Waste - thinking outside of the bin

摘要

Waste has previously had a negative value because it costs money, time and effort to remove, store and destruct. However this thinking is set to change as waste becomes a commodity used for energy generation. The WSN Ecolibrium mixed waste facility at the almost completed Macarthur Resource Recovery Park in Narellan, New South Wales, will consume household waste and produce clean energy. The new process facility is the first of its kind in Australasia and second only in the world to the plant it has been modelled on in Israel. It is designed to process over 100,000 tons of household rubbish per year, diverting approximately 70 per cent away from landfill sites.