Four local Sydney metropolitan Councils- Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee- have jointly awarded a 15 year waste and recycling contract to WSN Environmental Solutions incorporating sustainable designs by Sissons Neves Architects.
Valued at over $150 million, the contract delivers to the region's residents a state-of-the-art waste processing system that offers important community benefits, including the return of valuable resources and the generation of 'green electricity'.
The site includes a fully enclosed tunnel composting system to process 30,000 tonnes of organics each year, a materials recycling facility for sorting up to 30,000 tonnes of recyclables per year, a drop-off area for residents to use, a community visitor and education centre and a "Clean Up Waste" recovery facility.
This new facility will be fully operational by 2008, and will put the region at the forefront of resource recovery in Australia.