City Adopts Waste Strategy
Date Published: 5/05/2011
At its Ordinary Meeting on Wednesday 27 April, the City of Rockingham Council endorsed a new Waste Strategy for the region with a 20 year vision for the future.
The strategy includes a five year action plan and aims to encourage environmentally and socially responsible future waste processing technologies.
The strategy proposes steps to minimise financial, operational, and environmental risks to the City, its residents, and the region while maximising the use of the existing Millar Road Landfill and its equipment and facilities.
Among the recommendations endorsed this week was the City’s withdrawal from the South Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) to take place over the next 12 months.
City of Rockingham Mayor Barry Sammels said that the City was a ‘pay for use’ member and is not heavily invested in the SMRC’s projects, meaning there will be minimal impacts to current initiatives and members.
“Council’s main consideration was that the City would leave the SMRC for the right reasons. We have enjoyed a sound working relationship with the SMRC for about 13 years and the City continues to support the SMRC’s objectives.
“The City has not been a project participant for the Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) but it was a fee paying user of the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
“As a Landfill Operator, now is the right time for us to consider a Waste Vision for the future which will help the City position itself to meet the requirements of the Zero Waste Strategy.
“The City is moving in a new strategic direction in waste management, and over the next 12 months it will look at a range of options to ensure the best outcome and value for money for our ratepayers.
“Under the new direction laid out in the strategy the City will strive for best-practice on waste management service delivery while taking a responsible position on greenhouse gas mitigation.”
“Our new focus will be to ensure we have robust measures in place to meet our projected population growth which is expected to top 160 000 in the next twenty years.”
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