The first load of waste from the Rivers Regional Council Group has arrived at Western Australia’s Kwinana Energy Recovery facility – the first energy recovery facility in Australia.
The Council says Kwinana Energy Recovery is set to change the face of waste management and renewable energy generation in WA.
“This will be done by providing an alternative to reliance on unpleasant and outdated landfill disposal,” the Council said in a statement.
Energy Recovery is an environmentally proven, sustainable and economically beneficial alternative. The facility will process non-recyclable wastes, and the ash created will be reused to produce construction materials including road base and construction blocks.
The facility will process non-recyclable waste and generate enough electricity to power 55,000 homes per year (38MW) and divert t up to 460,000 tonnes of waste from landfill
a year.
This sustainable long term solution to waste management and resource recovery is set
to reduce carbon emissions equivalent to taking 85,000 cars off Perth’s roads, the Council says, marking a significant step towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
“Whilst it had taken longer than anticipated to reach this point, the confidence shown by members of the Rivers Regional Council Group will ensure that there will be a substantial positive legacy for our Councils and Communities with substantial benefit over the long term from this innovative project,” said Rivers Regional Council chairman, Councillor David Bolt.
“As well as significantly reducing their reliance on landfill disposal, the participating
LGA’s will be able to make a step change toward achieving Zero Waste Objectives and
the State Government’s landfill diversion target. Communities will also benefit from the
use of Energy produced by their waste stream.”
