The first truckload of waste from the City of Gosnells was delivered to the new Kwinana Energy Recovery facility today, in a change that will ultimately divert all the City’s nonrecyclable waste from landfill and convert it into energy.
Mayor Terresa Lynes said the opening of the first commercial-scale operational energy recovery facility in Australia had been nearly a decade in the making.
“The City of Gosnells is one of the first local governments in Australia to divert nonrecyclable waste away from landfill and turn it into energy,” she said. “This is particularly exciting because it effectively spells the end for landfill in the City of Gosnells.
” The City is one of 10 local government areas contracted to providing non-recyclable waste to the Kwinana Energy Recovery facility.
The facility will divert up to 460,000 tonnes of waste from landfill each year, representing approximately a quarter of the waste from the greater Perth area. Energy recovered from the waste will be delivered to the Western Power grid to power up to 66,000 homes.
In terms of carbon emissions, diverting the waste from landfill and sending it to the facility is the equivalent of taking 85,000 cars off the road.
“Energy recovery is part of a wide range of City of Gosnells initiatives to maximise sustainability and ensure the City is as ‘green’ as possible for future generations – in a financially sound way,” Mayor Lynes said.
Caption – Mayor Terresa Lynes with a City of Gosnells waste truck at the Kwinana Energy Recovery facility
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