Town Planning Report - Other Change Composting Facility · 132005.638.06

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           •    produces high-quality compost instead of mulch material
           •    has been designed to optionally incorporate limited food organics into the process in
                the future
           •    controls odour through enclosed processing and air treatment; and
           •    stores finished product under cover to minimise leachate and odour emissions.




       Figure 3B – Extract of Site Plan – Operational Zones

       The estimated volume of organic waste material to be processed is as follows:

       •   Green Waste – Expected to be about 30,000 tonnes per annum, with an initial intake of
           about 25,000 tonnes per annum.
       •   Food Waste – Expected to be about 2,000 tonnes per annum (excluding very high odour
           risk wastes) but could potentially process 4,000 tonnes of food waste a year; however, this
           would be low to medium odour food waste sources only, such as coffee grounds.
       •   Total Waste - Intake capacity of organic waste to be processed is not expected to exceed
           30,000 tonnes per annum; however, this may increase as population growth continues over
           time.
       •   Finished Product - Broadly similar tonnage to existing mulch outputs due to organic mass
           reduction during the composting process, which will be made available for sale as is
           currently the case for the existing mulched green waste material. The final product could
           be used for the manufacture of a soil conditioner, which is not intended to occur at the
           NRRC.

       6.2      Environmental Relevant Activity Requirements
       The NRRC operates under Environmental Authority (EA) EPPR01855314 effective from 30th
       January 2017. The EA includes the following environmentally relevant activities (ERAs):

       •   ERA 60 - Waste disposal 1: Operating a facility for disposing of, in a year, the following
           quantity of waste mentioned in subsection (1)(a) (a) less than 50,000t



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