Published on Thursday, 25 July 2024 at 10:49:47 AM
The first load of Waste from the Rivers Regional Council Group has arrived at the Kwinana Energy Recovery Facility. The first major Energy Recovery facility in Australia.
This Plant is set to change the face of waste management and renewable energy generation in Western Australia, by replacing the current heavy and growing reliance on unpleasant and outdated landfill disposal, to the clean, environmentally proven, sustainable and economically beneficial alternative of Energy Recovery. The Kwinana based plant will process non-recyclables, and most of the ash created will be reused to produce construction materials including road base and construction blocks.
The project commenced in 2011 with Waste Supply contracts being executed in 2015
The facility will process non-recyclables and generate enough electricity to power 55,000 homes per year (38MW) and divert about 460,000 tonnes of waste from landfill a year.
This sustainable solution to waste management and resource recovery is set to reduce carbon emissions equivalent to taking 85,000 cars off Perth’s roads. This initiative marks a significant step towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
Chairman of Rivers Regional Council, Cr David Bolt said “that whilst it had taken longer than anticipated to reach this point, the confidence shown by members of the Rivers Regional Council Group will ensure that there will be a substantial positive legacy for our Councils and Communities with substantial benefit over the long term from this innovative project.”
“As well as significantly reducing their reliance on landfill disposal, the participating LGA’s will be able to make a step change toward achieving Zero Waste Objectives and the State Government’s landfill diversion target. Communities will also benefit from the use of Energy produced by their waste stream.”
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