including food,
packaging animal manure. Outputs
are a pasteurised product ready for
application to land or blending.
Melbourne Zoo is reapplying
outputs to its landscaping.
ff 2.5 tonnes per day
ff 10 tonnes per day
Healesville Sanctuary
This biological vermiculture system
consists of a bin containing a
number of chambers/baskets that
operate as worm farms. These
are fed at the top, and emptied to
collection trays at the base.
The capacity of this unit is 350 kg
per week.
There are a range of sizes:
ff 50kg/day
These units work with sites with
moderate to high generation of
food organics. The worm juice
and castings are used on site for
landscaping.
ff 100kg/day
ff 300-1,500kg/day
On average 4,000 worms can
process 1kg of food per day.
Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
Barwon Health – Geelong
MSAC – Melbourne
Bentleigh West Primary
School – Melbourne
Mars Petcare – Wodonga
Melbourne University
Parkville
These sites use contained heater
units and a biological, thermophyllic
(‘heat loving’) bacteria that can
tolerate temperatures of over 70oC.
The unit is loaded at one end and
processed over a 24 hour period.
The system reduces the volume
and weight of food organics by 8090%, and reduces the odour risks
associated with food organics.
The capacity of these units vary
from site to site. Different sized
units are available (kg/day): 4, 20,
60, 100, 200, 600, and 1,000.
The outputs are a dried friable
material that can be applied to soil.
Once dug into moist soil, outputs
will rapidly degrade and add
nutrient and organic matter. Mostly
used in landscaping at venues.
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Commercial food waste, a site based approach - City of Melbourne: Degraves Street recycling facility
The Degraves Street recycling facility was launched
in March 2013. The purpose of the program was to
change the waste and amenity culture in the café
precinct and provide for food waste, cardboard and
commingled recycling. The program was borne
out of the Integrated Waste Management Program
endorsed by the City of Melbourne in 2010. The
program included initiatives to trial small scale organics
processing technology and test the model of a shared
recycling collection point in the central city.
The officers worked with the traders in the precinct
to overcome challenges such as space constraints,
late night operating hours, high staff turnover and
behaviour change.
Degraves Street was identified as a target location for
the trial due to the high density of food businesses and
the high number of bins stored on the street. Waste
bins were poorly managed in this laneway leading to a
highly visible amenity problem with overflowing bins,
dumped rubbish, litter, vermin, and odour and access
issues. Secondly, there was no recycling taking place.
The City of Melbourne wanted to trial the processing
of food waste – something that hadn’t been done
before.
ff food waste reduction of 68.9%
The project was designed to engage and educate the
32 businesses within the precinct about recycling,
help them to set up source separation systems in their
kitchens and, understand the importance of recycling
and food waste in landfills. Recycling officers were
employed to operate the facility and carry out the
education component.
Key achievements of the program since its launch in
2013 include:
ff a reduction of the garbage waste stream by 66.0%
ff a resource recovery rate of 66.9%
ff a combined total of 392 tonnes of recycling diverted
from landfill
ff local community gardens, and council parks and
gardens supplied with biomass (organic matter)
created from the food dehydrator.
Of the businesses surveyed at the completion of the
project, 100% described their satisfaction level as either
‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with the project.
The Degraves Street recycling facility has improved the
amenity of the lane. It has reduced dumped rubbish,
reduced graffiti, solved odour issues and vermin
problems and reduced litter in the laneway.
Metropolitan organics processing network
The future municipal organic processing requirements for the
metropolitan region are projected to be largely driven by local
government collection services. Modelling indicates that by
2025, recovery of metropolitan organics will rise to 351,000
tonnes per annum.
MWRRG is facilitating the joint procurement of reprocessing
services among geographical clusters of metropolitan
councils to establish a network of organic processing
infrastructure across Melbourne and its adjoining regions.
Through its collective procurement activities MWRRG is
establishing reprocessing facilities that can take both green
and food waste, increasing capacity for organics processing
over time (please see page 40 for a more detailed description
of the program for organics joint procurement). A network
of additional facilities will support increased diversion of
organics from landfill which can be achieved through:
ff increasing green waste volumes through a universal green
bin
This network is predominantly planned for servicing MSW
organic waste up to 2025.
Table 7 provides detail on the clusters and status of
procurement activity.
The joint procurement method takes advantage of the secure
supply of feedstock available through council kerbside
collections to encourage and underpin industry investment in
the required processing technologies.
ff councils accepting food waste in the green bin
ff accepting commercial waste.
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Table 7: Metropolitan organic procurement clusters
Site
North west
Technology
Capacity
Outputs and end uses
ff Banyule
ff Veolia -Bulla – In vessel Facility
85,000 tpa
ff Veolia Bulla Facility opened
October 2013
ff Veolia – Wyndham 35,000 tpa
(proposed)
ff Wyndham construction 2016
ff Bayside
ff Veolia – 24,000 tpa
ff Cardinia
ff TPI – 80,000 tpa
ff Veolia and TPI Facilities
Operational April 2016
ff Casey
ff Sacyr – 100,000 tpa
ff Sacyr Operational September
2017
ff Knox ff 80,000 pa projected
ff Manningham ff To be confirmed through
procurement
ff Tender to be released by end
of 2015
ff Brimbank
ff Darebin
ff Hobsons Bay
ff Hume
ff Maribyrnong
ff Melton
ff Moonee Valley
ff Moreland
ff Nillumbik
ff Wyndham
South east
ff Frankston
ff Glen Eira
ff Greater Dandenong
ff Kingston
ff Monash
East
ff Maroondah ff Contract to be awarded end of
2016
ff Whitehorse ff Yarra Ranges
Inner
ff Participating councils to be
determined
There is a need to expand processing capacity for municipal
food waste and all commercial organic waste in the
metropolitan region. MWRRG’s focus for the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan is to find opportunities to accept these
waste streams with the metropolitan organics processing
network, where the goals of the network are as follows:
Short term
ff Address historical issues surrounding organics facilities, by
procuring facilities that meet EPA Victoria regulations to
provide a sustainable service for the metropolitan region.
ff Investigate opportunities for the use of infrastructure to
service commercial and multi-unit development precincts.
ff Tender evaluation mid 2016
ff To be determined
ff Exploration of residual bin
processing likely
ff Initial planning to commence
end of 2016
Medium term
ff Investigate the opportunity for a residual treatment
facility for councils unable to provide a separate organics
collection service
ff Continue to work with the food industry to identify
additional capacity options for commercial food waste
Long term
ff Build on capacity and function of existing facilities to allow
for additional diversion of all food organics from both the
municipal and commercial sectors.
ff Address the opportunities identified in the Victorian
Organics Resource Recovery Strategy
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Case study – Building an organic processing
network with collective procurements
MWRRG also considers that complementary reprocessing
technologies will also need to be established to target
commercial food waste. There are a range of technologies
available, and preferred technologies need to be confirmed
though procurement and investment processes.
The Northern and Western Organics Processing
Contract is MWRRG’s first collective procurement
arrangement. It has delivered Victoria’s first state
of the art in-vessel composting facility. Located
in Bulla, the facility receives kerbside green waste
from 11 councils in Melbourne’s north and west.
The facility, built by Veolia, has a capacity of 85,000
tonnes per annum. The contract also includes
a second facility with capacity to take a further
35,000 tonnes, and is planned for Werribee.
MWRRG acknowledges that the use of small, on-site
processing infrastructure for businesses and precincts that
produce large volumes of waste, play a role in the recovery
of commercial food waste. There is growing interest from
businesses to explore infrastructure opportunities such as
those shown in Table 6.
An education program, Back to Earth, was
developed by MWRRG and councils to help
residents use their new green waste service
correctly. Back to Earth is a vital part of building
the organics processing network because correct
use of a green bin ensures an organic processing
facility can produce a quality product with limited
contamination.
ff Build the metropolitan organics processing network
and maximise the network’s productivity by accepting
household and commercial food waste
MWRRG has also completed a competitive
tendering process on behalf of eight councils in
the south east of Melbourne for the provision of
services to process organic waste. A new, fully
enclosed, in-vessel composting facility with a
capacity of 120,000 per annum will be established
in the area. Together with upgrades to an existing
in-vessel facility and the development of a state of
the art transfer station for consolidating feedstock
for processing elsewhere, this will form a system to
service south eastern councils.
Early planning is underway for the eastern grouping
of councils.
To find out more: www.backtoearth.vic.gov.au
5.3.2.4 Priority actions – Organics processing
Maximising organic waste recovery will be addressed through
the Metropolitan Implementation Plan priority action to:
ff Support and promote small on-site organic processing
infrastructure
ff Establish relationships between commercial food waste
generators and organic processors.
Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy
Sustainability Victoria (SV) was responsible for
preparing the Victorian Organics Resource
Recovery Strategy (VORRS) which was released
in early October 2015. The Strategy is working
to achieve seven key strategic directions and
associated outcomes listed in the Table 8 over the
next 30 years.
The MWRRG Organics Procurement Strategy will
align with the VORRS to improve the recovery of
organic resources from the metropolitan region.
Facilitating a complementary network of food and
commercial organic reprocessing
Adding food waste to the green bin introduces a higher risk
of contamination, which can adversely impact reprocessing
operations and the quality of the final product. Nillumbik Shire
Council recently introduced a comprehensive education
campaign to increase food waste into the green bin. This
reduced the percentage of green bins contaminated from
12% to 4.45%. Extensive and on-going education to reduce
contamination is important to the success of the metropolitan
organics processing network.
MWRRG will also target MSW food waste currently in the
residual bin through landfill alternatives (Refer to Section 5.4).
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Table 8: Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy - Strategic directions
Strategic
directions
Outcomes
Best practice
environmental
management
Sustainable
markets
Leverage
existing assets
Identify future
needs
Education to
Building
facilitate change collective
knowledge
ff Local organic ff Demand
ff Organic
ff Environmental, ff Market
for organic
management
waste
demand
human and
resources is
infrastructure
management
drives
animal health
exceeding
is financially
facilities are
product
and amenity
supply
viable and is
not subject to
development
impact of
supporting
community
and
organics waste
local
concern
innovation
management
economies
are eliminated ff Victorian soil
condition
is improved
because
of the use
of quality
products
5.3.3 Dry recyclables (plastics, paper/cardboard,
glass and textiles)
There is currently a shortage of reprocessing capacity for
the volume of dry recyclables recovered in the metropolitan
region. However, the export market plays a substantial role
in filling this gap, with a large portion of recovered material
being sent overseas for reprocessing. It is anticipated that this
will continue into the long term.
There are numerous plastics reprocessors in the metropolitan
region receiving segregated material via MRFs or through
direct collection/drop off arrangements.
Paper and cardboard reprocessing facilities operating in
the metropolitan region processed over 700,000 tonnes of
material sourced from the MSW and C&I sectors in 201314. This is more than half the projected amount of paper
recovered in the same year17. The balance is assumed to have
been exported for reprocessing.
There are limited options for glass reprocessing in the
metropolitan region. Two glass reprocessing facilities
reprocessed approximately 73,000 tonnes of glass sourced
from the C&I (42%) and MSW (58%) sectors in 2013/14. Some
recovered glass is in a form too fine to undergo reprocessing
into glass containers and is currently stockpiled due to a
weakness in the market for sand replacement product.
Textiles reprocessing represents the smallest proportion of
the overall reprocessing in Melbourne, with current levels
of recovery being low. The main material reprocessed is
mattresses.
ff Local
government
and industry
partnerships
deliver local
solutions for
social and
economic
benefit
ff Value of
organic
resources
exceeds the
cost of disposal
Streamlined
governance
and strong
leadership
ff Policy and
market
settings
support
innovative
technological
advances
for organic
management
with limited
government
intervention
The existing shortfall in reprocessing of dry recyclables is
expected to increase in the period up to 2025. It is assumed
that the export market will continue to play a significant role,
particularly in plastics and cardboard/paper reprocessing,
so there may not be an urgent need for increased local
reprocessing capacity to divert these materials from landfill.
However, growth in local capacity may offer protection
against volatility in international commodity prices, reducing
the likelihood of stockpiling of recovered materials.
5.3.4Metals
Metal reprocessing accounts for about 20% of all
reprocessing in the metropolitan region. It is understood that
most recovered metals are reprocessed locally into a form
which is then sold for use in manufacturing. Seven identified
metals reprocessing facilities in the metropolitan region
collectively handled about 1.2 million tonnes in 2013-14.
There is additional capacity available for metals reprocessing
in the order of 250,000 tpa.
It is anticipated that by 2025, an additional 109,000 tpa of
metal reprocessing capacity (on top of the 250,000 tpa
identified above) will be required to meet projected recovery
levels. Planned minor expansion to existing facilities will not
be sufficient to meet this need.
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Projection Model V18, 2015
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5.3.5 Construction and demolition
Expanding the capacity of timber reprocessing will be
required as projected recovery grows. Market development
for end products will be needed for this to occur as
processing is closely tied to the availability of market outlets
for the recovered products.
There are 12 C&D reprocessing facilities operating in the
metropolitan region. These facilities processed over 3.4
million tonnes of material in the 2013-14 period. Material is
sourced exclusively from the C&D sector.
Not surprisingly, the C&D sector accounts for the majority of
metropolitan region’s reprocessing material by weight. Even
so, there is an apparent oversupply of C&D reprocessing
capacity in the metropolitan region.
C&D operators have indicated planned expansions to existing
operations which will increase the spare capacity in the
medium to long term. Some of these planned expansions are
yet to obtain the necessary planning approvals and if these
are not obtained, new sites and opportunities will need to be
explored.
However demand for C&D processing is closely linked to
economic conditions, in particular construction activity. The
fluctuation of C&D processing demand is understood by
industry and the oversupply of capacity can be used to meet
future requirements that may arise over the next decade.
5.3.6 Rubber and tyres
Approximately 40,000 tonnes of tyres were reprocessed in
2013-14, sourced primarily from the C&I sector. Many more
tyres are stockpiled or directly exported overseas for tyrederived fuel, despite the availability of local reprocessing
capacity.
Export of tyres is expected to continue to play a major role
in supplementing local reprocessing capacity. This may ease
the need for extra capacity based on projections of recovered
rubber and tyres.
5.3.7 Wood and timber
Approximately three quarters of wood/timber for
reprocessing comes from the C&I sector with smaller
amounts from C&D and MSW. Most reprocessed timber is
managed through dedicated reprocessing infrastructure, with
a smaller portion shredded at some transfer stations.
Local reprocessing capacity and viability is key to the recovery
of wood and timber. A large portion of timber waste currently
goes to landfill and significant additional reprocessing
capacity is required to support greater diversion from landfill.
There is a particular shortage of options for managing
contaminated or treated timber products primarily because
of the extra expense involved in ensuring safe processing and
end use.
5.3.7.3 Priority actions - Reprocessors
Maximising the recovery of dry recyclables will be addressed
through the Metropolitan Implementation Plan priority action
to:
ff maximise recovery of priority materials identified in the
Market Development Strategy for Recovered Resources by
establishing relationships between waste generators and
the processing industry.
5.4 Infrastructure for treating residual
waste
Residual waste treatment infrastructure processes mixed
waste primarily from the MSW and C&I sectors. The
infrastructure can recover recyclable materials and dispose of
the remaining residual material to landfill. Residual treatment
facilities are classified as resource recovery infrastructure due
to their role in sorting waste for recovery or converting waste
into fuel or energy.
There are two main types of residual treatment infrastructure:
ff Front end or dirty MRF’s (sometimes referred to as landfill
pre-sort) which utilise a combination of mechanical and
hand sorting processes to recover materials from the
residual stream. Materials which are recovered are sent
for reprocessing while unrecoverable residual material is
disposed.
ff Advanced Resource Recovery Technology facilities (ARRT)
which may use or reprocess the residual waste stream:
ff as a feedstock to a mechanical process to produce
organic compost material
ff as feedstock fuel in an anaerobic digestion process to
breakdown waste material
ff to produce refuse-derived fuel.
While ARRTs significantly reduce the volume of waste sent to
landfill, they still produce a residual component that needs to
be disposed.
Table 9 provides detail on residual waste treatment
infrastructure.
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Table 9: Infrastructure for treating residual waste
Facility type
Functional description
Refuse-derived fuel production
facility (RDF)
A facility whose primary purpose is to process residual waste (MSW, C&I, C&D, PIW) to separate
recyclables and manufacture a process or refuse derived fuel (RDF). The facility does not recover
energy from the waste or fuel on site. Fuel products may be solid, liquid or gaseous. Unrecovered
materials are sent to landfill.
Mechanical biological treatment
facilities (MBT)
A facility that processes residual waste (MSW, C&I, C&D) to separate recyclables and an organic
fraction from the residual waste. The recyclables are sent to reprocessors. The organic fraction is
processed on site anaerobically and/or aerobically to recover energy and/or produce a soil improver.
Unrecovered waste is sent to landfill or for energy recovery.
Dirty MRF
A facility that accepts a residual waste stream and then proceeds to separate out designated
recyclable materials through a combination of manual and mechanical sorting. The sorted recyclable
materials may undergo further processing required to meet technical specifications established by end
markets while the unrecovered waste is sent to a disposal facility such as a landfill.
Wet MRF
A facility that combines a dirty MRF with water, which acts to densify, separate and clean the output
streams. It also breaks down and dissolves biodegradable organics in solution to make them suitable
for anaerobic digestion.
Planning approvals for new multi-unit developments need to maximise recycling and resource
recovery opportunities for residents through integrating on-site infrastructure, and collection systems.
A priority is to develop planning tools and policy guidance to support councils in influencing better
resource recovery and waste management outcomes for all new developments.
Mechanical heat treatment/
autoclaving (MHT)
A facility that processes residual waste (MSW, C&I, C&D) to separate recyclables and produce
an organic-rich fraction (floc). The recyclables are sent to reprocessors. The floc may be further
processed on site anaerobically and/or aerobically to recover energy and/or produce a soil improver.
Alternatively the floc may be incorporated into a refuse-derived fuel. Unrecovered waste is sent to
landfill or for energy recovery.
Energy-from-waste facilities (EfW)
A facility that converts waste into heat and/or electricity for which there is an economically viable
end use. Technologies can include, but are not limited to: anaerobic digestion, combustion, pyrolysis,
gasification, and plasma gasification.
Food recovery (FR)
The collection and redistribution of food items (either cooked or uncooked) for consumption by
humans or for use as animal fodder.
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There are currently no residual waste treatment facilities
operating in the metropolitan region.
A significant opportunity exists for the development of
residual waste processing infrastructure in the metropolitan
region. As shown in Figure 14, audits conducted on the
current residual waste materials going to landfill show a range
of materials that could be recovered and diverted to existing
reprocessing operations as feedstock.
MWRRG also wants to explore the procurement of residual
waste collection and processing, and progressively increase
recovery targets over the contract life so that in the long
term the aspirational target of 80% recovery could be met.
(MWRRG assumes around 20% of the residual waste volume
will need to be landfilled after treatment). MWRRG considers
this could provide councils and industry with the flexibility
needed to meet service needs, respond to end markets, and
sustainably grow a portfolio of residual waste processing
infrastructure over time.
Figure 14: Indicative composition of MSW and C&I material disposed at
metropolitan landfills
Textiles 4%
Green
waste
7%
Other
organic
7%
Nappies
6%
Aggregates Masonry and Soil 4%
Glass 3%
Other 3%
Metals 3%
Paper/
Cardboard
10%
Wood/timber 1%
E-waste 1%
PIW 1%
Plastics
15%
Food waste
35%
Source EC Sustainable – Metropolitan waste to landfill compositional audit project, 2014
Establishing residual waste recovery and processing
infrastructure could minimise the amount of material
requiring landfill and maximise the recovery of valuable
materials currently sent to landfill.
Group procurement of residual processing, undertaken by
MWRRG and municipal councils, has the potential to divert
significant material away from landfill, and to stimulate the
market for complementary commercial facilities.
MWRRG’s five municipal landfill contracts account for 1
million tonnes of landfilled waste annually. The contracts
collectively expire on 31 March 2021. This gives MWRRG the
opportunity to commence working with councils to explore
procurement options for residual processing that could
progressively reduce councils’ reliance on landfills.
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5.4.2 Priority action - residual waste processing
Maximising recovery through residual waste processing will
be addressed through the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
priority action to:
ff minimise councils’ reliance on landfills through group
procurement of residual waste collection and processing
that progressively increases the resource recovery rate
over the contract duration.
5.5 Regional infrastructure servicing
metropolitan region
The majority of waste generated within metropolitan region
is managed within the metropolitan region, however some
metropolitan generated waste is sent to neighbouring regions
for processing or disposal, as detailed in Section 3. Exact
amounts of material sent outside the metropolitan region
are difficult to identify especially for C&I and C&D, due to the
commercially sensitive nature of this data. Data collected
from MSW contracts provides some indication of the
movement of waste material between regions.
The largest portion of this waste is solid inert material sent to
the Grampians central west region.
Further analysis through the development of the Regional
Implementation Plans will improve government’s knowledge
on the amount and type of materials moving between
regions. This will support improved infrastructure planning.
5.6 Metropolitan landfill infrastructure
Landfills are engineered waste disposal facilities that receive
and contain waste in the ground. Some landfills capture gas
to produce energy.
Landfills play a central role in safely and effectively managing
waste materials. While the government aims to maximise
resource recovery, which would see the current recovery rate
of 73% increase, landfills will continue to play a necessary
role in the metropolitan infrastructure network for at least the
short to medium term. Looking to the long term, there will
still be a need for some landfill capacity to safely dispose of
treated, residual material.
Landfills adversely impact the environment and community if
they are not located and managed properly. For this reason,
existing and any new landfills must be designed, constructed,
operated and rehabilitated using best practices set out in the
Best Practice Environmental Management (Siting, Design,
Operation and Rehabilitation of Landfills) 2010 updated
(Landfill BPEM). For landfills receiving putrescible material
that decomposes, best practice rehabilitation and aftercare
can extend to 30 years or more after a landfill stops receiving
waste.
ff consider the goals and strategic directions of the State
Infrastructure Plan, which includes the goal of landfills only
receiving treated, residual waste
ff support best practice standards and policies set out by the
state government and EPA Victoria including:
ff Waste Management Policy (Siting, Design and
Management of Landfills) 2004 (Waste Management
Policy)
ff Landfill BPEM.
The landfill schedule needs to be consistent with these
policies and strategies to ensure waste and resource recovery
planning is integrated with environmental policies and best
practice guidance.
The Waste Management Policy (Siting, Design and
Management of Landfills) and The Best Practice
Environmental Management (Siting, Design,
Operation and Rehabilitation of Landfills).
The Landfill Schedule must be consistent with a
number of statutory documents, including the
Waste Management Policy and Best Practice
Environmental Management (Siting Design
Operation and Rehabilitation of Landfills) 2010
(Landfill BPEM).
The Waste Management Policy includes the
following objectives and principles:
ff protect the environment, including human health
and amenity, from risks that may be posed by the
disposal of waste to landfill
ff encourage innovation, cleaner production,
resource efficiency and waste reduction,
including promoting and facilitating the diversion
of waste from landfill
ff minimise the development and use of landfills,
consistent with the policy principles.
The Landfill BPEM guidance aims to provide existing
and future operators of landfills, planning authorities
and regulating bodies with:
ff information on potential impacts of landfills
on the environment and how these are to be
mitigated
ff a clear statement of environmental performance
objectives for each segment of the environment
ff information on how to avoid or minimise
environmental impacts, including suggested
measures to meet the objectives.
In assessing the current status, future need and scheduling of
landfilling, MWRRG’s planning approach must:
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MWRRG uses the Landfill BPEM as its principal decision
making tool if new landfills are assessed as being neede.
Appendix A and C in the Landfill BPEM - Summary of
objectives and required outcomes, provides an overview of
best practice aspects including environmental assessment,
water and ground water management, landfill gas, odour
dust. noise and traffic.
There are 21 landfills operating in the metropolitan region that
are defined in Table 10. These landfills received over three
million tonnes of material in the 2014-1518 period from the
MSW, C&I and C&D sectors.
5.6.2 Location of metropolitan landfills
Melbourne’s landfill network has historically operated as two
disposal catchments separated by the Yarra River – the north
west and the south east. These catchments have historically
serviced councils and industry close to their location. In
recent times the catchments have eroded due to closures in
the south east and availability in the north west for additional
capacity.
The Mornington Peninsula area operates as a smaller
catchment of its own.
Landfills licensed to receive putrescible waste can accept
both inert and putrescible wastes. Some are also licensed
to accept Category C PIW waste and asbestos if the landfill
design (cell construction) and location is appropriate. Landfills
licensed to receive inert waste can accept only inert waste
because their cells are not designed or located to manage the
increased risks created by landfilling other wastes.
Table 10: Metropolitan landfills in the metropolitan region
Landfill type
Inert waste
No. in metropolitan
region
Function
9
Commonly referred to as ’solid inert waste‘ (e.g. rubble and plastics) which does not
readily decompose and therefore generates low levels of landfill gas, odour and landfill
leachate
11
Includes food waste and organic waste from gardens that readily decomposes and
therefore generates significantly more landfill gas, odour and landfill leachate than inert
waste
1
Also known as ‘prescribed industrial waste’ (PIW) in Victoria. PIW is further categorised
into Category A, Category B and Category C wastes:
(Type 3)
Putrescible waste
(Type 2)
Hazardous waste
(Type 1)
ff Category A wastes are the highest hazard wastes and cannot be landfilled and must
undergo treatment before disposal
ff Category B wastes are mid-level hazardous wastes and can only be landfilled at one
landfill in Victoria (SITA Lyndhurst Landfill )
ff Category C wastes are the lowest hazard PIW and several landfills around Victoria
are licensed to receive Category C PIW. The landfill cell design standards for
Category C wastes are similar to putrescible wastes and some scheduled putrescible
landfills are also licensed to receive this category of hazardous wastes.
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Figure 15: Map of metropolitan landfill
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Macedon
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Gisborne
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Marysville
Whittlesea
Kinglake
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Woods Point
Sunbury
Craigieburn
Ballan
Industrial
Commercial
Agriculture
Bacchus Marsh
Open Green Space
Residential
Excluded
'
Hurstbridge
Yarra Glen
Melton
Industrial
Commercial
Agriculture
Open Green Space
Residential
Excluded
Healesville
Tullamarine
Warrandyte
Caroline Springs
Heidelberg
Warburton
Lilydale
Deer Park
Yarra Junction
Melbourne
Box Hill
Baw Baw Village
Powelltown
Meredith
Noojee
Belgrave
Werribee
Moorabbin
9
Erica
Dandenong
Neerim South
Berwick
Bannockburn
Pakenham
Bunyip
Cranbourne
Portarlington
Drouin
Warragul
Frankston
Yallourn North
Moe
Geelong
Trafalgar
Tooradin
Ocean Grove
Lang Lang
Queenscliff
93
Hastings
Portsea
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Poowong
Torquay
Rosebud
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Crib Point
Mirboo North
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10
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Leongatha
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Study Area Boundary
LGA Boundaries
Major Water Areas
Residential Areas
Major Roads
Parks and Reserves
Putrescible & Solid Inert Landfill
Solid Inert Landfill
Major Watercourses
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5.6.3 Determining the capacity of existing
metropolitan landfill network
the use of landfills will decrease over time and eventually
only be used for receiving treated waste from which all viably
recovered materials have been extracted.
MWRRG needs to assess whether or not new landfills are
needed to manage Melbourne’s projected waste.
Figure 16 shows the potential disposal capacity of all existing
landfills and the projected reduction in this capacity over
the next 30 years from the north west and the south east
catchment. The figures show:
An important step in this assessment is to calculate the
maximum and potential disposal capacity of all existing
landfills that are operating in Melbourne.
The potential disposal capacity of Melbourne’s existing landfill
network is a combination of the:
ff a steady decrease in landfill capacity in the metropolitan
region
ff a total loss of disposal capacity in the south east
catchment expected within the next 15 years
ff currently available void space
ff total void space that could be made available (e.g.
extension of a quarry that may be used as a landfill site).
ff an adequate supply of landfill airspace in the north west
that could meet Melbourne’s overall needs in the long
term. (Over the next 30 years around 150 million tonnes
will be available which will meet the projected annual
landfilling need of 4 million tonnes).
To determine current and potential airspace (ie: the space
above ground) of existing licensed landfills, MWRRG
considered EPA Victoria’s landfill levy data and undertook
site assessments and surveys with landfill operators in the
metropolitan region.
Most of Melbourne’s licensed landfills are sited within active
and closed quarry voids. MWRRG, in calculating the potential
disposal capacity of a site, has included the entire void space
that could potentially become available in the next 30 years,
not just the space currently extracted or included in the
works-approved area.
MWRRG’s modelling indicates that sufficient capacity is
available within the existing landfill network to meet disposal
requirements for the metropolitan region over the next 30
years.
Through including the entire void space of landfill sites in its
assessment, MWRRG does not preference the use of potential
void space for landfilling. It is government’s intention that
Figure 16: Projected landfill capacity, 2014–15 to 2041–2042
Total S/E landfill capacity
Total N/W landfill capacity
300
Millions of tonnes
250
200
150
100
500
0
2014/15
2018/29
2022/23
2026/27
2030/31
2034/35
2038/39
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MWRRG’s assessment of potential landfill capacity makes a
number of assumptions that need to be considered when
reviewing the modelling. These assumptions are detailed
below:
ff tonnes projected to be landfilled are based on historic
tonnages with projected growth applied
ff modelling assumes current recovery trends are continued
with no additional recovery from the residual stream
ff includes all potential void space at existing sites
ff all tonnages from the south east catchment reduces north
west catchment capacity/airspace when south east sites
reach capacity and close
ff modelling does not factor sites increasing or reducing
annual volumes received outside of material from south
east closures
ff south east tonnage is not apportioned to specific north
west landfill sites therefore reduction of capacity in the
north west is shown in aggregate only
While modelling indicates adequate capacity is available
within the existing metropolitan landfill network, there are a
number of considerations that need to be taken into account
in assessing how Melbourne’s future landfill needs can best
be met over the next 30 years:
ff Should the maximum, potential disposal capacity of
existing operating landfills be used first before new landfill
sites are planned and air space scheduled?
ff How would this move us towards realising the goals
and strategic directions of the State Infrastructure Plan
and Waste Management Policy, specifically, maximising
diversion of recoverable materials from landfills and
supporting increased resource recovery to minimise the
need for landfilling?
ff Would transporting waste that was previously landfilled in
the south east catchment to the north west (when south
east landfills close) adversely affect residents, businesses
and the environment? If so, what can help mitigate this?
ff assumes that no new landfill or landfill alternatives (e.g.
waste to energy, other advanced technologies) are
established to meet the south east need.
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Principles guiding development and use of scheduled landfills
MWRRG has developed principles to help facilitate a transparent and evidence based approach to reviewing
and planning landfill future need. These principles incorporate the statutory requirements for preparing the
Metropolitan Implementation Plan, and support the principles of:
ff environment projection as set out in the Environment Protection Act 1970
ff environmental justice as set out in the State Infrastructure Plan.
Environment protection
When identifying options for future landfill capacity, decision making should consider resource recovery and
landfill options that minimise harm to the environment, public health and well-being, while balancing issues of
cost. Factors include, for example:
ff Victorian environmental and land use planning regulatory requirements
ff long term maintenance of buffer protection distances.
Orderly development of waste management facilities
In considering the need to schedule new resource recovery and landfill options to provide long term capacity
for residual waste management, regard will be given to:
ff the objective of minimising landfills
ff facilitating a reliable system of waste and resource recovery for Melbourne
ff best practice considerations articulated in the Landfill BPEM
ff community needs, including amenity, safety and informing decision making with community engagement and
local knowledge.
Review and removal
Having regard to the orderly development of landfill and residual waste facilities for Melbourne, a site may be
removed and replaced with a different site if the owner/operator of that site has not made all reasonable efforts
to seek and secure necessary planning, works approvals or licences to enable operation within the scheduled
timeframes, and/or the site does not meet environmental best practice requirements.
The listing of a site in the infrastructure schedule does not guarantee that the site will continue to be listed in
subsequent schedules.
The listing of any landfill or residual treatment facility on the infrastructure schedule does not guarantee EPA
Victoria will issue a works approval or licence.
Limitations
It is acknowledged that the entire void space may not become available for landfilling. Potential void space
can be impacted by a number of issues including markets and quarry site factors which may affect material
extraction, thereby reducing the available void space. Further potential void spaces will be required to
undergo EPA Victoria works approval and licensing process, which will be assessed with regard to current best
practice guidance. This may alter the void space detailed in the projection modelling, developed to inform the
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5.6.5 Short to medium term closures of south
east landfills
While it is projected that metropolitan region has adequate
infrastructure capacity, Figure 16 shows that the majority of
this potential capacity is located in the north west catchment.
Within the south east catchment, the Clayton/Dingley cluster
of landfills will close within the next 18 months to three years.
Of the remaining three landfills, SUEZ Hallam and SUEZ
Lyndhurst have adequate capacity (based on current fill rates)
to continue serving waste generators in the south east for
at least the next ten years and SBI Cranbourne will provide
additional solid inert capacity for the south east over the next
ten years.
Beyond ten years, planning decisions must consider whether
it is optimal for all of Melbourne’s landfilling needs to occur
in the north west. MWRRG modelling indicates that adequate
transport capacity for hauling additional waste to north west
is available within the principal freight network.
If the north west catchment managed all metropolitan
disposal needs, some landfills would be required to operate
at a significantly higher capacity. How this might affect
communities, businesses and the environment will need to
be further assessed in considering whether landfilling in the
north west may be an optimal long term solution.
To ensure disposal costs remain comparable for south east
waste generators, it is expected that significant investment
in transfer stations in the south east will be needed to
consolidate this waste for bulk hauling to the north west.
5.6.6 Contingency planning
Metropolitan and regional waste and resource recovery
groups must also factor contingency requirements into the
assessment of landfill and waste recovery needs. Planning
for, and allocating, a contingency allowance ensures that
sufficient landfill capacity is available if an emergency or
unexpected event occurs. These events can include:
ff an adverse environmental event, within or outside of the
metropolitan region, such as a flood or bushfire, that may
produce large quantities of waste requiring immediate
disposal (or recovered) at short notice
ff an adverse event that closes a landfill in the short term
requiring short term alternative disposal options. Examples
include police operations, on-site fires, equipment failure,
extreme wind events and on-site accidents.
ff failure of industry to operate as planned and/or contracted,
which can inadvertently result in potential stockpiling of
source materials or end products that may ultimately mean
the products will need to be landfilled
ff any event that would close east – west arterial links (noting
this would also have wide reaching impacts on the entire
metropolitan transport network and economy).
Failure to adequately allocate airspace for emergency events
could result in a short fall in available landfilling capacity if
events occur. If there is not enough landfill (or a resource
recovery alternative) to meet supply, serious environmental
and public health impacts would be likely to eventuate. Not
having available airspace would be expected to slow the
management of a clean up effort and potentially risk public
and environmental health in both the short and long term.
Significant delays in the demolition and removal of debris can
arise.
MWRRG is mindful that waste and resource recovery policy
promotes resource recovery over disposal. However in
managing landfill capacity the infrastructure schedule must
allow for additional capacity to provide flexibility and ensure
additional contingency capacity is available, if and when
needed. The infrastructure schedule needs to allow for
additional capacity to provide flexibility and ensure additional
capacity is available if and when needed.
There are operational challenges to providing contingency
airspace in case of an emergency event. Sites with readily
available airspace scheduled to accept the type of waste
produced by the event may not be readily able to receive
the waste at short notice. This may be due to contractual
obligations or restriction in cell airspace availability. In the
advent of an emergency event there are multiple landfill sites
within the metropolitan region that can accept material at
EPA’s discretion, this ensures disposal requirements can be
managed at short notice.
MWRRG supports the coordination of a contingency
planning group to further investigate the waste management
requirements caused by emergency events and undertake
an annual assessment of landfill sites to determine were
contingency capacity is available within the metropolitan
network.
Further details on all metropolitan landfill sites are included in
the infrastructure schedule at Section 11.
ff failure of the landfilling industry to progressively plan the
development of existing sites and landfill cells to ensure an
ongoing cycle of planning, construction and approval of
airspace to meet contractual and industry demands
ff an existing/proposed facility not receiving a required
regulatory approvals for operation within expected
timeframes
ff the closure of significant resource recovery infrastructure
(e.g. through emergency event/industry failure)
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6ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE
There are many factors influencing the performance of
waste and resource recovery infrastructure and the potential
effects vary across infrastructure type, location and size. An
analysis was undertaken in 2015 to identify key financial
and economic factors that may influence the performance
of metropolitan region waste and resource recovery
infrastructure. This information has been used to assist
planning and decision making.
6.1 Financial and economic factors
6.1.1
Market economics
The waste and resource recovery market has considerable
impact on the performance of infrastructure. A key factor
currently impacting infrastructure performance is the
condition of end markets, both locally and internationally,
for recovered materials and/or reprocessed products. Local
reprocessors need healthy markets for end products in order
for their operations to be viable. Some types of infrastructure
are reliant on export markets, which can be affected by
both commodity prices and international policy decisions.
For example, export markets for tyre-derived products and
mixed low grade plastic and paper have contracted in recent
years impacting the performance of related infrastructure
types. Operations that are based on a high volume, low
value business model are particularly vulnerable to market
fluctuations.
6.1.2 Policy settings (including land use
planning)
Current and potential future policy and regulatory settings
impact performance of infrastructure. In Victoria, the policy
and regulatory framework has many elements and covers the
activities of local government and private industry. The landfill
levy is one of the key instruments aimed at driving waste out
of landfills and into resource recovery. Potential changes
to policy settings such as product stewardship schemes
(typically implemented at the Commonwealth level) and a
ban on e-waste in landfill may have significant impacts on the
economic performance of some waste and resource recovery
infrastructure.
Residential development has reduced the separation
distances to some facilities resulting in community concern.
Overall, the availability of land for waste and resource
recovery management near urban areas has declined. Recent
developments in the regulation of composting facilities to
protect the community and environment may increase the
costs of establishing and operating composting infrastructure
and are likely to make siting facilities in the metropolitan area
more challenging.
6.1.3 Economies of scale
Consolidating material streams can make secure quantities of
material available for reprocessing and provide opportunities
to achieve economies of scale. This is important for
establishing business cases for investment in waste and
resource recovery infrastructure which requires up front,
significant capital expenditure. Consolidation of materials can
be achieved through collective tendering for services, as has
successfully been done through MWRRG’s MSW organics
reprocessing procurement .
6.1.4 Community willingness to pay
For material streams where the cost of recovery is greater
than the cost of landfill, the willingness of community to pay
for recovery is a key to achieving diversion. This is linked to a
range of factors including attitudes and competing priorities.
6.2Environmental factors
Resource recovery has better environmental outcomes over
landfillling. Well managed resource recovery infrastructure
provides a range of benefits to the environment, including the
diversion of carbon producing materials destined for landfill,
which reduces methane emissions from landfills. Landfill
airspace is also only utilised for those materials that are not
recoverable.
6.2.1 Management of emissions and amenity issues
A key environmental factor is the management of emissions
and the associated amenity impacts on the local community.
Odour remains the most prevalent issue, being particularly
relevant to landfills and organics processing facilities. Noise
and dust remain common factors impacting the performance
of reprocessing infrastructure, in particular those facilities
processing concrete, brick and masonry. The generation of
leachate at many landfill sites contributes to odour issues
and the treatment and discharge of leachate is an ongoing
challenge.
In light of the ongoing issues with emissions and amenity
impacts, a key factor improving the performance of
infrastructure is the rigorous compliance and monitoring
framework.
High impact infrastructure such as landfills and organics
processing facilities must be managed in accordance with
EPA Victoria guidelines such as the Landfill BEPM and the
recently released Designing, Constructing and Operating
Composting Facilities Guideline. These guidelines require
operators to implement management controls which are
monitored through licenses and regular site inspections.
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6.2.2 Post closure rehabilitation of landfill sites
A key factor that is impacting the current and future financial
and environmental performance of landfill facilities relates
to environmental and financial planning for landfill sites
including rehabilitation costs, and financial assurances for
closed or capped landfill cells and the overall rehabilitation of
landfill sites. Recent changes to the Landfill BPEM are likely
to drive improved environmental performance at current
operating and closing landfills.
6.2.3 Social license to operate
Community acceptance of waste and resource recovery
facilities is underpinned by a level of trust and mutual
understanding between operators and the community
potentially affected by their operations. It is the responsibility
of operators to conduct community consultation and
respond to community concerns. A social license to operate
is also dependent on a community’s understanding of the
essential nature of waste and resource recovery services.
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7:LAND USE PLANNING AND TRANSPORT
Planning for waste and resource recovery infrastructure is
inherently linked with land use planning. As the population
grows we need to secure more housing, essential community
infrastructure and services, and transport.
A key challenge for land use planning is to balance these
competing needs and interests so that we achieve an overall
community benefit by developing land in a fair, orderly,
economic and sustainable way.
The State Infrastructure Plan summarises the land use
planning challenge as: “making suitably zoned land available
for waste and resource recovery activities for the lifetime of
industry investment. This requires planning to ensure there is
well located land available with appropriate buffers and other
mechanisms in place to protect sites from encroachment by
incompatible land uses and the amenity of the surrounding
community”.
Aligning siting requirements with both environmental and
land use planning requirements is necessary to ensure the
right sites are selected for essential waste and recovery
infrastructure.
In order to attract initial investment and to maximise any
economic gains arising from this investment, it is critical that a
site can remain commercially viable and socially accepted by
adjoining communities for its operating life.
Land use planning and environmental approvals now require
ongoing community engagement as part of the conditions of
planning permits and licence approvals.
7.1 Siting infrastructure
MWRRG has developed high level siting criteria to help waste
and resource ecovery groups (WRRGs), local government and
industry when assessing the suitability of sites for resource
recovery and disposal infrastructure (Figures 17 and 18). They
are separated into three groups: organics infrastructure, nonorganics infrastructure and landfill.
To support the long term future of waste facilities and landfills
it is essential that there is a match between the type of facility,
risk and the surrounding land uses.
Facilities likely to generate adverse off-site impacts need to be
located on appropriately zoned land. In addition, appropriate
buffers, or separation distances, around waste and resource
recovery facilities can complement these strategic land use
decisions to protect communities and the environment
from potential adverse impacts such as dust, noise, odours,
landfill gas migration and leachate. Preventing certain kinds
of development, and land uses (such as housing and schools)
from being too close to waste and resource recovery
operations protects the community and waste and the
facilities from the impacts of incompatible land uses.
The siting of waste and resource recovery infrastructure
in close proximity to end markets provides employment
opportunities and can offer opportunities for the co-location
of alternative resource recovery facilities with other sectors
(e.g. water and waste infrastructure).
As with other essential services and infrastructure, it is
important that sufficient land is available in suitable locations
with appropriate approvals for the waste and resource
recovery facilities that Melbourne is going to need over the
next 30 years.
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Figure 17: Criteria to identify potential resource recovery infrastructure sites
Non-organics
Organics
Waste Management facility types
ff organics processing
ff advanced resource recovery technologies
Waste management facility types
ff transfer stations
ff resource recovery centres
ff resale centres
ff material recovery facilities
ff co-location of any of the above
Waste streams managed
ff municipal solid waste
ff commercial & industrial
ff construction & demolition
1
Legislative policy framework
ff Environment Protection Act
ff State Planning Policy Framework
ff Local Planning Policy Framework
ff State infrastructure Plan - hubs of state importance
ff Plan Melbourne
ff Strategic structure plans. e.g. Corridor plans, Precinct
structure plans
1
ff State Planning Policy Framework
ff Local Planning Policy Framework
ff State Infrastructure Plan
ff State Waste Plan - hubs of state importance
ff Plan Melbourne
ff Strategic structure plans. e.g. Corridor plans, Precinct
structure plans
2
Site size
ff 3+ hectares
2
Site size
ff 10+ hectares
ff 5 – 10 hectares
ff 3 – 5 hectares
3
Potential co-location with existing or proposed
ff landfill sites for closure
ff landfills
ff waste water treatment facilities
3
Potential co-location with existing or proposed
ff landfill sites for closure
ff landfills
ff waste water treatment facilities
4
Zoning
ff special use (resource recovery)
ff industrial 2
ff industrial 1
ff special use (council)
ff green wedge
4
Zoning
ff special use (resource recovery)
ff green wedge
5
Buffers
ff 1000 metres or greater from residential areas
or other sensitive land uses
ff 500 - 1000 metres from buildings and structures
5
Buffers
ff 2000 metres from residential areas
ff 1000 – 2000 metres from residential areas
6
6. Amenity considerations
ff landscaping and design of overall site
ff height of any intrusive visual and operational elements road and vehicle access, with preference for direct access from
declared roads and approved local road for B-Doubles and high mass limit trucks
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Figure 18: Criteria to identify potential landfill sites
Landfill
Waste management facility types
ff solid inert
ff putrescible
ff prescribed industrial waste
1
ff State Waste Policy
ff State Infrastructure Plan - hubs of state importance
ff Plan Melbourne
ff Strategic structure plans . e.g. Corridor plans,
Precinct structure plans
ff State and local Planning Policy frameworks
2
Zoning and planning
Reducing potential issues of community
sensitivity to landfill siting
3
Alternative uses
High value alternative potential use
4
Sensitive receptors (buffers)
Reduce the negative amenity on nearby communities
5
Site geology
Highlight areas of unsustainable topography and geology
6
Surface water
Highlight areas where surface water could be negatively
impacted
7
Environmental and cultural significance
Highlights areas with development or environmental
protection overlays
8
7.1.1
Priority action – siting and buffer
protection
Infrastructure siting and buffer protection will be
addressed through the Metropolitan Implementation
Plan priority action to:
ff develop planning polices and tools that facilitate
resource recovery targeting:
ff protection of buffer separation distances of
waste and resource recovery facilities
7.2 Integrated planning and decision
making
Land use planning, transport planning and waste and
resource recovery infrastructure planning need to be
carried out in an integrated way.
The Victorian Waste and Resource Recovery
Infrastructure Planning Framework provides the
direction for achieving this through the State
Infrastructure Plan and the Regional Implementation
Plans.
In developing this Consultation Draft, MWRRG has
considered relevant land use and transport planning
legislation, policy and strategies and impacts on the
transport network.
State government, local government and industry
are involved across the planning system in seeking to
manage the use and development of a range of waste
and resource recovery sites and infrastructure and
their buffers.
Table 11 outlines land use factors that are important to
the successful delivery of waste and resource recovery
infrastructure. For the Metropolitan Implementation
Plan to be effective, state government, local
government and industry participants, who are
involved in planning for these facilities, will need to
have regard to these factors.
Amenity considerations
ff Landscaping and design of overall site
ff Height of any intrusive visual elements (including landforms)
ff Road and vehicle access, with preference for direct access
from declared roads and approved local road for B-Doubles
and high mass limit trucks
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Table 11: Planning system responses to waste and resource recovery infrastructure
Planning system element
Land use planning policy
What is needed from the planning system
State, regional and local planning policies need to appropriately reference waste and resource
recovery priorities, needs and infrastructure scheduled in the final Metropolitan Implementation Plan.
Planning policies need to identify and protect existing waste and resource recovery infrastructure and
acknowledge and facilitate new infrastructure where needed. Local planning policies should clearly
support:
ff waste and resource recovery hubs identified in the plan
ff current and proposed infrastructure identified in the metropolitan infrastructure schedule
Allocating suitable land
Appropriate land, including buffer distances, needs to be allocated for future waste and resource
recovery infrastructure to meet Melbourne’s needs. Broader strategic planning, Growth Area and
Precinct Structure Plans should acknowledge existing and proposed resource recovery and landfill
hubs and sites listed in the final Metropolitan Implementation Plan.
Site selection
When considering new sites, state, local government and industry decision making should consider,
and be aligned with, the metropolitan site assessment criteria at 7.1.
The planning system can ensure proposed new sites have inherent features that minimise risk to
environment and community and maximum potential to meet relevant environmental regulatory
requirements.
Site protection
The long term operation of infrastructure is to be protected by minimising and/or avoiding conflicts
with incompatible adjoining land uses. State and local governments are developing and deploying
planning tools and other measures that can be used to define and protect buffer distances in and
around waste and resource recovery sites and hubs.
Best practice site operation
Waste and resource recovery sites must operate at best practice to minimise adverse impacts of site
operations on communities. Operators can use the planning system to engage with communities to
help ensure concerns of adjoining residents are addressed and their amenity is protected. Planning
system needs to support and ensure operators adopt best practice approaches to site operations.
Improving resource recovery in multiunit developments
Planning approvals for new multi-unit developments need to maximise recycling and resource
recovery opportunities for residents through integrating on-site infrastructure, and collection systems.
A priority is to develop planning tools and policy guidance to support councils in influencing better
resource recovery and waste management outcomes for all new developments.
Transport and freight impacts
Planning needs to consider the likely transport impacts of new developments. Decision making needs
to consider the operational requirements and impacts of waste movements on the metropolitan
transport network, particularly on local roads and the impact of transport on surrounding
communities.
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7.3 Planning schemes and transport
strategies
The Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Strategic
Plan 2009 (2009 Strategic Plan) informed the development
of Victorian Planning Provisions (VPPs) requirements around
waste and resource recovery. In 2010 all planning schemes
were amended to include a waste and resource recovery
policy at Clause 19.03-5 of the VPPS.
The VPPs are the template for all Victorian planning schemes
and provide the mechanism for ensuring the consideration
and alignment of waste and resource recovery policies and
strategies with land use planning approvals, policies and
strategies.
The alignment of waste and land use policy promotes
consistent decision making by state and local government,
and ensures that waste and resource recovery sites and
facilities are planned (and protected) so they can meet the
waste and resource recovery needs of Melbourne.
The VPPs require all involved in planning, including councils,
to consider all relevant statutory policies such as the state
environment protection policies and waste management
policies, and state government policies relating to, or
impacting on, waste management and resource recovery.
Clause 19.03-5 of the VPPs states that planning must consider
any relevant regional waste management plans, which
includes this implementation plan once approved. Key waste
and resource recovery strategies are outlined in the clause
and include the requirements to:
ff establish new sites and facilities to safely and sustainably
manage all waste
ff encourage facilities that can maximise the amount of
resources recovered
ff promote waste avoidance and best practices to reduce
damage to the environment caused by waste, pollution,
land degradation and unsustainable waste practices
7.4Transport
MWRRG has undertaken an assessment of transport impacts
based on an understanding of landfill capacity and a range of
disposal scenarios.
One scenario was that when the south east landfills close
progressively over the next 3-20 years, waste will move to the
north west if alternative options are not provided in the south
east.
It is unlikely that moving all waste to the north west will
adversely impact the freight transport network carried as
this waste is a relatively small component of metropolitan
freight. Compared to all other vehicles on the road in Victoria,
municipal collections constitute less than 0.2% of the overall
congestion costs in Victoria.
The State Infrastructure Plan analyses the contribution to
congestion made by municipal kerbside collections up until
their first destination point (e.g. transfer station, landfill, MRF).
The cost to the Victorian economy of increased congestion
resulting from this movement was calculated to be around
$2.5 million annually.
It should be noted that this analysis focused only on the
first destination for the waste collected and excluded C&I
or C&D sectors which account for more than 75% of the
approximately 10.418 million tonnes of waste managed in the
The impacts from the movement of waste and resource
recovery can be apparent at the local level where the hubs
are serviced by many truck movements. This can cause
localised congestion, as well as amenity impacts (such as
noise and odour) for adjacent land users.
Facilities with good access to the freight network may have
a greater chance of minimising localised transport costs and
impacts.
The State Infrastructure Plan provides further detail on the
economic and transport impacts in Section 2.4.
ff encourage waste generators, resource generators and
resource recovery businesses to locate in close proximity
to enhance sustainability and economies of scale.
ff ensure buffers for waste and resource recovery facilities
are required to be defined, protected and maintained.
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8: WASTE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY HUBS
8.1 What is a hub?
impacts on community and environment are minimised, and
contributions to local and state economies are maximised.
The State Infrastructure Plan defines a waste and resource
recovery hub as a facility or group of facilities that manage
or recover waste or materials.20 The State Infrastructure Plan
also establishes criteria for Local, Metropolitan and State hubs
detailed in table 12 below.
An ideal hub has appropriate buffers between the waste
and resource recovery facilities and incompatible uses
to support the activities undertaken at that location. It
has well established feeder-spokes and good access to
transport networks. It is co-located or in close proximity to
complementary activities that provide feedstocks or markets
for the products and services, or share and utilise the same
buffers. It is economically viable, minimises community,
environment and public health impacts and contributes to the
local and state economy.
Identifying hubs helps in making planning decisions that
consider the immediate needs of Melbourne as well as
reflecting and supporting long term planning by industry
and government in and around these precincts. The State
Infrastructure Plan notes that future planning for waste and
resource recovery will optimise the location of hubs so that
Table 12: Waste and resource recovery hubs criteria
Local hubs
Regional hubs
State hubs
Are the first point of consolidation and local recovery for the community. They are likely to include transfer stations,
resource recovery centres and resale shops. Due to the increasing cost of operating, managing and rehabilitating best
practice landfills, over time local hubs are unlikely to include landfills. They will probably include the ability to pre-sort and
consolidate local residual waste streams prior to transport for recovery or landfill.
Service both their local area and their region. They receive material streams from surrounding local hubs and their local
area. They most likely include a higher order of infrastructure and include one or more facilities undertaking sorting and/or
recovery and possibly reprocessing. Regional landfill hubs undertake pre-sorting and some recovery before best practice
residual waste management.
Provide a service to the local area, region and state. They receive consolidated material streams from both local and
regional hubs and undertake higher order recovery, reprocessing or management. They can be one facility or a number of
facilities that support each other.
8.2Land use planning challenges for
waste and resource recovery hubs
of new infrastructure that protects the environment and
minimises adverse impacts on the community. Hubs provide
a vehicle for this approach.
Identifying state, regional and local hubs helps in making land
use planning decisions that support the ongoing viability of
strategic infrastructure, while also minimising impacts on
community.
The State Infrastructure Plans’ hubs analysis also emphasises
the importance of community engagement around hubs,
recognising that community acceptance underpins the
ongoing viability of facilities. Sustainability Victoria will soon
release its Statewide Education Strategy which will support
the process of engaging the community and building
community trust, or what is referred to as the ‘social licence
to operate’ around waste and resource recovery facilities.
If hubs are encroached by sensitive uses (such as housing),
then these sites may find it difficult to operate to best
practice and at full capacity. Sites may be forced to close
down or relocate, which could impact the capacity of the
metropolitan network and contractual arrangements. The
size of the operation may shrink and they may be restricted
from expanding to meet market needs.
Ongoing private sector investment in best practice
infrastructure requires a high degree of certainty for the
future of the facilities. Operators must feel confident that
the facility is not at risk of being forced to close due to urban
encroachment.
8.3Metropolitan review of waste and
resource recovery hubs
The State Infrastructure Plan has identified 14 hubs of state
importance within metropolitan region, shown in Figure 19.
The numbers correspond with the numbers in Table 13.
Waste and resource recovery planning and the land use
planning system need to work together to promote the
continued operation of existing infrastructure and the siting
20
Statewide waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan, Sustainability Victoria 2015
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2.5
Meredith
5
D
A
Kilometres
10
Paper Size A3
15
Anglesea
R
Bannockburn
Ballan
Geelong
20
Torquay
Ocean Grove
2
Melton
Gisborne
Macedon
3
Mornington
9
7
Tooradin
Berwick
Belgrave
Lilydale
Yarra Glen
Kinglake
Cranbourne
Cowes
Crib Point
Hastings
93
8
Dandenong
Warrandyte
Hurstbridge
Frankston
Box Hill
14
Moorabbin
Parks and Reserves
Residential Areas
Major Watercourses
Major Roads
Whittlesea
Heidelberg
Flinders
Major Water Areas
Rosebud
Melbourne
LGA Boundaries
13
90
10
5
6
1
Tullamarine
11
Craigieburn
Wallan
Study Area Boundary
Portsea
Queenscliff
Portarlington
4
Deer Park
Caroline Springs
12
Sunbury
Werribee
Hub of State Importance
LEGEND
Bacchus Marsh
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T
F
Trentham
Figure 19: Location of hubs in the metropolitan region
Pakenham
Bunyip
Powelltown
Warburton
Yarra Junction
Drouin
Ow ens Illinois, Spotsw ood
SKM Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), Coolaroo
Veolia Organics Facility, Bulla
Cityw ide Resource Recovery Centre, Footscray
Kingston/Clayton/Dingley Precinct
Lang Lang
Facility Nam e
The Brooklyn Precinct
Werribee Landfill
Deer Park Precinct
Poowong
Laverton Precinct
Cooper Street Precinct, Epping
Hanson Landfill - Wollert
SUEZ Hallam
SUEZ Lyndhurst
Korumburra
Ordish Road Precinct, South Dandenong
Healesville
Marysville
Local Governm ent Area
Brimbank City Council
Wyndham City Council
Hobsons Bay City Council
Whittlesea City Council
Casey City Council
City of Greater Dandenong
City of Greater Dandenong
Hume City Council
Leongatha
Hume
City Council
Melbourne City Council
Kingston City Council
Warragul
Neerim South
Noojee
Infrastructure Type
Hub
of State
Importance
Mirboo
North
Trafalgar
Moe
Map ID
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Yallourn North
Erica
Baw Baw Village
Woods Point
Table 13 provides MWRRG’s preliminary analysis of the 14
metropolitan hubs identified in the State Infrastructure Plan.
MWRRG’s analysis has considered:
ff the State Infrastructure Plan’s description of metropolitan
hubs
ff land use planning policies
ff waste and resource recovery needs and opportunities
ff the role of co-location with existing facilities, including
waste water treatment facilities
ff feedback from early community consultation.
The State Infrastructure Plan provides a summary statement
of each hub of state significance at Section 2.2.1 of the
document.
MWRRG acknowledges the challenges that hubs can present
for industry and local communities. MWRRG considers that
a best practice approach to the design and operation of
facilities in a hub can strengthen security of tenure, while
minimising impacts on local communities and environment.
MWRRG invites the full participation of community, industry
and state and local government to inform our analysis of the
existing and future roles and priorities of waste and resource
recovery hubs across Melbourne.
MWRRG, through this Consultation Draft, is also seeking to
clarify the boundary of each hub to provide greater certainty
for infrastructure providers and for planning authorities.
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Table 13: Metropolitan analysis of hubs
Map ID
1
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
recovery infrastructure
Strategic assessment for metropolitan Melbourne
The Brooklyn
precinct
Location: Generally
bounded by Sunshine Rd,
Geelong Rd, Western ring
road and rear of industrial
properties Somerville Road.
The precinct straddles
four Local Councils:
Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay
Wyndham and Brimbank.
Description & current role
Landfills: Operating and
closed MSW and Solid inert
Resource recovery:
concrete, organics, metal.
Buffers: The Landfill
BPEM applies a 200 metre
(solid inert) 500 metre
(putrescible) landfill buffer
to sensitive uses from
operating and closed cells
within this hub.
2
Werribee
Landfill
Brooklyn is an older industrial area with a range of waste disposal and recovery
operations, other general industries and a high level of food production.
The precinct provides strategically located land for major industrial development. It is
linked to the adjoining principal freight network and transport gateway for Melbourne.
Challenges
MWRRG acknowledges that the waste and resource recovery sector in the precinct
has historically posed a number of challenges to meeting improved amenity
aspirations (such as impacts of dust and odour).
MWRRG supports the need for waste and resource recovery facilities to continuously
improve and operate to best practice standards. MWRRG supports Brimbank Council’s
aspirations for improved amenity, appearance and operation of industry and has
offered support to council’s planning scheme amendment (C177).
Future considerations
MWRRG supports the action in the Brooklyn Evolution Strategy prepared by Brimbank
City Council and its recommendations to work with MWRRG to identify opportunities
to promote best practice waste management and resource recovery. MWRRG will
continue to work with Brimbank, Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay, Wyndham Council and
industry, to support this important approach to the ongoing role and management of
waste and resource recovery facilities within the Brooklyn precinct.
Location: Wyndham
RDF site Wests Road and
Melbourne Geelong Railway The Werribee hub is a significant putrescible landfill and resource recovery site for
Melbourne that has good transport connections due to its location adjoining the
Landfill: Putrescible and
Princes Highway and access to the proposed outer metropolitan ring road and
solid inert waste disposal
Geelong railway line.
Resource Recovery:
organics, commercial and
domestic transfer station.
The entire site has planning approval to operate as a landfill and resource recovery
facility. Wyndham advises that the site has current works approval for 3 to 5 years of
landfill capacity. Further works approvals for the remaining cells are expected to be
lodged.
Buffers: The landfill BPEM
applies a 500 metre landfill Challenges:
buffer to sensitive uses from
operating and closed landfill Wyndham City Council has been undertaking strategic planning to ensure that the use
and development of land around the hub is compatible with its ongoing operation.
cells on this site.
This includes adopting measures to regulate the establishment and siting of uses
within proximity to the hub. This includes the use of buffers so that amenity impacts
from the landfill are minimised.
Community feedback indicates a greater emphasis and promotion of resource
recovery operations on this site is desirable. Feedback also recommends limiting the
height of the landfill and minimising the visual impacts on the surrounding area.
The Metropolitan Planning Authority (MPA) is developing a growth area Precinct
Structure Plan (PSP) for land adjoining the site and has proposed the land adjacent
to the landfill, within the PSP, be set aside for complementary industrial/business
purposes.
The Werribee landfill has potential capacity to operate beyond 2026, the site also has
the potential to accommodate resource recovery operations over the long term, in
line with the directions of the Metropolitan Implementation Plan.
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Map ID
3
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
Deer Park
precinct
(including
Boral Quarry
TPI Melbourne
Regional Landfill
Ravenhall)
Location: Quarry and
landfill site generally
bounded by Ballarat Railway
line Christies, Middle and
Hopkins Roads.
Landfill: Putrescible solid
inert PIW (Category C
contaminated soil and
asbestos)
The site has good transport connections adjoining the Western Highway, Hopkins and
Middle Roads, the Deer Park Bypass, and proximity to the Western Ring Road.
Buffers: The Landfill BPEM
applies a 500 metre landfill
operating and closed landfill
cells on this site.
Challenges
The Deer Park precinct includes a putrescible and solid inert waste landfill currently in
the south east corner of the site and Pinegro, an open windrow organics reprocessor,
who recently ceased operations and will relocate from the site.
The site has a work authority to quarry the entire site but only has planning approval,
works approval and licenses to operate a landfill in the lower 1/3 of the site below
Riding Boundary Road. Current approved landfill air space will last 5-10 years
Resource recovery:
Organics recovery and C&D depending on fill rates. Further planning and works approvals are expected to be
progressed with the EPA.
recovery
If this site does not continue its landfill operations in the medium term (beyond the
current 5 – 10 years of approved airspace), Melbourne is at risk of having inadequate
landfill capacity to manage waste for which there is no current resource recovery
alternative.
Growth area precinct structure planning has commenced for land located to the
west of the site as part of the Mt Atkinson and Tarneit PSP. This is expected to deliver a
mixed residential, industrial, business precinct with an activity centre and new railway
station for approximately 20,000 residents. Land to the south of the site is also subject
to growth area planning for future industrial development.
There is community concern with the site’s current operations (particularly odour), and
with the potential long term operation of the site as a landfill. However if the entire site
is not appropriately acknowledged in current precinct structure planning processes,
its long term role may be diminished with implications for the metropolitan waste and
resource recovery system.
The Deer Park precinct has potential capacity to operate beyond 2026. The site also
has the potential to accommodate resource recovery operations over the long term, in
line with the strategic directions of the WRRIP.
4
Laverton
precinct
Location: Western industrial Description & current role
node Laverton North,
The precinct is located close to Melbourne’s CBD, the Port of Melbourne, with good
Laverton and Altona
access to major regional centres of Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat.
industrial areas
This hub is identified in the Victorian Planning Provisions (VPP’s) as state significant
Resource recovery: C&D
industrial land.
and C&I recovery and
reprocessing, logistics
Challenges
The Laverton North industrial precinct is home to significant C&D reprocessing. Like
the adjoining Brooklyn precinct, it has created amenity impacts from site operations.
The growth of the hub has been driven by locational advantage, its affordability and
the availability of large parcels of land.
The hub has the capacity to provide for a range of waste and resource recovery
operations. Existing and new facilities need to incorporate best practice operations to
improve the amenity of the precinct.
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5
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
Cooper Street
Location: Land adjoining
precinct, Epping Cooper Street and Hume
Freeway from Merri Creek
in the west to Northern
Hospital/ Epping Plaza in
the east.
This hub is in a predominantly industrial area. It is home to organics reprocessing and
C&D recycling operations. A number of operating and closed quarries and closed
landfills are located in the area.
Landfill: Closed landfills
New developments have provided opportunities for growth including the new
Melbourne Markets (fresh food wholesaling) that includes a transfer station to handle
waste and recycling produced on site.
Resource recovery:
Organics composting and
reprocessing: C&D Timber
Challenges
Growth area precinct structure planning has seen significant growth adjoining Cooper
Melbourne Markets Transfer Street. Structure planning has set aside the land along Cooper Street, adjoining the
Hume Highway and O’Herns Road, for industrial and business purposes. This land
Station for food, organics,
paper cardboard and waste provides future opportunities for new waste and resource recovery industries.
This precinct could provide opportunities for growth in new recovery and recycling
opportunities that could receive waste material streams from sites that are generating
significant volumes of C&I and organics waste like the Melbourne Markets, Northern
Hospital and Epping Plaza shopping centre.
The Cooper Street hub has the potential to take advantage of its access to the Hume
Highway and Western Ring Road.
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Hanson Landfill Location: Wollert landfill
Wollert
site bounded by Masons
Rd, Epping Road Bridge Inn The Wollert landfill and quarry is a key landfill and resource recovery site for
Melbourne, located on the edge of the urban growth boundary. A reservation for the
Roads
future E6 Freeway adjoins the western boundary of the landfill site.
Landfill: Putrescible &
The site has planning and works approvals for its entire site.
solid inert, PIW Category
C (contaminated soil and
Challenges
asbestos) waste
Growth area precinct planning has commenced for the Wollert PSP on land to the
Resource recovery:
west of the site, expected to deliver a mixed residential, industrial, business precinct
Buffers: The Landfill BPEM including a major activity centre for approximately 37,000 residents. The hub is being
applies a 500 metre landfill considered in the design and development of land use planning controls in structure
buffer to sensitive uses from planning.
operating and closed landfill The future use and development of land within a defined landfill buffer of 500 meters
cells on this site.
will be set aside for employment purposes, to capitalise on proximity to the E6
Freeway, and will act as a buffer to sensitive residential uses proposed further west.
The Wollert precinct has potential capacity to operate as a landfill beyond 2026, the
site also has the potential to accommodate resource recovery operations over the
long term, in line with the strategic directions of the WRRIP.
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Map ID
7
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
SUEZ Hallam
Location: SUEZ Landfill
and resource recovery
site generally bounded
by Hallam Road, South
Gippsland Highway, Golf
Club Road and the Urban
Floodway Zone to the East.
solid inert waste, C&D
Recovery
In the past there have been community concerns over odour. EPA Victoria has
negotiated an ‘enforceable undertaking’ which requires SUEZ to undertake best
practice management for future cells and community engagement projects.
cells on this site.
The SUEZ Hallam landfill is the principal landfill and resource recovery site serving the
south east of Melbourne. The site has planning and works approvals for its entire site.
Challenges
The site has been encroached by residential development to the north, east and west.
This is a key site for landfilling putrescible wastes for Melbourne’s south east, and it is
expected that waste currently landfilled in the Clayton area may transfer to SUEZ after
they close.
The site will need to be carefully managed to ensure odour and dust impacts are
minimised.
The hub has capacity for resource recovery activities, it is expected these opportunities
will be explored as the landfill operation ceases.
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SUEZ Lyndhurst Location: SUEZ Landfill
site generally bounded
by Taylors Road, Bayliss
Road and National Drive
Lyndhurst
This is Victoria’s only landfill licensed to receive Category B prescribed industrial
waste (PIW). This site also receives some Category C PIW and is licensed to receive
putrescible waste.
Resource recovery: Soil
Remediation and Recovery
Challenges
.
Ordish Road
precinct,
Dandenong
South
The site is within the developing Dandenong South/Lyndhurst industrial precinct. It has
significant road connections adjoining through industrial areas to Greens Road, East
Link, South Gippsland Highway and Monash Freeway.
PIW
cells on this site.
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The future of the site’s role in PIW waste disposal and treatment is unclear. The site is
moving to increase its MSW waste streams due to significant reduction in PIW waste
volumes. This may impact on landfilling capacity for PIW waste in the longer term.
Future direction for PIW will impact this site.
The site may play a role in managing waste displaced from the closure of sites in the
Clayton area.
Location: Dandenong
South Industrial 2 Zone (IN2
Zone) generally bounded
by Greens Road, Hammond
Road including Ordish
Road.
Resource Recovery: The
precinct has a number of
transfer stations, organics
reprocessing, and recycling
facilities (SUEZ Taylors Road
PIW/MSW Landfill is to
the immediate east of the
Ordish road precinct
Challenges
Buffers: The IN2 zone
has a 1500 metre buffer
embedded in the planning
scheme.
A significant concentration of waste and resource recovery infrastructure is located
along Ordish Road.
The precinct is zoned Industrial 2 (IN2) in the VPP’s and is state significant industrial
land.
Ordish Road precinct is one of only two IN2 zones in Victoria , the zone provides
a 1500 meter buffer. This and the precincts proximity to the transport network has
resulted in a high level industry competition for land within the precinct.
The Ordish Road precinct sits within the Dandenong South Employment Cluster as
identified in Plan Melbourne. The zoning of precinct makes it a suitable location for
future waste and resource recovery activities.
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Map ID
10
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
Owens
Illinois (OI),
Spotswood
Location: Industrial site in
and IN1 Zone bounded by
Simcock Avenue, Booker
and Hudsons Street.
Resource recovery: Glass
reprocessing
This site is the major glass reprocessor for the metropolitan region, located in an
Industrial 1 (IN1) Zone south of the Westgate Freeway. It reprocesses glass sourced
mainly from metropolitan MRF operators.
Challenges
Owens Illinois is the only large scale glass reprocessor in the state, there are smaller
glass reprocessors are located in Laverton.
This operation is significant to the metropolitan region and will be into the future.
There is a need to further investigate glass reprocessing activity in the region to further
understand why a contraction in the glass reprocessing has occurred.
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SKM Materials
Recovery
Facility (MRF),
Maffra Street
Coolaroo
Location: Industrial site on
Maffra Street adjoining the
Upfield railway line
Resource recovery:
Commingled recyclables
from 12 metro local
government, regional
councils, commercial
industrial government
health and education sites.
Veolia Organics Location: Co-located on
Facility, Bulla
Hi Quality Bulla Landfill site
580 Sunbury Road Bulla
Landfill: Solid Waste Only
Resource recovery:
Organics in vessel
composting
SKM recycling processes a significant portion of the metropolitan regions recyclable
material collected from municipal and commercial sectors. Recyclable material
received is sorted then sold for reprocessing.
MWRRG consider there are other MRF operators located in the metropolitan region
including, Visy and Polytrade, that should be considered as metropolitan hubs or listed
as significant infrastructure for the metropolitan region.
Veolia’s Bulla facility is the first facility procured by MWRRG as part of it organic
procurement strategy. The site processes MSW mixed organics from 11 local
governments in the north west area of the metropolitan region. The site is also colocated with a solid waste landfill accepting Cat C waste and C&D recovery operation.
Challenges
To address the need to retain a good operational buffer the site owner has purchased
surrounding land to ensure a buffer of at least 500 meters.
Growth area precinct structure planning has commenced for the Sunbury PSP on land
to the west of the site. It is intended that the land adjacent to the site be set aside for
industrial and business purposes.
Organics facilities procured under MWRGG organics procurement strategy (see action
priority 2) will be added as metropolitan hubs once they are commissioned.
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Citywide
Resource
Recovery
Centre, 437
Dynon Road,
West Melbourne
Location: Industrial site
adjoining Dynon Road
Footscray.
This is a large, significant inner city transfer station and consolidation centre that
provides public transfer station and consolidation services for MSW and C&I waste
Resource recovery: Transfer generated in the Melbourne CBD.
station, MSW and C&I
Challenges
Recovery
The hub is in close proximity to a major metropolitan freight activity centre which
includes the Port of Melbourne. Any potential expansion or improvements to freight
activity centre may have implications on the hub’s ability to deliver operations in the
long term.
Appropriate land use planning measures to support the site should be considered.
Proximity to the port is a strategic advantage that could be leveraged.
If the site was to be impacted the site would need to be relocated the operations to
suitable location in close proximity.
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Map ID
14
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
Kingston/
Location: North of Deals
Clayton/Dingley Road and Clayton South
Precinct
industrial precinct that
adjoins Fairbank and
Clayton Roads.
Description and current role
The Kingston/Clayton/Dingley Precinct hub has a number of landfills (operational
and closed), resource recovery operators and transfer station facilities, making it a
significant hub for the metropolitan region. As a consequence of the approval of
Planning Scheme Amendment C143 and Kingston Councils long held intention to
The area north of Kingston advance the Sandbelt Open Space, the area is supporting open space users and
- Heatherton Road, includes discouraging the expansion of waste and resource recovery users on land now zoned
closed landfills and closing Green Wedge A.
landfills.
Transpacific Cleanaway has applied for Planning Permission on Fraser Road to
Landfill: Putrescible &Solid construct its South East Melbourne Transfer Station. On the basis that a Planning
Inert disposal
Permit is granted for this facility (Notice of Decision to Grant a Permit issued on the 23
October, 2015), the facility if approved will play an important strategic role for South
Closed Landfills
East Melbourne.
Resource Recovery: C&D, Challenges
organics, commercial and
community transfer stations Over the next few years the area will transition away from waste and resource
recovery industries and relocate the hub to the portion of land zoned for industrial and
Buffers: The Landfill BPEM commercial activities.
requires a 500 metre buffer
area from the operating and As landfill disposal ends the rehabilitation phase commences. Rehabilitation will
closed putrescible landfills include the extraction and treatment of landfill gases and other hazards for at least a
and a 200 metre buffer area 30 year period. Appropriate buffer separation distances are needed for landfills during
from the operating and
the post closure and rehabilitation period and will need to be defined, protected and
closed solid inert landfills.
maintained.
Through the Sandbelt Open Space Project, Kingston Council is currently seeking to
facilitate a range of parkland projects and potential significant strategic investment by
government agencies and private sporting bodies on former landfill sites to maximise
the community benefit they are able to provide.
The Landfill Schedule reflects that within the next seven years it is likely that all landfills
in this precinct will close.
The Alex Fraser resource recovery operation has planning permission to operate for a
further 8 years. It is a significant metropolitan facility and consideration should be given
for relocation.
TPI has applied for planning permission for its Fraser Road site to be used as a transfer
station. Kingston Council has issued a notice of decision on 23 October 2015 to grant
this permit. This new facility will play an important and strategic role for the south east
of Melbourne.
Due to the closure of landfills and recent rezoning, the hub is in transition. MWRRG,
in consultation with City of Kingston, community and industry need to plan the next
phase for the hub.
Buffer distances may also be set through the EPA regulatory process.
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Map ID
Waste and
resource
recovery hub
Description of hub
location, waste and
Maddingley
Brown Coal
Location: Large active coal
mine site off Cummings
Road, Bacchus Marsh
Description and current role
(Grampians
Central West
Regional
landfill)
Gippsland
Water Dutson
Down
Landfill: Solid Inert Waste
Only
Resource recovery:
Organics, wood/timber,
blended residual pulp/soils
recovery, C&D recovery
mostly at transfer station
feeder sites.
Location: Large active
sewerage treatment
plant south of Sale on the
Longford Loch Sport Road
Resource recovery: Soil
and organics recycling,
liquid and solid prescribed
waste recycling
This site is listed as a hub of state significance in the adjoining Grampians region. It
includes a large solid inert landfill that receives 90% - 95 % of its waste from within
the Melbourne metropolitan region.
The role of this hub will be further developed following preparation of the Grampians
Central West WRRIP
Description
This site is listed as a hub of state significance in the adjoining Gippsland region.
The site transforms organic compounds (e.g. green organics, bio solids, food waste,
petroleum hydrocarbon and animal fats) into soil conditioner/compost.
MWRRG procurements support the transport of organics from the metropolitan region
to this site’s organics reprocessing facility. The site accepts MSW mixed organics loads
from Melbourne and will continue to be a significant hub.
The role of this hub will be further developed following development of the Gippsland
WRRIP.
8.3.1 Priority action – hubs and spokes
Identifying waste and resource recovery hubs will be
addressed through the Metropolitan Implementation Plan
priority actions to:
ff Ensure hubs support industry while protecting
communities and the environment through defining the
role of a hub, promoting best practice, and acting on
opportunities to co-locate with water utilities
ff Community and stakeholders are engaged in waste and
resource recovery decision making.
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9:FUTURE WASTE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY
REQUIREMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN REGION
9.1 Metropolitan needs analysis
Modelling was undertaken to assess the future waste and
resource recovery infrastructure needs for the metropolitan
region, taking into account:
ff existing facilities and their total potential capacity (resource
recovery and landfill)
ff details of relevant planned, new facilities or expansion of
existing facilities
ff baseline projections for waste to be managed from the
metropolitan projection model
The needs analysis provided a high level assessment for each
infrastructure type to determine:
ff current capacity
ff capacity oversupply
ff constraints and requirements
Table 14 provides a summary of the short and long term
infrastructure requirements for the metropolitan region.
Table 14: Metropolitan infrastructure need assessment
Infrastructure type
Resource recovery centres and
transfer stations
Short term assessment (10 years)
Long term assessment (20+ years)
Additional network capacity is available to meet
requirements in the medium term.
Strategic investment and support is required to ensure
the long term viability of the metropolitan RRC/TS
network. This will allow for increase in throughput and
material sites will be expected to manage.
Additional capacity may be required in the south east
to coincide with imminent landfill closures.
Network growth strategy is required to ensure
additional functionality of sites is provided to
communities.
An apparent over supply of MRF capacity in the sector
should see sufficient capacity available in the short
term.
The addition of new materials received by these
facilities may impact on capacity supply in the medium
term.
Landfill pre-sort
There are no MSW or C&I pre-sort facilities in
operation in the metropolitan region.
Additional facilities may be required to manage
increasing volumes of waste. Additional capacity in
the network would reduce potential impacts of an
emergency event.
The proposed implementation of residual treatment
facilities will reduce the requirement for pre-sort
infrastructure in the long term.
In the short term MWRRG proposes development of
pre-sort infrastructure on landfill sites as an attainable, Pre-sort infrastructure may still play a role in
short term option to meet policy goals of sending only processing C&I material not disposed to residual
treated residual material to landfill.
treatment facilities.
Advanced resource recovery
technology (ARRT)
There are no operational ARRT facilities in the
metropolitan region. This is critical gap in the
infrastructure network.
Further expansion of residual treatment through ARRT
infrastructure will be required to address projected
growth in the residual waste generation.
In the medium term MWRRG proposes to provide
a secure, long term feedstock to market for the
procurement of an ARRT residual treatment facility.
Paper/cardboard
Plastics
Metals
Sufficient capacity exists in the reprocessing sector. Government planning and procurement is unlikely to alter
market dynamics.
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Infrastructure type
Organics processingthese
facilities may impact on
capacity supply in the medium
term.
Short term assessment (10 years)
Long term assessment (20+ years)
In the MSW sector sufficient capacity is available
to match kerbside projections. This is based on the
continued implementation of MWRRG’s metropolitan
organics procurement strategy.
A long term strategy to divert the food organics from
landfill will require additional food organics recovery
infrastructure capacity.
If the metropolitan region is to address the policy
goals of diverting more organic waste from landfill,
additional infrastructure capacity is required.
Opportunities exist for additional precinct based
solutions especially in high activity centres (e.g.
hospitality)
C&D
A current over supply of C&D processing capacity will
ensure sufficient availability for the next ten years.
C&D processing is influenced by a range of external
factors mainly economic .The cyclical nature of the
C&D recovery sector makes it hard to determine future
requirements outside the short term.
Landfill
Sufficient short term capacity exists in the
Long term landfill need will be influenced by a range
of external factors including the level of resource
recovery and investment in infrastructure to pre-sort
and recovery materials prior to landfilling.
Further detail provided in landfill Section 5.6.
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10:MARKET ASSESSMENT
MWRRG undertook a market assessment to engage with the
waste and resource recovery sector in order to understand its
plans and aspirations. The information gathered through this
process forms a key input into this Consultation Draft.
Through the market assessment process, MWRRG sought
to address the metropolitan region’s needs and priorities by
gaining an understanding of:
ff industry’s future aspirations and proposed areas of
investment
10.1 Market assessment outcomes
More than 60 submissions were received, proposing a range
of waste and resource recovery infrastructure options to
service the metropolitan region.
Submissions were categorised depending on the type and
status of the infrastructure option being proposed. The
submission categories were:
ff status of infrastructure proposals
ff current operators (not listed in the existing infrastructure
schedule)
ff challenges and constraints to expanding or developing
operations.
ff new or expanding resource recovery infrastructure
operators
Industry was encouraged to respond to the needs and
opportunities identified by MWRRG included in Table 15
below.
ff new or expanding landfill infrastructure operators.
MWRRG also encouraged participants to provide details on
additional needs and opportunities they felt had not been
identified.
Table 15: Metropolitan needs and opportunities
Needs and opportunity
Current operators identified were included in the
infrastructure schedule. Submissions for new or expanding
resource recovery and landfill operations were considered
by an expert advisory panel to determine if proposals had
met the assessment criteria. The criteria included whether a
submission addressed an identified need, aligned with policy
and statewide objectives and the likelihood of the proposal
proceeding.
High level feedback from the assessment is provided in the
Table 16.
Residual treatment and disposal capacity
C&I mixed waste processing
Mattress processing capacity
Tyres processing capacity
Treated/contaminated timber processing
E-waste processing capacity
Table 16: Assessment outcomes
Needs and opportunity
New or expanding resource recovery infrastructure operators
ff Significant interest from across the resource recovery industry
ff Wide range of infrastructure from existing to new advanced technology
proposed
ff Range of potential facility capacities and locations
ff Varying level of development status and readiness
ff A limited number of proposals ready to proceed immediately
ff Many options require suitable land for siting
New or expanding landfill infrastructure operators
ff Existing landfill operators proposing to amend or expand operations at their
site
ff New sites (in and outside of the metropolitan region)
ff Low level of pre-sort activities proposed in submissions
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The Market Assessment revealed that there is strong interest
in responding to Melbourne’s waste needs through resource
recovery.
The majority of submissions were strongly aligned to
the Victorian Government’s strategic direction for waste,
including maximising diversion of recoverable materials
from landfills, and supporting increased resource recovery.
However, most submissions were at the preliminary planning
stage, and would not be ready for delivery in the short term.
Proposals for expanded and new landfills were also
submitted, indicating market interest in continued supply of
these facilities.
Submissions were made that provided parcels of land suitable
for hosting or for co-locating waste or resource recovery
infrastructure. A number of water authority sites were
proposed as potential options for co-location with waste and
resource recovery infrastructure.
The recently released VORRS and the Victorian Market
Development Strategy for Recovered Resources will support
existing and new pathways for investment in organics
resource recovery. Infrastructure planning and delivery needs
to be closely aligned with these two strategies.
The Market Assessment has confirmed that industry (both
public and private sectors) are interested in working with
MWRRG and its stakeholders to provide and implement a
range of solutions required to manage future waste and
resource recovery requirements.
Challenges
The Market Assessment highlighted a number of barriers
that participants consider are restricting or impeding market
development and investment. Common concerns are:
ff identifying and securing suitable land for siting
infrastructure
ff securing aggregated, long term supply of waste feedstock
ff long term policy direction around alternatives to landfill, in
the context of significantly higher gate fees for advanced
technologies, compared to landfill gate fees.
Securing appropriate land within the metropolitan region for
alternative technologies is a significant challenge. Regulatory
requirements for organic processing require extensive
buffer distances from sensitive uses. In some cases buffer
requirements can be up to two kilometres. It is likely that
suitable land would be limited to areas outside of the urban
growth boundary. Facilities that produce heat and energy
products will most likely need to be sited close to the grid or
land uses that can make use of the energy product. This will
help support the ongoing financial viability of the facility.
The interest shown by water utilities to co-locate waste
processing infrastructure at water treatment plants
presents a potential way forward for locating these facilities
within the metropolitan region. MWRRG will need to
work collaboratively with the water sector and the waste
and resource recovery industry to clearly identify the
opportunities, the steps needed to act on these opportunities,
and any gaps and barriers that may need to be addressed.
The cost difference in gate fees between landfill and resource
recovery alternatives is a real challenge in supporting the
ongoing viability of resource recovery. For example, landfill
gate fees in Melbourne average $110 per tonne. Advanced
resource recovery technology infrastructure would be
expected to be in the order of at least $200 per tonne. Based
on these costs, investment in an advanced technology
processing plant would be unlikely in the short term.
These cost considerations are an important part of the
broader approach for achieving the long term goal of landfills
only receiving materials that have been treated to recover
materials with value.
Another challenge is securing the aggregated volumes of
waste needed to support the longterm commercial viability of
resource recovery facilities. MWRRG’s statutory procurement
function is a key lever that state and local government can
use to provide secure, long term municipal feedstock to
the market. An unresolved question is how MWRRG might
facilitate this outcome for commercial waste generators.
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10.2 How the Market Assessment informs the infrastructure schedule
A range of infrastructure options were identified as having
satisfied a need and provided sufficient evidence to meet
planning and regulatory requirements. Table 17 provides a
summary of the assessment outcome by infrastructure type
and determines how infrastructure (by type) is referenced in
the schedule.
Infrastructure that MWRRG has assessed as required to
manage metropolitan waste needs will be listed within the
infrastructure schedule in the Metropolitan Implementation
Plan.
Table 17: Assessment of infrastructure options
Infrastructure category
Infrastructure type
Alignment with policy
goals
Likely to meet planning
requirements
Scheduling timeframe
Transfer station and
resource recovery centres
ff Residual consolidation
Y
Y
Short term
ff Organics consolidation
Y
Y
Short term
Material recovery/
processing facilities
ff C&I Dry processing
Y
Y
Short term
ff Organics processing
Y
Y
Short term
ff Food waste
Y
Y
Short term
ff C&D processing
Y
Y
Short term
ff Anaerobic digestion
Y
Y
Short term
ff Wet MRF
Y
Y
Short-medium term
ff Waste to Fuel
Y
Y
Long term
ff Energy to Waste
Y
Y
Medium term
ff Landfill seeking License/
works approval
amendment
Y
Y
Short term
ff Expansion to existing on
landfill site
Y
Y
Short term
ff New landfill site
N
Y
Long term
Residual treatment
Landfill
10.3 Regional infrastructure
A number of submissions made to the market assessment
were for existing or proposed infrastructure located within a
region outside of the metropolitan region. These submissions
were included in assessments.
These proposals cannot be listed in the metropolitan
infrastructure schedule, they can only be noted. MWRRG
is consulting with Sustainability Victoria and the relevant
regional WRRGs to consider these proposals further as part
of the integration process for waste and resource recovery
implementation plans.
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11: METROPOLITAN WASTE AND RESOURCE
RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEDULE
Melbourne is facing an historic challenge: we need to make
major changes to the way we manage our waste if we want
to minimise the use of landfills in the future.
This draft infrastructure schedule is built on the current and
future needs analysis included in Section 5, and the land use
planning and hubs analysis included in Sections 8.1 to 8.3.
In 30 years’ time, Melbourne will produce about 16.5 million
tonnes of waste per annum, 63% more than today. The
infrastructure network that will evolve to manage this waste
will be shaped by three things: market forces, planning
decisions, and government policy objectives.
The schedule is split into two components:
The infrastructure schedule within the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan is the government’s main plan for
Melbourne’s waste and resource recovery infrastructure. It
needs to set out a clear path for how we can best tackle our
challenge of safely managing our growing waste while also
minimising use of landfills.
Part A Resource Recovery Infrastructure: Lists where current
resource recovery and reprocessing activities are located
(Table 18), and the general type, location and other future
requirements for resource recovery infrastructure (Table 19).
Part B Landfills: Lists current and future landfill needs
including, where current landfill activities are undertaken,
their intended or likely date of closure and the proposed
sequence of filling of available landfills (Table 20).
11.1 Part A - Existing resource recovery and reprocessing infrastructure schedule
Table 18: Existing resource recovery and reprocessing infrastructure schedule
Facility name
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
Principal waste
streams
Banyule Waste Recover
Centre
Banyule City Council
Bellfield
MSW
Booroondara Transfer
Station
Booroondara City Council
Booroondara
Booroondara City Council
MSW
Darebin Resource Recovery Darebin City Council
Centre
Reservoir
Darebin City Council
MSW
Skye Transfer Station
Frankston City Council
Skye
MSW
BioGro
BioGro
Dandenong South
Greater Dandenong City Council MSW
Campbellfield Recycling
and Waste
Hume City Council
Campbellfield
Hume City Council
MSW
Sunbury Landfill Resource
Recovery Centre
Hume City Council
Sunbury
Hume City Council
MSW
TPI - Victory Road
Transpacific Industries
Clarinda
MSW
Kingston Waste Transfer
Station
Rhino Bins
Mordialloc
C&I-
Knox Transfer Station
WM Waste Management
Wantirna South
Knox City Council
MSW
Eastern Recycling
Maroondah City Council
West Ringwood
C&D
Dynon Road Transfer
Station
Citywide
West Melbourne
C&I
Monash Waste Transfer and
Recycling Station
Monash City Council
Notting Hill
Monash City Council
MSW
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Facility name
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
Principal waste
streams
Mornington Resource
Recovery Centre
Mornington Peninsula Shire
Mornington
MSW
Tyabb Resource Recovery
Centre
Tyabb
Mornington Penninsula Shire
MSW
Stonnington Waste Transfer
Station
Stonnington City Council
Malvern
Stonnington City Council
MSW
Wollert Transfer Station
Hanson
Wollert
MSW
Wyndham Transfer Station
Werribee
MSW
Coldstream RWTS
WM Waste Management
Coldstream
Yarra Ranges City Council
MSW
Facility name
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
Principal waste
streams
TPI - Pakenham
Pakenham
Cardinia City Council
MSW*
Bayside Waste Transfer and
Recycling Centre
Bayside City Council
Cheltenham
Bayside City Council
MSW
TPI - Brooklyn
Brooklyn
MSW
Brimbank Resource Recovery
Centre
Keilor Park
MSW
Cardinia Waste and Recyclers
Atkins Family
Pakenham
Cardinia City Council
MSW
Hampton Park Resource
Recovery Facility
Outlook Environmental (Sita
Facility)
Hampton Park
Casey City Council
MSW
Calleja Transfer Station
Calleja Group
Altona North
C&I
TPI - Carroll Road
Clarinda
MSW
Kartaway - Braeside
Kartaway
Braeside
C&D
Melton Recycling Facility
Melton City Council
Melton South
Melton City Council
MSW
Clayton
Monash City Council
MSW
Clayton Regional Transfer
Station
Moonee Valley Transfer Station
Moonee Valley City Council
Aberfeldie
Moonee Valley City Council
MSW
Kartaway - East Brunswick
Kartaway
East Brunswick
Moreland City Council
C&D
VinsBins
Dromana
C&D
Rye Resource Recovery Centre
Rye
MSW
Port Phillip Resource Recovery
Centre
Port Phillip City Council
South Melbourne
MSW
Whitehorse Transfer Station
Whitehorse City Council
Vermont South
MSW
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Facility name
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
Principal waste
streams
TPI - Montrose
Montrose
C&I
TPI - Lysterfield
Lysterfield
MSW
Wesburn RWTS
WM Waste Management
Wesburn
MSW
Eco Waste Recycling Centre
EcoWaste
Kilsyth
C&I
Drop-off facilities
Noble Park Sims Metals
Transfer Station
Sims Metals
Noble Park
Greater Dandenong City Council C&I
Kew Drop-Off Point
Boroondara City Council
Kew
MSW
Brooklyn Onesteel Transfer
Station
Onesteel
Brooklyn
C&I
Rayco Waste Management
Rayco
Tullamarine
C&I
Seaford Sims Metals Transfer
Station
Sims Metals
Seaford
C&I
Dandenong Onesteel Transfer
Station
Onesteel
Dandenong South
Greater Dandenong City Council C&I
Broadmeadows Sims Metals
Transfer Station
Sims Metals
Broadmeadows
Hume City Council
C&I
Coolaroo Onesteel Transfer
Station
Onesteel
Coolaroo
Hume City Council
C&I
Dromana Hopper
Dromana
MSW
Flinders Hopper
Sorrento
MSW
Sorrento Hopper
Flinders
MSW
Delta Group Transfer Station
Delta Group
Port Melbourne
C&D
Nillumbik Transfer Station
Nillumbik City Council
Plenty
MSW
Yarra Recycling Drop-Off Point
Yarra City Council
Clifton Hill
Yarra City Council
MSW
Healesville RWTS
WM Waste Management
Healesville
MSW
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
Principal waste streams
Orora Recycling
Altona
C&I
Visy Heidelberg
Heidelberg
MSW
Sunshine Group
Brooklyn
C&D
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Polytrade Campbellfield
Campbellfield
Casey City Council
MSW
Polytrade Dandenong
Dandenong South
Greater Dandenong City Council
MSW
TPI Dandenong
Dandenong
C&I
Visy Springvale
Springvale
MSW
Mobius Materials Recovery
Dandenong South
C&D
SKM Coolaroo
Coolaroo
Hume City Council
MSW
Polytrade Coburg
North Coburg
MSW
Food recovery
SecondBite
Kensington
C&I
Fareshare
Abbotsford
Yarra City Council
C&I
Paper/cardboard
Enviroflex
Knoxfield
Knox City Council
C&I
Huhtamaki
Preston
C&I
Insulfluf
Dandenong
C&I
Visy Laverton
Laverton North
C&I
Encore Tissues
Laverton North
C&I
Visy Coolaroo
Coolaroo
Hume City Council
C&I
Green waste
Enviromix
Dingley Village
MSW
The Green Centre
Keilor Park
C&I
Veolia - NRS
Dandenong
MSW
Veolia - Bulla
Bulla
Hume City Council
MSW
Sita - Epping
Epping
MSW
Spotswood Holdings
Yarra Glen
C&I
Wood / timber
Bark King
Montrose
Textiles
TIC Group
Altona North
C&I
Pacific NonWovens
Coburg North
C&I
Glass
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
Owens Illinois (OI)
Spotswood
C&I
Potters Industries
Laverton
C&I
Plastics
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Unipod
Derrimut
C&D
National Polystyrene Systems
Sunshine
C&I
Styro Polymers
Sunshine
C&I
Carrington Plastics
Reservoir
C&I
EQ Plastics
Dandenong
C&I
Cyrogrind
Dandenong
C&I
Polyfoam
Dandenong
C&I
PCP Global Recycling
Laverton
C&I
Polytrade Recycling
Campbellfield
Hume City Council
MSW
MAP Precision Plastics
Campbellfield
Hume City Council
C&I
Global Industrial Group
Campbellfield
Hume City Council
C&I
Complete Pod Solutions
Somerton
Hume City Council
C&D
Close the Loop
Somerton
Hume City Council
C&I
Megara
Bayswater
Knox City Council
C&I
RMAX Rigid Cellular Plastics
Maribyrnong
Maribyrnong City Council
C&D
Victorian Polystyrene Recycling
Footscray
C&I
Olima Pty Ltd
Tottenham
Foamex Group
Bayswater
C&I
Repeat Plastics
Lilydale
C&I
Metals
CMA Ecocyle
Campbellfield
Hume City Council
C&I
Norstar Steel Recyclers
Laverton North
MSW
MRI
Campbellfield
Hume City Council
C&I
OneSteel - Ferrous
Laverton
C&I
OneSteel - Non Ferrous
Somerton
Hume City Council
C&I
PGM Refiners
Dandenong
C&I
Sims Metals
Brooklyn
C&I
TES-AMM
Clayton
Monash City Council
C&I
Sims E-Waste
Mount Waverley
Monash City Council
C&I
Owner/Operator
Suburb
LGA
C&D
Alex Fraser - Laverton
Laverton North
C&D
City Circle - Brooklyn
Brooklyn
C&D
Delta Group
Sunshine
C&D
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Sunshine Groupe
Brooklyn
C&D
ResourceCo - Hallam
Hallam
Casey City Council
C&D
City Circle - Dandenong
Dandenong
C&D
Waste Convertors
Dandenong South
C&D
Altona North Recycling (Masalovski Gro+up) Altona North
C&D
Urban Salvage
Spotswood
C&D
Alex Fraser - Clarinda
Clarinda
C&D
Apex Waste Control
Tottenham
C&D
Shiver Me Timbers
Maidstone
C&D
Barro Group
Carlton
C&D
National Recycling Centre (DATS)
West Melbourne
C&I
Paddy's Bricks
West Melbourne
C&D
City Circle - Melton
Melton
Melton City Council
C&D
Eco Group
Clayton
Monash City Council
C&D
Konstruct Recycling
Clayton
Monash City Council
C&D
Budget Demolition and Recyclers
Bittern
C&D
Alex Fraser - Epping
Epping
C&D
ResourceCo - Epping
Epping
C&D
Beaver Bricks
Kilsyth
C&D
Rubber & tyres
Tyre Crumb
Broadmeadows
Hume City Council
C&I
Tyre Cycle
Somerton
Hume City Council
C&I
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Table 19: Future resource recovery infrastructure requirements
Type of
infrastructure
Category of
proposed
infrastructure
General
location
Main material
streams to be
managed
Timeframe (likely
commencement
date or need date)
Reason for need
Organics
processing
infrastructure
New infrastructures
at existing site
South east
metropolitan
area
Kerbside
organics
April 2016
Addresses identified
Part of MWRRG’s
need and contractual south east organics
requirement
procurement
New infrastructures
at existing site
South east
metropolitan
area
Kerbside
organics
April 2016
Part of MWRRG’s
requirement
procurement
New infrastructures
at a new site
South east
metropolitan
area
Kerbside
organics
September 2017
Part of MWRRG’s
requirement
procurement
New infrastructures
at an existing site
North west
metropolitan
Area
Kerbside
organics
2017
Addresses
requirements under
MWRRG organics
contract
Part of MWRRG’s
north west organics
procurement
New infrastructures
at a new site
Easter
metropolitan
area
Kerbside
organics
End of 2016
Addresses
requirements under
MWRRG organics
contract
Part of MWRRG’s
north west organics
procurement
Broader
metropolitan
region
Residential and
commercial
drop off
material
2016
Address projected
growth requirements
and improve recovery
and diversion of
materials entering
existing sites
Completion of
Metropolitan growth
strategy required to
determine need and
priorities areas for the
broader region
Consolidation and
South east
transfer infrastructure metropolitan
area
MSW kerbside
and C&I
residual
material
Mid 2017
Meets demand from
closure of landfill
in the Clayton/
Dingley precinct
to consolidate and
transport waste for
disposal at available
landfills
Identification of
suitable site in the
south east region
Broad
Technology type to
be identified through metropolitan
group procurement area
and private
investment - possible
types
Kerbside MSW
2025
Initial priority to focus Residual waste
on closure of landfills strategy to be
in the south east
developed by
MWRRG. Requires
joint procurement
of local government
waste stream to
provide sufficient
feedstock certainty to
industry.
MSW and C&I
2016
Identified as a
problem waste
stream.
Resource
Proposed new
recovery centre/ infrastructure at
transfer station
existing sites
Residual waste
treatment
ff Mechanical
Biological
treatment
Other requirements
ff Energy from
Waste
ff Anaerobic
Digestion
ff Dirty MRF
ff Front end sort/
recovery
Mattress
recycling
New infrastructures
at new site
West
metropolitan
area
Potential for joint
procurement to
support guarantee
of supply to new
infrastructure
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11.2 Part B – Existing landfills
Table 20: Existing landfills
Site name
Strategic Role and Capacity (10 & 30years)
EPA Victoria
Location
Licence Number (if
required)
Owner (and
operator if
different)
Type of wastes accepted
Other waste
accepted
Likely
closure
date*
All landfills in this table are scheduled for the ten year period 2016 - 2025
Putrescible Solid inert
Other
Clayton
Regional
Landfill
Clayton Regional landfill is a putrescible landfill that is to close
11719/
late 2015. It will undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare
ES 20872
period of 30 years to 2045.
Cnr Ryans and Clayton
Clayton Road Regional Joint
Clayton South Venture
✓
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
2016
TPI-Fraser Rd
TPI Fraser Road landfill is putrescible landfill expected to close
2017. It will undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare
period of 30 years to 2048. The site will continue to operate as
a transfer station and balk haul resource recovery facility.
9089
Fraser Road
TPI
Clayton South
✓
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
2017
TPI-Deals Rd
Putrescible landfilling ceased in 2010. An application for solid
inert landfilling has been made to EPA Victoria and is being
assessed.
12512
Deals Road
TPI
Clayton South
✓
✓
2018
TPI-Heatherton Solid inert landfilling ceased 2014. The site will undergo a
Sands
minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years to
2044.
14536
Henry
Street & Old
Dandenong
Roads
Heatherton
TPI
✓
2014
TPI-Clarinda
Landfill
Solid inert landfilling is to continue to 2015. The site will
undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30
years to 2045.
12412
Carroll Road
Clarinda
TPI
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
2015
TPI-Victory Rd
Solid inert landfilling is to continue to 2017. The site will undergo 12339
a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years to
2047.
Victory Road
TPI
Clayton South
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
2017
✓
SBI Cranbourne Solid inert landfilling is to commence in 2015. The site will
operate for 10 years till 2025 and then undergo a minimum
rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years to 2055.
0001001773
Ballarto Road
Cranbourne
SUEZ-Hallam
70542
Hallam Road
SUEZ
Hampton Park
Putrescible landfilling has a works approval and planning
permit to continue to 2040. The site will undergo a minimum
rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years to 2070. The site
is home to resource recovery operations and has the capacity
to expand this service and resource recovery infrastructure on
the site.
SBI
✓
✓
2025
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
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Site name
EPA Victoria
Location
Licence Number (if
required)
SUEZLyndhurst
The site is home to the only PIW landfill in Victoria. It also
(74643)
undertakes putrescible landfilling and a new putrescible cell is to
be constructed in 2016. The site is to continue to operate as a
PIW landfill and its putrescible cells are likely to last 10 -15 years.
The site will undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare
period of 30 years sometime post 2026. The site is home to
resource recovery operations, soil remediation and has the
capacity to expand recovery service and infrastructure on the
site.
Taylors Road
Dandenong
South
SUEZ
Glen Landfill
Small landfill accepting low volumes of inert waste. The landfill
is preparing for closure and is expected to shortly commence
rehabilitation. The site will undergo a minimum rehabilitation
and aftercare period of 30 years to 2046.
Quarry Road
Langwarrin
Glen Landfill
P/L
MRL Ravenhall
Significant putrescible landfill for Melbourne. While the MRL
12160
landfill has capacity to operate for 30 years and beyond, MRL
advises that the current planning permit and works approval for
the MRL Site provides for 5 to 10 years of landfilling capacity.
Further planning and works approval applications for landfilling
are expected. The site will undergo progressive rehabilitation of
void space with a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period
of 30 years post closure.
Riding
Boundary
Road
Truganina
TPI
✓
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Domestic
asbestos
Cat C soils
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
Werribee
Landfill
Site is a significant residual municipal solid waste landfill for
Melbourne and regional areas. It has planning approval for the
entire site and potential airspace to operate for 30 years and
beyond. The site will undergo progressive rehabilitation of void
space with a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30
years post closure.
Wests Road
Werribee
Wyndham City
Council
✓
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
Hanson–
Wollert Landfill
The site has planning and EPA works approval for the entire site, 12309
and has potential to operate for thirty years and beyond. The
site will undergo progressive rehabilitation of void space with
a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years post
closure.
Bridge Inn
Road Wollert
Hanson
Construction
Materials P/L
✓
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Asbestos
Cat C soils
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
✓
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
✓
✓
Shredded
tyres
Acid Sulphate
soils
2020
11818
12483
Owner (and
operator if
different)
Riddell Rd
Hume Council owned landfill used for council municipal
Sunbury Landfill operations and has approximately 15 years life left. The site
will undergo progressive rehabilitation of void space with a
minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years post
closure.
12450
Riddle Road
Sunbury
Hume City
Council
Altona North
Landfill
11940
McArthurs
Road Altona
North
Altona North
Landfill P/L
Small landfill accepting low volumes of inert waste. The landfill
is expected to stop accepting waste in less than 5 years and
move to rehabilitation. The site will undergo a minimum
rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30 years.
✓
✓
✓
Other waste
accepted
Likely
closure
date*
PIW
Cat B soils
Cat C soils
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
✓
2016
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Site name
EPA Victoria
Location
Licence Number (if
required)
BTQ Group
Sunbury
The site is a solid inert landfill also licensed to take asbestos and 11758
shredded tyres. It has a history of non-compliance. The site has
potentially 5 years of airspace capacity remaining. The site will
undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of 30
years to 2050.
500 Sunbury
Road Bulla
BTQ Group
P/L
✓
Western Land
Reclamation
Site is home to a putrescible and solid inert landfill, resource
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recovery and quarrying activities. The landfill has only 2 - 5 years
of operating life. The site will undergo a minimum rehabilitation
and aftercare period of 30 years.
Bunting Road
Brooklyn
Sunshine
Group
Barro Kealba
New operating solid inert landfill commenced accepting waste
in 2015. The site has capacity to operate for 20 years. The site
will undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare period of
30 years.
McIntyre Road Barro Group
Kealba
80195
Owner (and
operator if
different)
Hi Quality Bulla Solid waste (Category C only) landfill co located with a quarry
45279
and in-vessel composting facility. Hi Quality Bulla has a planning
approval and a licence for landfill for Category C waste only.
The site will undergo a minimum rehabilitation and aftercare
period of 30 years.
600 Sunbury
Road Bulla
Hi Quality
Quarry
Products P/L
Rye Landfill
Council owned landfill for Mornington Peninsula waste.
Landfill and transfer operations on site including green waste
mulching. Council discussing longer term options. Progressive
rehabilitation of site occurring.
Truemanns
Road Rye
Mornington
Peninsula
Shire
RockLeigh
Devil Bend
Solid Inert landfill serving the Mornington Peninsula. Progressive 45248
rehabilitation and capping commenced on part of the site.
Site is close to the Peninsular Link and may be considered as a
potential baulk haul site. There is capacity for expansion to the
north.
Balnarring
Road Tuerong
Grosvenor
Lodge P/L
67884
Other waste
accepted
Likely
closure
date*
✓
Asbestos
Shredded
automotive
tyres
2020
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Asbestos
Cat C soils
2020
✓
✓
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
✓
Solid wastes
Asbestos
Cat C soils
Acid sulphate
soils
Ceramic
based fibres
Potential
to
operate
beyond
2026
✓
Asbestos
2020
✓
Asbestos
Shredded
automotive
tyres
Ceramic
based fibres
2020
✓
✓
General footnote *
*Likely closure dates are estimated based on consideration of modelled tonnage projections and land available under current EPA Victoria works approval, planning and permit
requirements and potential void space that may eventuate at quarry based landfill sites as identified by owners and operators. Final timeframes will depend on business decisions made
by owners and operators and whether they gain the appropriate approvals..
Landfills estimated for closure between 2014 to 2016, will continue to receive clean fill and soils for the purposes of final contouring, capping and rehabilitation after ceasing accepting
wastes. Resource recovery activities may occur on site after a site ceases accepting waste for disposal providing the necessary planning approvals are in place.
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11.2.1 Future landfill schedule - sequencing of
landfill closure dates
This section sets out the location and sequence for the
filling and operation of landfill sites over a ten year period, in
accordance with Section 50BB of the Environment Protection
Act 1970.
This section should be read in conjunction with the landfill
analysis outlined in Section 5.6.
The dates and likely closure year of the landfills in Table 21 are
based on:
ff the information provided by landfill operators to MWRRG
during the development of the schedule
ff consideration of the MWRRG modelling and data
projections for when each site will be filled
Site maps for scheduled landfills can be found at Appendix B.
These maps identify landfill sites for the purpose of this Draft
Consultation Metropolitan Implementation Plan and are not
necessarily just EPA Victoria works approved and/or licenced
boundaries.
In the future, locating on-site resource recovery activities,
including pre-sorting, at landfills would respond to the Waste
Management Policy objective of ‘encouraging innovation,
cleaner production, resource efficiency and waste reduction,
including the promoting and facilitating the diversion of waste
from landfill, in accordance with the wastes hierarchy.’21
Private sector and regulatory decision makers seeking
consistency with this landfill schedule should consider the
need for co-locating resource recovery operations at landfills.
ff other factors such as EPA Victoria license conditions,
planning permits and agreed closure dates.
21
Waste Management Policy (Siting, Design and Management of Landfills) 2004
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Table 21: Metropolitan landfill sequence of fill* (will need to review with EPA Victoria to determine for all sites)
Landfill
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026-45
(including likely closure date)
Key
Devilbend Landfill - (EM30017)
2020
Planning Approved
Rye landfill - ES453
2020
Works Approved
Clayton Regional Landfill (ES 20872)
2016
Hi Quality – Bulla1
Potential to operate beyond
2026
Undertaking post closure
activities
Glen Landfill (ES 22749)
2016
SUEZ - Hallam (ES33144)(1)
2026
SUEZ - Lyndhurst - ES5111(1)
2026
TPI - Deals Rd (ES 49849)
2018
TPI - Fraser Rd (EM 28818)
2017
TPI - Heatherton Sands (ES 552)
2014
TPI Clarinda Landfill (ES45017)
2015
Altona North Landfill (ES 26227)
2020
TPI - Ravenhall (ES 37288)(1)
2026
BTQ Group Sunbury (ES21321)
2020
Hanson Landfill - Wollert (ES41808)(1)
2026
Riddell Rd Landfill (ES465)(1)
2026
SBI- Cranbourne
2025
Werribee Landfill (ES 492)(1)
2026
Western Land Reclamation (ES26594)
2020
Barro – Kealba(1)
2026
Intended Closure date
Void Space
General Footnote
*Sequence of fill is to be read in conjunction with the Hub Assessments (Table 13); Existing resource recovery and reprocessing infrastructure (Table 18); Future
Resource Recovery Infrastructure requirements (Table 19); and Existing Landfills (Table20).
Footnote 1:
Landfills have potential to operate beyond 2026. It is acknowledged that due to their size and potential long term capacity, waste and/or resource recovery
activities may continue at these sites beyond the current landfill schedule. In addition it is expected that, during this 10 year period and beyond, there will be
changes in the need and ability of these sites to undertake resource recovery and disposal activities.
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11.3 Infrastructure schedule discussion
A key challenge for the infrastructure schedule is to list the
infrastructure needed to manage projected waste volumes,
with the aim of reducing Melbourne’s reliance on landfills and
therefore, removing the need to schedule additional landfill
sites to meet future need.
The 10 priority actions put forward in this Consultation Draft
will support Melbourne to build on its 73% diversion rate to
reduce reliance on landfills even further.
organics processing network) are expected to have the
biggest impact on reducing Melbourne’s need for more
landfills (refer to section 2).
Table 22 explores the potential effect that these actions may
have on Melbourne’s need for landfill over the long term,
compared to not taking action (‘business as usual’). The table
provides indicative figures on what tonnages may go to
landfill under each scenario.
Priority action 1 (Minimising councils’ reliance on landfills
through group procurement of residual waste collection and
processing) and priority action 2 (delivering the metropolitan
Table 22: Potential effects of priority one and priority two on future landfill need
Priority
Assumptions
Landfill capacity needed in
2041-42
Additional landfill capacity needed
compared to 2014
Business as usual
2014 resource recovery/disposal trends
continue for projection period.
4.2 million tonnes/year
No additional organic procurement, no group
procurement for residual waste.
Priority 2
50% of municipal and commercial food and
garden organic waste currently sent to landfill
is diverted to organics reprocessing.
Priority 1 and 2
Scenario a:
ff 50% of municipal and commercial food
and garden organic waste currently sent to
landfill is diverted to organics reprocessing
ff 1 municipal residual treatment plant is built
with a 400,000 tonnes/year capacity
ff Approximately 20% of all material sent to
this new plant potentially to be landfilled
Scenario b:
ff 50% of municipal and commercial food
and garden organic waste currently sent to 2.8 million tonnes/year
landfill is diverted to organics reprocessing
-0.25 million tonnes/year
ff 2 municipal residual treatment plant is built
with a combined 800,000 tonnes/year
capacity
ff Approximately 20% of all material sent to
this new plant potentially to be landfilled
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Table 22 indicates that if we do not act to establish residual
treatment plants and build the organic processing network,
then by 2042 Melbourne will need to landfill 1.15 million
tonnes more than we do today. This could mean that by
2042 Melbourne would need two new landfills, each around
the size of the Werribee Landfill, in addition to existing
metropolitan landfills that have potential to operate beyond
the ten years of this infrastructure schedule.
MWRRG proposed strategy
If priority actions 1 and 2 are delivered, then it is likely that the
amount of waste we send to landfill in 2042 will be similar to
the amount that was landfilled in 2014. While this removes
the need to schedule new landfills, existing landfills that have
potential to operate beyond 2026 would still be needed.
ff not schedule additional landfills
While Melbourne will need some level of landfilling in the
longterm, the nature of landfill operations is expected to
change. The government’s focus of recovering organic waste,
including the proposals put forward in this consultation draft,
will reduce the organic load in landfills over the long term.
A greater uptake of pre-sorting at landfill sites, as required in
this infrastructure schedule (section 11.2.1), would also divert
more recoverable materials.
Establishing relationships between commercial waste
generators and the reprocessing industry will create
opportunities to divert commercial waste (priority actions 7
and 8). However until this work commences it is difficult to
estimate the amount of waste that could be diverted.
MWRRG will work to reduce the need for scheduling new
landfills and prioritise the use of existing metropolitan landfills.
In line with the 10 priority actions identified in this
Consultation Draft, MWRRG’s proposed strategy to manage
the expected waste tonnages for the metropolitan region is
to:
ff commence work for a municipal group procurement for
residual waste following approval of this plan, with the aim
of establishing the first residual waste processing facility in
the south east of Melbourne
ff work with local government and industry partners and
community to deliver all 10 priority actions, with an initial
three year focus on actions that can divert organics from
landfill
ff undertake a mid-term review of the Metropolitan
Implementation Plan to:
ff assess the impact of all priority actions on the resource
recovery market
ff assess the impact on the resource recovery and landfill
markets of all Regional Implementation Plans
ff determine the need for long term landfilling.
Impact of landfills closing the south east
Over the next ten years Melbourne’s landfill market will make
a major transition, with the south east landfill catchment
breaking down as landfills in the Kingston area close.
As discussed in Section 5.11, Melbourne has adequate
landfilling capacity for both the short to long term within
existing metropolitan landfills that have potential to operate
beyond 2026.
MWRRG considers there may be strategic advantages in
scheduling infrastructure that can help stimulate the south
east catchment to be re-established to manage waste from
the south east region. Under priority action 1, the first residual
treatment facility would be delivered in the south east to
provide for this need.
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12: REHABILITATION OF CLOSED LANDFILLS IN
THE REGION
The environmental risks posed by closed landfills continues
for a significant period of time after waste acceptance has
stopped. EPA Victoria requires operating landfills to be
progressively rehabilitated in accordance with Landfill Best
Practice Environmental Management (BPEM). Progressive
rehabilitation of a landfill involves the closure and rehabilitation
of each cell once filling has been completed during the
operating life of the landfill. These works are effectively a
staged closure of the landfill that occurs while the active cell is
being filled.
During the post closure phase of the landfill, the Waste
Management Policy requires operators to undertake ongoing
management of a landfill site including leachate and gas
extraction operations. Once a landfill stops receiving waste,
and is in the aftercare phase, EPA Victoria issues a pollution
abatement notice (PAN) to develop rehabilitation and aftercare
management plans. After submission of these plans, EPA
Victoria issues a post-closure PAN (PC PAN) and the license
can be revoked. Environmental monitoring and auditing is
required to identify and manage environmental impacts and
risks at all metropolitan landfills.
The PAN sets out EPA Victoria’s requirements for ongoing
monitoring, auditing and managing the landfill site postclosure and typically applies for at least 30 years. The PC
PANs vary according to the risks the landfill poses to the local
environment and community. In 2012 EPA Victoria provided
detailed guidance about the requirements of this notice
(EPA Victoria Closed Landfill Guidelines 13 December 2012
Publication 1490).
The potential risks to the environment from a closed landfill
must be considered. Buffer distances required during the
operation of a landfill remain during the post closure period to
ensure any development of the landfill site and any proposed
use or development in the buffer area addresses these
risks. Environmental risks include landfill gas migration and
hydrogeological risks from leachate to ground and/or surface
waters. A 500 metre buffer for former putrescible landfills and
a 200 metre buffer for former solid inert landfill apply during
the 30 year post closure period.
Closed landfills are considered to be contaminated sites and
any end use developments including development of land in
the surrounding buffer area will require an environmental risk
assessment (53V) by an EPA Victoria appointed auditor.
Table 23 details the 48 sites identified as closed landfills within
the metropolitan region currently being regulated by EPA
Victoria, either through a PAN or licence.
The information on the status of closed landfills was current
as at September 2015. Landfill closure dates are estimates
of when operators ceased depositing waste. Sites may have
continued to receive clean fill and soils to undertake capping
and rehabilitation work after these dates.
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Table 23: Metropolitan closed landfills
Statutory Tool
Duty Holder
Site Address
Municipality
Closure Date
PAN
Fritzch Holzer Park
Rose Street, Hawthorn, 3122
1986
PC PAN
Andrew James Hewson; and Andrew
Henry Hewson
Trading as Andy’s Autos
594 Geelong Rd (Cnr McDonald
Rd), Brooklyn, 3012
2000
PC PAN
Andrew James Hewson; Andrew
Henry Hewson; and Marjorie Jean
Hewson
Trading as Andy’s Autos
Bunting Road Brooklyn, 3012
2000
PC PANs pending
Carrington Drive Reserve and
Sunshine Energy Park
Hulett St, Sunshine, 3020
Late 1980's
PC PAN
Green Gully Road, Keilor Downs, Brimbank City Council
3038
1987
Licence
Calleja Properties Pty Ltd
Cnr Annandale Road & Arundel
Road, Keilor,3036
2005
PC PAN
SIMS Group Australia Holdings Ltd
44-60 McDonald Road,
Brooklyn, 3012
2003
Licence
Transpacific Waste Management Pty
Ltd
(Old Geelong Road)
Western Side of Jones Road,
Brooklyn, 3012
2010
PC PAN
TPI
52-60 Market Rd, Brooklyn, 3012 Brimbank City Council
2015
PC PAN
Cardinia Shire Council
Five Mile Road, Nar Nar Goon,
3812
Cardinia Shire Council
2001
PC PAN
Casey City Council
Stevensons Road, Cranbourne,
3977
Casey City Council
2006
PC PAN
Casey City Council
Quarry Road, Narre Warren
North, 3804
Casey City Council
1997
PC PAN
All Nations Park, Cnr Clifton St &
Wales St, Northcote, 3070
2001
PC PAN
University Meat Supply Pty Ltd
Lot 87, Newlands Road, Reservoir, Darebin City Council
3058
1979
PC PAN
McClellend Drive, Frankston,
3199
1999
PC PAN
Glynlee Pty Ltd
Clarke Road Springvale, South,
3172
Greater Dandenong City
Council
1993
PC PAN
Former Spring Valley Landfill, East Greater Dandenong City
side of Clarke Road, Springvale
Council
South,3175
1999
PC PAN
Lyndcadle Pty Ltd
185 Dandenong-Hastings Road,
Dandenong South, 3175
Greater Dandenong City
Council
1997
PC PAN
Queen Street, Altona, 3018
1998
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Statutory Tool
Duty Holder
Site Address
Municipality
Closure Date
PC PAN
Kyle Road Developments Pty Ltd
Kyle Road, Altona North, 3025
2003
Licence
Hume City Council
Cnr Bolinda Road & Sydney
Road, Campbellfield, 3061
Hume City Council
2008
PC PAN
Hume City Council
Mahoney’s Road, Campbellfield,
3061
Hume City Council
1991
PC PAN
Hume City Council
Craigieburn Road, Craigieburn,
3064
Hume City Council
1996
PC PAN
Transpacific Cleanaway Pty Ltd
206-300 Western Avenue,
Melbourne Airport, 3043
Hume City Council
2008
PC PAN
Brambles Australia Ltd
Ryans Road, Clayton South, 3169 Kingston City Council
2003
PC PAN
Brambles Australia Ltd
Cnr Clayton Rd & Ryans Rd,
Clayton South, 3169
1992
PC PAN pending
Ernest Smith Contractors Pty Ltd
(Trading as DinSan Nurseries)
370-418 Old Dandenong Road,
Dingley Village, 3172
2012
PANs pending
Heatherton Park, 623-633
Heatherton Rd, Clayton South,
3169
Mid-1980’s
PANs pending
167-189 Spring Road, Dingley
Village, 3172
Pre-1996
PC PAN
Scotch Parade/Argyle Avenue,
Chelsea, 3196
2001
PC PAN
Whelan Kartaway Pty Ltd
Lot 8, Elder Street, Clayton South, Kingston City Council
3169
2002
Licence
Knox City Council
Cathies Lane, 1180 High Street
Road, Wantirna South, 3152
Knox City Council
2004
PC PAN
Knox City Council
Llewellyn Park, 14 Coppelia
Street, Wantirna South, 3152
Knox City Council
1986
PC PAN
Cawley Road Pty Ltd
Former James Hardie Landfill,
Hardie Road, Brooklyn, 3025
2000
PC PAN
Quarry Park Farnsworth Avenue,
Footscray, 3011
1998
PC PAN
Melton Shire Council
2-26 Ferris Road, Melton, 3337
Melton Shire Council
2000
PANs Pending
Monash Council
Reg Harris Reserve, Ferntree
Monash Council
Gully Road, Oakleigh East, 3166
1972
PC Pan
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
2 Lens St, Crib Point, 3919
2003
PC PAN
450 A Moorooduc Hwy, Mt Eliza, Mornington Peninsula Shire
3930
2013
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Statutory Tool
Duty Holder
Site Address
Municipality
Closure Date
PC PAN
113–119 Trueman’s Rd, Rosebud, Mornington Peninsula Shire
3969
2013
MRA PAN
15 McKirdy’s Road, Tyabb, 3913
2013
Licence
Nillumbik Shire Council
Nillumbik Shire Council, Depot,
Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat, 3091
2007
PC PAN
105 Graham Road, Kangaroo
Ground, 3097
2000
PC PAN
Cooper Street, No. 1500 Cooper Whittlesea City Council
Street, Epping, 3076
1992
PC PAN
500 Cooper Street, Epping,
3076
2004
Licence
Yarra Ranges Council
Mount Riddel Road, Healesville,
3777
1997
Licence
Cnr Ingram Road & Leonard
Road, Coldstream, 3770
2004
PC Pan
Phileo Federation St, Box Hill
2001
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APPENDICES
Appendix A - Requirements of the Environment Protection Act (1970)
Division 2AD—Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
50B
50BA
Preparation of draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
ach Waste and Resource Recovery Group must prepare a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
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Implementation plan for its waste and resource recovery region.
2.
ubject to subsection (3), each Waste and Resource Recovery Group must submit a draft Regional Waste and
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Resource Recovery Implementation Plan to Sustainability Victoria and to the Authority within 12 months after the
State-Wide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan takes effect.
3.
draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan must be submitted by the Metropolitan
A
Waste and Resource Recovery Group within 3 months after the date on which the first State-Wide Waste and
Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan takes effect.
4.
he Authority must make any comments within 60 days after receiving a draft Regional Waste and Resource
T
Recovery Implementation Plan.
Objective of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
The objective of a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan is to set out how the waste and
resource recovery infrastructure needs of a waste and resource recovery region will be met over at least a 10 year
period.
50BB
Content of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
A Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan must include—
a. a description and analysis of waste and resource recovery infrastructure within its waste and resource
recovery region, including a consideration of—
i. environmental and financial performance; and
ii. current infrastructure and anticipated opportunities for providing infrastructure across the waste and
resource recovery region; and
iii. the waste and resource recovery infrastructure needs, priorities and preferred locations for the waste and
iv. regional transport and land use planning; and
b. a description of how the long-term directions in the State-Wide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure
Plan will be implemented to give effect to local and regional infrastructure needs within the waste and
c. a schedule of existing and required waste and resource recovery infrastructure within the waste and resource
recovery region including—
i. t he type, general location and other requirements of new waste and resource recovery infrastructure,
other than landfills; and
ii. the timeframe for when new waste and resource recovery infrastructure is needed; and
iii. an identification of steps required to align the schedule with local planning schemes; and
iv. the proposed sequence for the filling of available landfill sites for at least the next 10 years; and
v. a program for replacing and rehabilitating landfill sites; and
vi. the intended or likely date of closure of each landfill site; and
vii.options for future landfill capacity and resource recovery infrastructure; and
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d. any matters required by guidelines made under section 50CA.
50BC
2.
Subject to subsection (3), a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan must be consistent with
any policy and any government policies.
3.
If a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan is inconsistent with a policy, the policy prevails
to the extent of the inconsistency.
Consultation during preparation of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
Before submitting a draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan to Sustainability Victoria and to the
Authority under section 50B, a Waste and Resource Recovery Group must consult with—
a. the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Primary Industries; and
b. the Chairman; and
c. the Chairperson of Sustainability Victoria; and
d. the Chairperson of each Waste and Resource Recovery Group; and
e. the chairperson of the Urban Renewal Authority Victoria; and
f.
50BD
the chief executive of each council within its waste and resource recovery region.
Further preparation of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
n the submission of a draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan under section 50B,
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each Waste and Resource Recovery Group and Sustainability Victoria must work together to integrate the
priorities and directions of the Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan and the State-Wide
Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan and to resolve any differences in the Plans.
2.
ach Waste and Resource Recovery Group and Sustainability Victoria are jointly responsible for integrating the
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Plans for a period of up to 6 months.
3.
Sustainability Victoria and each Waste and Resource Recovery Group must—
a. take into account any comments made by the Authority under section 50B(4); and
b. a
mend the schedule of existing and required waste and resource recovery infrastructure within the draft
Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan if the Authority objects to the inclusion of a
proposed landfill on the ground that it is unlikely to meet the requirements of a relevant policy.
4.
The integration process in subsections (1) to (3) must comply with any guidelines issued under section 50CA.
5.
A Waste and Resource Recovery Group must submit a draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
Implementation Plan to the Minister for approval—
a. n
o later than 6 months after submitting a draft to Sustainability Victoria and the Authority under section 50B;
and
b. n
ot before either the Authority has provided its comments under section 50B(4) or the 60 days in which the
Authority may comment on the Plan have expired.
6.
On receiving a draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan under subsection (5) the
Minister must—
a. approve the Plan; or
b. approve the Plan with amendments; or
c. return the Plan to the relevant Waste and Resource Recovery Group for amendment.
7.
If the Minister returns the Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan to a Waste and Resource
Recovery Group under subsection (6)(c), the Minister must give directions as to the amendments required to be
made to the draft Plan.
8.
A Waste and Resource Recovery Group must comply with a direction of the Minister under subsection (7) within
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30 days or a longer period specified by the Minister.
50BE
Publication of approval of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
The Minister must cause to be published in the Government Gazette a notice of approval of a Regional Waste
and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan.
2.
The notice of approval must be published—
a. in the next general edition of the Government Gazette; or
b. in a special edition of the Government Gazette within 10 working days after the approval of the Plan.
3.
A Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan takes effect on—
a. the date on which the notice of approval is published in the Government Gazette; or
b. a later date specified in the notice.
4.
50BF
50BG
50BH
A Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan remains in force until it is replaced by another
Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan.
Publication of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
Waste and Resource Recovery Group must publish a copy of its Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
A
Implementation Plan on its Internet site within 7 days of a notice of approval of the Plan being published in the
Government Gazette.
2.
ustainability Victoria must publish a copy of a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan on
S
its Internet site within 7 days of a notice of approval of the Plan being published in the Government Gazette.
3.
Waste and Resource Recovery Group and Sustainability Victoria must each publish on its Internet site a revised
A
copy of a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan within 7 days of a notice of approval of an
amendment or variation to the Plan being published in the Government Gazette.
Amendment of Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
(A Waste and Resource Recovery Group may prepare draft amendments to its Regional Waste and Resource
Recovery Implementation Plan at any time, including any schedule of existing and required waste and resource
recovery infrastructure within the Plan.
2.
(The Minister may at any time direct a Waste and Resource Recovery Group to prepare draft amendments to its
Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan within a specified period of time.
3.
(The Minister may at any time make a variation to a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan
that is declaratory, machinery or administrative in nature.
4.
ections 50BC, 50BD and 50BE apply to an amendment of a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
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Implementation Plan under subsections (1) and (2) as if the amendment were a draft Regional Waste and
Resource Recovery Implementation Plan.
5.
(Sections 50BD(6) to (8) and 50BE apply to a variation of a Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
Implementation Plan under subsection (3) as if the variation were a draft Regional Waste and Resource Recovery
Implementation Plan.
Consistency with Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plans
1.
council must perform its waste management functions consistently with the Regional Waste and Resource
A
Recovery Implementation Plan applying to the council's municipal district.
2.
If a council disposes of waste in a waste and resource recovery region other than the waste and resource
recovery region in which the council's municipal district is located, the disposal of the waste must be consistent
with the Regional Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan applying to the other waste and resource
recovery region.
3.
(Any person involved in the generation, management or transport of waste within a waste and resource recovery
region must not do anything in relation to the waste that is inconsistent with the relevant Regional Waste and
Resource Recovery Implementation Plan while the waste is in that region.
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Appendix B – Metropolitan landfill site maps
These maps show the general location of landfill sites and do not accurately represent EPA Victoria works approved and/or
licensed site boundaries.
ALTONA NORTH LANDFILL PTY LTD
ALTONA NORTH LANDFILL
LICENCE: 11940
HANSON LANDFILL SERVICES PTY LTD
WOLLERT LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12309
ROAD
BARNES
0
50
100
200
Metres
Map Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Horizontal Datum: GDA 1994
Grid: GDA 1994 VICGRID94
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ROAD
CHAMBE
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ROAD
MASONS
ROAD
LEGEND
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Industrial
Land Use
Parcel Boundaries
Special Use Zone
Open Space
Commercial
Residential
Data source: Vicmap, DELWP, 05/2015. Waste Sites, MWMG, 2015. Created by:mjahanshahi
ROAD
WESTERN LAND RECLAMATION PTY MARKET
LTD
SOMERV
ILLE RO
AD
WESTERN LAND RECLAMATION
LICENCE: 11972
0
250
500
1,000
1,500
Metres
o
LEGEND
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Land Use
Parcel Boundaries
Excluded
Open Space
Residential
Agriculture
WYNDHAM CITY COUNCIL
WERRIBEE LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12483
AD
BULBAN
ROAD
JONES
ROAD
BUNTIN
G RO
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CE
IN
PR
0
50 100
200
300
Metres
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LEGEND
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Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
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Open Space
Residential
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200 400
800
1,200
Metres
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W
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FR
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
Open Space
Excluded
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ECHEY
LA
NE
SBI
SBI CRANBOURNE
LICENCE: Not Licenced
CYRIL
BE
TIG
VICTORY ROAD LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12339
BALLAR
TO ROAD
DEALS
CLAYTO
N
ROAD
ROA
D
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ROAD
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KINGST
ON RO
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50 100
200
300
Metres
o
LEGEND
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Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Industrial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
Excluded
Open Space
0
Residential
MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE COUNCIL
RYE LANDFILL
LICENCE: 67884
50
100
200
300
Metres
o
LEGEND
Parcel Boundaries
Residential
Agriculture
Open Space
DA
LR
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PL
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RO
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TRUEMANS ROAD
HUME CITY COUNCIL
RIDDELL RD LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12450
Land Use
Landfill
RESERV
OIR ROA
D
ANTHONY STREET
0
100
200
400
600
Metres
o
LEGEND
0
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Special Use Zone
Open Space
Excluded
Residential
TIG
MELBOURNE REGIONAL LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12160
N FR
400
800
1,200
Metres
o
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Agriculture
Excluded
Open Space
Commercial
Residential
SUEZ
LYNDHURST LANDFILL
LICENCE: 74643
EE W
AY
ROAD
WE
ST
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200
Agriculture
ROAD
HOPKINS
COLEMA
NS
BAYLISS
ROAD
0
550
1,100
2,200
3,300
Metres
o
LEGEND
0
Landfill
Excluded
Open Space
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Residential
Land Use
Industrial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
100
200
400
600
Metres
o
LEGEND
Landfill
Land Use
Parcel Boundaries
Excluded
Industrial
Agriculture
Commercial
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LANGWARRIN LANDFILL (THE GLEN)
LICENCE: 11818
QU
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HI-QUALITY QUARRY PRODUCTS PTY LTD
HI QUALITY BULLA
LICENCE: 45279
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TR
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NB
SU
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ON
TH
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50
100
o
200
Metres
AD
RO
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0
LEGEND
Parcel Boundaries
Open Space
Special Use Zone
Residential
Agriculture
300
600
1,200
1,800
Metres
o
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
Excluded
Open Space
Residential
UT
SO
PASS
0
SUEZ
HALLAM LANDFILL
LICENCE: 74643
CARROL
L ROAD
TIG
HEATHERTON SANDS
LICENCE: 14536
DINGLE
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Landfill
AN
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HG
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DH
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HW
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HENRY
STRE
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KINGST
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0
100 200
400
600
Metres
o
LEGEND
0
Landfill
Excluded
Open Space
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Residential
Land Use
Industrial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
TIG
FRASER ROAD LANDFILL
LICENCE: 9089
200
400
800
1,200
Metres
o
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
Excluded
Open Space
Residential
GROSVENOR LODGE
DEVIL BEND LANDFILL
LICENCE: 45248
R
AR
DEALS
CLAYTO
N
N
BAL
ROAD
ROAD
FAIRBA
NK ROAD
ING
RO
AD
RYANS
ROAD
KINGSTON ROAD
0
100
200
400
600
Metres
o
LEGEND
0
Landfill
Excluded
Open Space
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Residential
Land Use
Industrial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
50 100
200
300
Metres
o
LEGEND
Landfill
Land Use
Parcel Boundaries
Open Space
Excluded
Agriculture
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CLAYTON ROAD LANDFILL JOINT VENTURE
CLAYTON REGIONAL LANDFILL
LICENCE: 11719, 20872
DEALS
ROA
D
DEALS
ROAD
TIG
DEALS ROAD LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12512
RYANS
ROAD
CLAYTO
N
ROAD
CLAYTO
N
ROAD
RYANS
ROAD
KINGST
ON RO
AD
HEATHE
RTON
DINGLE
ROAD
KINGST
ON RO
AD
Y BYPA
SS
HEATHE
RTON
DINGLE
0
100
200
400
o
600
Metres
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Industrial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
Excluded
Open Space
0
Residential
50 100
200
300
Metres
TIG
CLARINDA LANDFILL
LICENCE: 12412
ROAD
Y BYPA
SS
o
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Industrial
Special Use Zone
Agriculture
Excluded
Open Space
Residential
BULLA TIP AND QUARRY PTY LTD
BTQ SUNBURY
LICENCE: 11758
Y
UR
NB
SU
CENTRE
RO
AD
CARROL
L ROAD
AD
RO
Y
UR
NB
SU
AD
RO
DINGLE
Y BY
0
150
300
600
900
Metres
PASS
o
LEGEND
0
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Special Use Zone
Industrial
Excluded
Open Space
50 100
Residential
TIG
BROOKLYN LANDFILL
LICENCE: 18883
200
300
Metres
o
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Open Space
Excluded
Residential
Agriculture
MARKET
ROAD
BARRO GROUP PTY LTD
BARRO KEALBA
LICENCE: 80195
SU
SOMERVILLE
ROAD
HIN
NS
E
NU
VE
EA
BUNTIN
G RO
JONES ROAD
0
50 100
200
300
Metres
o
0
Land Use
Parcel Boundaries
T
NG
RI
AD
RO
AD
LEGEND
Landfill
ES
W
N
ER
Excluded
Open Space
Residential
Industrial
100
200
400
600
Metres
o
LEGEND
Land Use
Landfill
Parcel Boundaries
Commercial
Special Use Zone
Industrial
Excluded
Open Space
Residential
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GLOSSARY
Term
Definition
Airspace
The remaining capacity of a landfill.
Best practice
environmental
management (BEPM)
Facility management in line with the Environment Protection Authority Victoria publication in Best Practice
Environmental Management – Siting, Design, Operation and Rehabilitation of Landfills.
Buffer
A buffer is an area of land outside the operating area of a facility that is set aside to maintain an adequate distance
between the facility and sensitive land uses (such as residential development) so those uses are not adversely affected
by noise, odour or dust. The land may or may not be owned by the facility owner.
Collection system
System for collecting materials from the kerbside, including bin type and collection frequency.
Commingled
recyclables
Materials combined generally for the purposes of collection, mainly through municipal collection services. Includes
plastic bottles, other plastics, paper, glass and metal containers. Commingled recyclable materials require sorting after
collection before they can be recycled. Can also be called commingled materials.
Commercial and
industrial (C&I) waste
Solid waste generated from trade, commercial and industrial activities including the government sector. It includes
waste from offices, manufacturing, factories, schools, universities, and state and government operations and small to
medium enterprises, e.g. food waste.
Composting
The biological processing of organic matter in the presence of oxygen, yielding carbon dioxide, heat and stabilised
organic residues that may be used as a soil additive. Composting can be undertaken using an open wind row or invessel system.
Construction and
Solid waste generated from residential and commercial construction and demolition activities e.g. bricks and concrete.
demolition (C&D) waste
Clean fill
Material that has no harmful effects on the environment. This material is a natural soil material and does not contain
any other materials such as concrete rubble.
Drop-off centre/site
A facility where households can drop off selected materials and household items for recycling and reuse. Also called
drop-off facilities.
Energy from waste
Processing technologies that use waste as a feedstock for generating energy, which can be used for heat or for
generating electricity. Also called waste to energy.
Feedstock
Raw material used to manufacture products. Material varies depending on what is being produced.
Food organics
Food waste from households or industry, including food processing waste, out-of-date or off-specification food,
meat, fruit and vegetable scraps. Excludes liquid wastes.
Food recovery facility
Green organics
Organics derived from garden sources, e.g. grass clippings, tree prunings. Also known as green organics.
Hard waste
The term applied to household garbage that is not usually accepted into kerbside garbage bins by local councils, e.g.
old fridges and mattresses.
Hazardous waste
See Prescribed Industrial Waste.
Hubs
The concentration of reprocessing facilities where there is sufficient waste derived feedstock to support viable
reprocessing options. The location of hubs will vary for individual material streams.
Illegal dumping
Illegal dumping is the deliberate or unauthorised dumping, tipping or burying of waste on land that is not licensed or fit
to accept that waste.
In-vessel composting
System of composting involving the use of an enclosed chamber or vessel in which the composting process is
controlled by regulating the rate of mechanical aeration. Aeration assists in heat removal, temperature control and
oxygenation of the mass. Aeration is provided to the chamber by a blower fan which can work in a positive (blowing)
and/or negative (sucking) mode. Rate of aeration can be controlled with temperature, oxygen or carbon dioxide
feedback signals
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Term
Definition
Kerbside waste/
collection
Waste collected by local councils from residential properties, including garbage, commingled recyclables and garden
organics, but excluding hard waste.
Landfill
A site for the disposal of waste to land that cannot currently be recycled or reused.
Landfill levy
A levy applied at differential rates to municipal, commercial and industrial and prescribed wastes disposed of at
licensed landfills in Victoria. Landfill levies are used solely for the purposes of environment protection and fostering
environmentally sustainable use of resources and best practice in waste management. They fund the activities of
regional waste management groups, Sustainability Victoria and Environment Protection Authority Victoria, helping
to establish waste management infrastructure, industry waste-reduction programs, education programs, regulatory
controls and enforcement regimes. Levies also provide an incentive to minimise the generation of waste, sending a
signal to industry that the government supports efforts to develop alternatives to disposal to landfill.
Litter
A form of pollution, considered the most visible. Anything left where it is not meant to be.
Materials recovery
facility (MRF)
A centre for the receipt, sorting and transfer of materials recovered from the waste stream. At a MRF, materials are also
sorted by type and treatment, which may include cleaning and compression.
Municipal solid waste
(MSW)
Solid waste generated from municipal and residential activities, and including waste collected by, or on behalf of, a
municipal council. In this document, MSW does not refer to waste delivered to municipal disposal sites by commercial
operators or waste from municipal demolition projects.
Open windrow
composting operation
Composting process where incoming organic materials are shredded, mixed and managed so they decompose
aerobically in windrows or piles that are fully exposed to the air.
Organic material
Plant or animal matter originating from domestic or industrial sources, e.g. grass clippings, tree prunings, food waste.
Prescribed waste and
prescribed industrial
waste (PIW)
Those wastes listed in the Environment Protection (Prescribed Waste) Regulations 1998 and subject to requirements
under the Industrial Waste Management Policy (Prescribed Industrial Waste) 2000. Environment Protection Authority
Victoria closely regulates these wastes because of their potential adverse impacts on human health and the
environment. Prescribed wastes carry special handling, storage, transport and often licensing requirements, and attract
substantially higher disposal levies than non-prescribed solid wastes. Also known as Hazardous Waste.
Processing facilities
Facilities which either receive materials directly from collection systems or from recovery facilities for further sorting
and/or processing to provide material for use in the generation of new products.
Residual waste
Residual material that remains after any source separation or reprocessing activities of recyclable materials or garden
organics.
Waste that is left over after suitable materials have been recovered for reuse and recycling. This generally means the
environmental or economic costs of further separating and cleaning the waste are greater than any potential benefit of
doing so.
Source separation
The practice of segregating materials into discrete material streams prior to collection by, or delivery to, processing
facilities.
Spokes
The sequence of activities that move materials from waste generators to (and from) hubs, for example, collection,
transport and sorting. The length of the spoke and hence the location of the hub for a particular material stream is
influenced by the impact of transport on the margin of return for that particular material stream.
Stockpiling
Storage of materials.
Transfer station
A facility allowing the drop off and consolidation of garbage and a wide range of recyclable materials. Can be
combined with a resource recovery centre and may include resale centres. Do not undertake processing activities.
Void space
Is a term used to define the space available at a site that could be filled with waste.
Urban growth boundary The urban growth boundary applies to land in growth areas and creates a clearly defined permanent boundary to the
metropolitan area and is a tool that seeks to manage Melbourne’s growth in a planned and sustainable way.
Waste
Anything that is no longer valued by its owner for use or sale and which is, or will be, discarded. In this document, the
term ‘solid waste’ refers to non-hazardous, non-prescribed, solid waste materials ranging from municipal garbage to
industrial waste.
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Term
Definition
Waste minimisation
The concept of, and strategies for, waste generation to be kept to a minimum level in order to reduce the requirement
for waste collection, handling and disposal to landfill. Also referred to as waste avoidance or waste reduction.
Waste to energy
Processing technologies that use waste as a feedstock to produce a useful end product with market value, such as
heat, electricity and process derived fuels. Technologies can include anaerobic digestion and heat processing such as
pyrolysis and gasification.
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ACRONYMS
Term
Definition
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
BAU
Business as usual
BPEM
Best practice environmental management
C&D
Construction and demolition
C&I
Commercial and industrial
DELWP
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
EPA Victoria
Environment Protection Authority Victoria
LGA
Local government area
MRF
Materials recovery facility
MSW
Municipal solid waste
MWRRG
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group
PAN
Pollution abatement notice
PIW
Prescribed industrial waste
RRC/TS
Resource recovery centre/Transfer station
RWRRG
Regional Waste Resource Recovery Group
SME
Small to medium enterprises
SV
Sustainability Victoria
SWRRIP
Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan
VORRS
Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy
WRRG
Waste Resource Recovery Group
WRRIP
Waste And Resource Recovery Implementation Plan
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