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Related to the sustainable management of waste and recyclables and to be a leader in waste
management within NSW. Lismore has a long history of innovative waste management
programs and was the first council in Australia to introduce mixed food and garden organics
in 1999. The cost of waste disposal due to the NSW Government’s landfill levy and the
community desire to become better recyclers is driving the continued evolution of the
strategic waste direction for Lismore City
Council.
Composting process
In May 2014 we also opened a Glass Processing Plant in conjunction with the MRF. The
plant uses imploder technology and is one of only two plants of this kind in Australia. The
plant crushes glass down to create glass sand that is transported to Council’s Blakebrook
Quarry for use in road base and asphalt.
As well as ensuring more glass can be recycled and therefore reducing transport miles,
transforming glass back into sand reduces the need to mine as much virgin material for road
base and asphalt, decreasing road resealing costs as well as limiting truck movements on the
road.
Since 2007, Lismore City Council has been one of five trial sites Australia wide for a
research program entitled the Australian Alternative Cover Assessment Program (AACAP),
conducted in collaboration with several Australian universities.
The AACAP program trialled phyto (or plant-based) techniques for capping landfill and the
concept of a ‘phytocap’ for modern landfills is now being increasingly considered in the
United States and Australia. This involves placing a layer of soil over the landfill and
planting it densely with site-specific vegetation, instead of simply covering the landfill with
clay, gravel and dirt.