Tweed Recycling and Landfill Centre Master Plan
The Master Plan will transform the current Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre into a more user friendly and innovative site. It sets the stage to achieve less waste to landfill and is part of our Towards Zero Waste goal. It will maximise the use of materials already available and only place waste in landfill as a last resort.
Actions to improve the site for residents include:
- placing less in landfill
- moving around the site safely
- knowing what to drop off and where
- reducing, recycling and reusing as much as possible
Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre will remain open during all construction. We ask residents to take care and be aware – of workers, signs and speeds.
Let’s keep everyone safe.
Master Plan actions and phases
Phase 1: Improve the layout and site design for all users.
Phase 2: Preparing for future landfill
Council is working towards our Towards Zero Waste goal, which means saving 90% of waste from landfill. Securing land space for the community’s future landfill waste is also a longer term goal.
Planning for our future waste is very important as:
- some products can’t be recycled or reused
- some problem waste still needs to go to landfill
- with current waste behaviours in the community, the landfill currently being built will be full in about 5 to 7 years with current waste behaviours.
We need to plan in advance, even when the aim is to place less waste into landfill, preparation is needed. Land space is limited, approvals are rigorous and time sensitive.
This is the last stage of the Master Plan.
Videos
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The new Organics Processing Facility at Tweed Resource Recovery and Landfill Centre will convert food and green organic waste into usable compost.
Who's Listening
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Phone 02 6670 2400 Email tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au
Why can’t council give each ratepayer Two free box trailer loads or
4 car boot load vouchers when they pay their rates. Annually.
Apparently it cost TSC over $85,000 in illegal dumping clean ups last year.
This would certainly cut that figure down on this disgusting habit of some.
I believe that the road direct from Murwillumbah needs to be fully sealed, not partly.
Better sorting is required and new technology. For example Launceston has a conveyor belt system and styrofoam recycling, it would be a great project to look at. We need more ambitious waste management goals then just space to bury waste.
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Why cant tweed shire have a bulk recycling depot like lismore