Waste processing park receives gold award from government

WSN, a state-owned corporation, took out one of two gold awards in the Environment for Living category for its Macarthur Resource Recovery Park in Narellan that features the Ecolibrium Mixed Waste Solution for household waste and the Ecolibrium Organics Facility that uses tunnel composting to process garden organics.

The mixed waste facility, which uses the Israeli ArrowBio technology, is designed to capture 100% of greenhouse gases from household waste, power itself with green energy from waste and export surplus renewable energy to the NSW Energy Grid, equivalent to powering 1700 homes.

The park also features a materials recycling facility that recovers resources like paper, plastic, metal and glass — meaning all three waste streams are treated on the one site.

WSN Environmental Solutions CEO Ken Kanofski and project chief Charles Munro accepted the award from Premier Nathan Rees at a presentation on Thursday evening, 13 November 2008.

Kanofski said the four contracted councils — Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee — were to be commended for the foresight they had shown by signing up to have their residents’ waste processed in the new facility for the next 15 years.

“These councils are showing great vision by preparing for a carbon-constrained future under the impending Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme,” Kanofski said.

“When the facility is fully operational, local residents in these council areas will be the best recyclers in the country, with the facility designed to divert 85% of waste from landfill.

“This will come at minimal extra cost to these local communities as the park will sell recovered resources from waste and substantially avoid government landfill levies.”