May/June 2010

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May/June 2010

ISSUE 36
May/June 2010
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The Official Publication of the Waste Management Association of Australia
Qld waste reform
getting underway
PP: 255003/07055
Queensland’s
outdated
waste
regulations are due to expire on
August 11 this year, and Queensland
Waste Contractors and Recyclers
Association (WCRAQ) head Rick Ralph
is feeling “buoyed and confident in the
reform process”.
WCRAQ, which was formed in 2007 and
now has some 90 member companies,
is “working very, very closely with
DERM [the Department of Environment
and Resource Management] on future
reforms… and I think we’re starting to
make some headway”.
“DERM are now genuinely and seriously
engaging with us, and we’re working
with them,” said Ralph.
He recently celebrated an $85,000
fine handed down to Gold Coast tyre
dealer Robert Lincoln Penny for illegally
storing more than 60,000 used car tyres.
WCRAQ alerted the regulator to the
problem some two years ago, and
Ralph is hopeful the successful
prosecution will give the state’s
environment department a taste for
stronger policing of the marketplace.
“Without a fundamental overhaul
around illegal activities… Queensland
cannot go forward,” said Ralph. “But we
understand the state is taking steps to
fix the system, and it’s just going to take
time now… they’re small and steady
steps, but change is afoot.”
Southern Sydney AWT collapses
Sutherland, Hurstville, Kogarah and Rockdale councils have
dumped plans to jointly back construction of an advanced
waste treatment plant in Sydney’s south, telling shortlisted
providers the tender was cancelled just hours before it
was to close. It blamed uncertainty over the Department
of Environment Climate Change and Water’s 3F “gateway”
exemption, affecting use of organic outputs from AWT plants.
The councils said the “short-term” exemption, which will
be reviewed in 2013, “could potentially require significant
additional investment in processing technology by tenderers
or potentially lead to much higher landfill costs for councils”.
There is some pressure for DECCW to remove the 2013
“sunset clause” so operators have enough certainty to attract
project finance. All exemptions are flexible, and could be
changed if quality becomes an issue.
Gosford Council, however, has confirmed it is forging
New organics fraction
The organics recycling industry in NSW, which attempted
to provide a united front during negotiations with the state
regulator over the exemption for organic outputs from AWT
plants, now appears to be fracturing along familiar lines.
Australian Native Landscapes, one of the largest
composters of source separated organic material, has
begun to air publicly its opposition to the use of lowerquality outputs from AWT plants.
ANL front man Rob Niccol caused a stir at the Coffs
Harbour waste conference by vigorously questioning the
quality of outputs from AWT plants.
ANL owner Pat Soars, meanwhile, told Inside Waste he was
“horrified” by the way the exemption process has unfolded,
and said that he has “grave concerns” about the impact
AWT outputs could have on the market image for all
recycled organic products.
ahead with its AWT tender, which is due to close on July
20. The date was extended due to uncertainty before the 3F
exemption was released, but waste manager Robin Benson
believes there is now enough certainty to move forward.
Inside Waste has been critical of the southern Sydney
tender process since it kicked off last May, suggesting
WSN Environmental Solutions would be the only serious
contender because it controlled the only viable site at the
Lucas Heights landfill.
It understands WSN threatened to walk away from the
AWT tender not so much because of 3F uncertainty, but
because of complications around bidding for new work while
the government is actively trying to sell the business. A
further issue, revealed in WSN’s financial reports (see page
3), is the trouble it is having bedding down the ArrowBio
technology at its Macarthur Resource Recovery Park.
Inside Image
This image was part of the Talking Trash − personal
relationships with waste exhibition, presented by the
Museum of Contemporary Art at the Goulburn Regional
Art Gallery, NSW. It was the first solo exhibition in
Australia of work by Dutch artist Jeanne van Heeswijk.
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NEWS
New landfill no longer bailed up
The NSW Government has cleared the way
for Orange City Council to construct a muchneeded new landfill, granting its approval
for the Orange Waste Project, which seeks to
address concerns that saw the council’s former
proposal – the ‘HUB’ project − trashed by the
NSW Land and Environment Court in 2008.
Justice Preston overturned the Planning
Minister’s approval of the regional waste
treatment and disposal facility after the HUB
Action Group argued the proposed development
failed to include sufficient commitment to
resource recovery, and could have adverse
impacts on the surrounding area, especially
in regards to the local bee keeping industry.
An example of baled waste being loaded into a truck.
One major change with the new project is
and food waste collection service, and this material –
that residual waste will no longer be sent directly to
along with organic matter from the C&I sector - will
the new landfill at Euchareena Road, near Molong. It
be sent to a new tunnel composting plant at the
will instead be shredded, baled and wrapped in plastic
Euchareena Road facility.
at the council’s existing Ophir Road recycling facility
The council’s overall recycling rate is tipped to jump
before being carted the 40km for disposal. This will
from about 20% to 58% as a result of the project.
reduce the risk of wildlife, including bees, coming into
The council’s director of enterprise services, Stephen
contact with the waste.
Sykes, said work on the project will now begin
Some 80 planning conditions were imposed by the
immediately: “we’ve got about three years before we
state government, including the council restricting the
run out of capacity [at the existing landfill], and we’ll
number of trucks on Euchareena Road to 30 a day, and
need pretty much all of that time to get the project
prohibiting heavy vehicles during school bus times.
up and running.”
The council will also establish a new garden organics
In Brief
In
Brief
Ritchie’s court order
Mike Ritchie has been appointed
one of six new Acting Commissioners
to the NSW Land and Environment Court. He
could be appointed on waste-related cases.
Four billion tonnes of trash
The global waste management market, from
collection to disposal and recycling, is worth
about 300 billion Euro ($434 billion) annually,
according to a report from French multinational
Veolia. Four billion tonnes of waste are
produced annually, of which 25% is recycled.
Calling for more trees
MobileMuster has partnered with Landcare
Australia and promised to plant a tree for every
kilogram of mobiles sent in between May 1 and
World Environment Day, June 5. The target is to
collect 30 tonnes and plant 30,000 trees.
Peabody steps down
Terry Peabody will step down as executive
chairman of Transpacific Industries, effective
June 30, but continue as chairman of the board.
Waste in the death zone
Thirty-one climbers embarked on a 40-day
mission to collect two tonnes of waste from the
Mount Everest “death zone”. A variety of wastes
– and several bodies – has accumulated since
the first ascent 57 years ago.
TVs screened out of landfill
The ACT Government has banned TVs from
landfill, setting up a user-pays scheme until a
national e-waste scheme is introduced.
WSN’s financial wasteland
WSN Environmental Solutions reported
a before tax loss of $1.01 million,
against a budgeted $4.69 million profit,
for the half year to December 2009. It
claimed its underlying business “is still
quite strong”, although a “range of
factors” impacted its results.
This included revenue being 6%
below plan, “reflecting a more
competitive environment in both
mixed and dry waste streams”; legal
costs associated with major court
cases; the costs for the government
review ($600,000); and the Jacks Gully
AWT, “underperforming in terms of
throughput, diversion and [having]
problems with product markets”.
Earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)
for the group were just less than $14
million for the half year, down nearly
25% compared to the budgeted result.
WSN claimed its gross operating
fixed assets were valued at $345
million, “based on market value of the
existing use”. Subtracting debt gives a
value for the company of $255 million
– squarely within the $200-300 million
sales range that has been mooted in
the mainstream press.
Using an EBITDA multiple to value
the business, and assuming the
$14 million operating earnings are
replicated in the second half, WSN
would need to be valued at 7-11x
EBITDA to fall within the $200-300
million range. Transpacific Industries
paid about 11.4x EBITDA when it
acquired Cleanaway for $1.25 billion
at the top of the market in mid-2007.
Supersized recycling bins
Brisbane City Council will roll out 340L
recycling bins for residents who pay
an optional $30 fee to up-size their
current 240L MGBs. The council was
“inundated with letters” requesting
weekly pickups of existing 240L
recycling bins but, after considering
the bevy of issues that would flow from
more trucks on the road, it elected
to provide instead a larger bin while
maintaining fortnightly collections.
SULO custom made the 340L bins,
which use a standard 240L axle and
have similar dimensions at the lifting
point, meaning no change is required
to existing side-lift collection trucks.
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NEWS
May/June 2010
Profile
Melbourne cleans up its act
Pravin Menon
The City of Melbourne is introducing new
waste laws from July 1 in an effort to
clean up streets and laneways in the CBD.
Minimum standards that cover the labelling
and maintenance of bins have been
developed and a range of $1,000 a-pop
offences will be introduced – including
for failing to “keep all external surfaces of
waste bins clean”.
About 40 companies currently collect bins
from the CBD, and each will need to register
with council or face a $2,000 fine. They will
be banned from collecting waste between
11pm-6am in certain noise sensitive areas,
and must provide the council ongoing
information on volumes and types of waste
Profile
Currently the manager of Logan Waste Services at Logan
City Council, Pravin Menon’s background is across the public
and private sectors with roles in the NSW EPA (now DECCW) and
various environmental/engineering consultancies. Tertiary qualifications
include chemical engineering and an MBA, with experience in waste,
energy, contaminated land, EIS and environmental due diligence.
What was your first job in the waste industry? Environmental
monitoring of Brisbane’s Rochedale Landfill. I remember thinking at
the time the coolest part of the job was getting paid to drive around in
a Landcruiser, but the role did provide an appreciation of the need for
a practical approach to operational and environmental considerations.
Favourite part of your job? I enjoy the mix of operational and
strategic issues. I am also incredibly fortunate to have an enthusiastic
and highly competent team.
What do you like the least? Anything that gets between me and the
first espresso of the day. This includes early morning meetings.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve had to do (or found)? Australia
does not have a Bill of Rights and therefore no Fifth Amendment, so
I’d prefer not to answer that question!
Complete this sentence: Zero waste is... An ideal stretch goal for
our industry. Working towards such a target provides focus, improves
industry efficiency and lifts the overall standard.
What is the key driver of change in waste management? Climate
change is already having a significant impact. The challenge for us
will be getting individuals and the industries peripheral to ours to
understand the true cost involved and ultimately the benefits that can
achieved from initiating changes.
Best advice you’ve ever been given? Never demand as a right, what
you can ask for as a favour.
Pastimes/hobbies/sports? I like learning new things, but my choices
of late appear to be resulting in personal injury. Last year, I was given
a Ripstick for Father’s Day, hence the stitches and great scar received.
This year, it’s surfing. So far, so good: one bent nose, no broken
bones…yet!
Construction Wood
Melbourne wants to clean up its alleys.
picked up. Collection companies will also be
charged with maintaining a database of bin
locations and owners.
Vic moves the landfill best practice bar
EPA Victoria is seeking public comment on
proposed changes to its requirements for
designing and running landfills, as spelt
out in the "Best Practice Environmental
Management – Siting, Design, Operation
and Rehabilitation of Landfills" guidelines.
“We are reviewing this document to
incorporate new technologies, particularly
in landfill lining and landfill gas control,
and the latest understanding of improved
management practices at landfills,” said
EPA director Stuart McConnell.
The key proposed changes are “intended
to strengthen buffer and landfill gas
management requirements and give greater
clarity on specific technical landfill issues”.
Changes to requirements around
rehabilitation and community engagement
are also proposed.
Comments are due by June 4.
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Company Profile
Company
Profile
Torque Industries
When was the company founded? The Torque Industries story
began in Adelaide in 1985, when the company was founded as Torque
Hydraulics, primarily supplying parts and components to industry. The business evolved and diversified to include complete motion and control system
design, build, install, commission and maintenance, both in-house and on-site.
In 2008, Torque Hydraulics acquired Hydra-pac Waste Systems, a specialist
designer and manufacturer of vertical and horizontal baling equipment with
more than 30 years’ industry experience. Torque Industries was formed.
Where do you operate? Nationally, with head office in Adelaide. We have
also designed and supplied ‘turn-key solutions’ to the US, India, United Arab
Emirates, Korea, Vietnam and Singapore.
Key contracts? Our customers range from the individual off the street to large
corporations. We understand that time is money, particularly in a breakdown
situation, so we strive to meet the service requirements of all our customers in
government, councils, warehousing, retailing, recycling and MRF operators.
Annual revenue and profit? The company is undergoing solid growth, with
current annual revenue of approx $10 million.
Number of employees? In excess of 35 fully trained professionals.
Any new initiatives in the past few years/plans for the future? The integration of Hydra-pac has provided positive synergies including improved financial
strength and a cross pollination of core competencies and resources, culminating in a more diverse, innovate business model. To date, the company has
developed more than 50 models of vertical and horizontal baling machines,
including the first successful open ended automatic wire tie baler in Australia,
along with other specialty waste equipment. Our future plans include specialisation to meet customer specific requirements and restructuring our manufacturing processes to produce more cost effective and environmentally friendly
designs and work practices.
Contact for further enquiries? Tony Neef, managing director on
(08) 8341 0177 or via www.torqind.com
You can bin your waste award...
Waste workers marched wheelie bins
to Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s office
in protest over reduced pay and
conditions when Sydney City Council’s
waste collection contract changed from
Veolia to URM on March 9. Only about
20% of workers reapplied for their jobs
under the new contractor.
A new federal waste award, which
came in on January 1, opened a loophole
in NSW where incumbent contractors
– who are locked into paying existing
staff former, higher rates − are at a
disadvantage to bidders who can base
tenders on new, lower pay rates.
WCRA head Tony Khoury said previous
state awards were about 20% higher
than the federal rate, while major
The same job for $200/wk less.
players have workers on enterprise
agreements about 42% higher.
He said regulators, “really need to
ensure councils pay more than lip
service to the tendering regulations
on change of contract and actually
consider the entitlements of workers”.
Industrial waste prized at last
The Tasmanian Government has
increased the prize pool for its Bricolage
Design Prize, awarded to designers,
artists, craftspeople or innovators who
make original, durable and marketable
products from an ongoing source of
(preferably) industrial waste.
The annual prize was initiated in
2008. This year, a $4,000 main prize
and a $500 “bright ideas prize” are up
for grabs.
Previous entries have included
a wood fired stove made from an
old industrial motor and a range of
jewellery. Entries closed May 31, with
winners to be announced in June.
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May/June 2010
WME Leaders List 2010
The biennial WME Leaders
List aims to recognise
individuals who have
demonstrated leadership in
their field. It is run by our
older sister publication,
WME Environment Business
Magazine.
In 2008, Visy’s Richard Pratt and
Veolia’s Doug Dean won the ‘Resources
& Waste’ category. This year, readers
voted on a 10-name shortlist:
John Gertsakis (Product Stewardship
Australia) for being at the helm of the
push for national action on product
stewardship systems.
Dan Godamunne (Fuji Xerox
Australia), the technical and business
brain behind the success of the FXA
EcoManufacturing Centre in Sydney.
Mark Gorta (NSW Government) who
walks the line of being a strong
regulator for government, while still
understanding industry.
John Isherwood (National Resource
Recovery) for recycling used oil filters
from the auto industry since 1993.
Anne Prince (APC Environmental
Management) who helped
establish kerbside recycling
in 1993, and has been a
spokesperson for recyclers.
Mike
Ritchie
(Mike
Ritchie & Associates)
an outspoken advocate
championing
resource
recovery for over 15 years.
Ron Wainberg (Hyder Consulting), a
uniting force across the many camps
of the waste industry as WMAA’s
President.
Dave West (Boomerang Alliance)
who has brought together groups from
local government, environment groups
and industry under the NRI.
Gavin Williams (Packaging Council of
Australia), one of the country’s most
analytical thinkers about packaging
and sustainability.
Tony Wright (Wright Corporate
Strategy), who has helped frame
expectations for improved resource
recovery across the nation.
Voting closed May 26, with winners
to be announced in the June issue of
WME Magazine.
Bring in the new blood
Adam Johnson has been appointed
the inaugural dedicated CEO of Perth’s
Western Metropolitan Regional Council
(WMRC), a position to date filled by
its member councils. Johan Le Roux
will take over Johnson’s former role,
director of waste services at the EMRC.
In Victoria, meanwhile, Martin
Aylward has resigned from WMAA’s
state president position and will be
replaced by Andrew Green. Aylward
was unsuccessful in his bid to continue
on WMAA’s national board, “and being
defeated, I thought it was better to
get out [of the president role] and let
the new blood carry it forward”.
Green is the waste management
sector leader with consultancy Golder
Associates, has been on WMAA’s
Victorian executive for about five years
and is active in the state's landfill
working group.
In Queensland, Logan City Council’s
manager of waste service, Menon
Pravin, is WMAA’s new state president
after Troy Uren stepped down.
Recycle Annie role model
Animated bin characters ‘Recycle
Annie’ and ‘Rubbish Ronnie’, which
are teaching the Victorian community
about recycling and contamination,
helped their creator Resource GV
win the inaugural Local Government
Innovation in Waste Award, which
was announced at the Waste 2010
conference in Coffs Harbor.
According to the judges, the project
“had the edge over a worthy set of
finalists due to its compelling cost
efficiency; Resource GV delivered a
comprehensive campaign that achieved
quantifiable results at a modest cost
and, in the process, created a model
that is now used by sister agencies
covering 60% of Victoria”.
Second prize went to Sydney’s Manly
Council for its public filtered bubbler
project, helping cut packaging waste
from single-use water bottles. Third
spot went to Perth’s EMRC for securing
markets for waste products.
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PRODUCT PROFILE:
NEWS EXCAVATORS
Liebherr Australia
JS240LC
Operating weight:
25.9t
Dimensions: 9,960 x
3,290 x 3,050mm
Engine:
ISUZU 4HKIX,
Daryl John
Owens,
the sole active walking away from the site.
147kW at 2,050rpm
He was fined $25,000, ordered to
director Bucket
of Eco-Chem,
breakout was
force:convicted
192kN
in the Moorabbin
Magistrates’ Court pay $265,000 in compensation to
Max digging depth:
of storing
excessive volumes of support clean up of the site, and
6,800mm
speed:
10.6rpm
waste atSwing
a
site
he leased
in Ebden St, $42,700 in EPA costs after pleading
Travel speed: 5.6km/h
Key selling point:
guilty to two charges laid under the
Moorabbin.
“Do more for less”:
licensed
by EPA Victoria Environment Protection Act 1970.
He waswith
the combination
high to
engine
EPA CEO John Merritt said the result
to storeof up
twooutput,
tonnes of dry
superior hydraulic flow, greater bucket breakout and large capacity buckets, JCB
the
court is prepared to hold
cleaningexcavators
waste willchemicals,
but for showed
move more material
every hour
worked.
Base
cost: $199,000.
individual
directors
to account.
stockpiled
about
100
tonnes
before
More: JCB Construction Equipment Australia on (02) 9609 6033 or via the website
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Coldstream
gets the cold shoulder
Kobelco
SK200-8
Operating
weight:
20.2t
EPA Victoria
rejected
Australian
Native
Dimensions: 9,450 x 3,030 x
Landscapes’
proposal
to re-establish its
2,800mm
(overall)
Engine:
Hino J05E,
118kW at and
Coldstream
composting
operations
2,000rpm
process 40,000
tonnes/year
of kerbside
Bucket breakout
force:
143kN
greenwaste
in
a
semi-enclosed
facility,
Max digging depth: 6,700mm
12.5rpm
saying itSwing
“doesspeed:
not have
confidence in
Travel speed: 6.0km/h
this company’s
proposal”.
Key selling
point: Kobelco
excavators
combine power, years,
“For the
last three-and-a-half
ease of operation and
this site maximum
has continually
been
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said director
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Bruce Dawson,
adding,
“while
on 1300 562
3526 or via
www. the
proposalkobelco.com.au
will reduce odour emissions, it
does not use best practice technology”.
ANL’s “very disappointed” head Pat
Soars was seeking clarification at print
time, but raised concerns about how
Victoria “will deal with the potential
huge volumes of greenwaste without a
viable compost industry”.
Compost Australia head Peter
Wadewitz said Victoria is out of step
with other states in “continually
trying to drive [composting] inside
a box,” adding the extra costs of
operating totally enclosed facilities
could damage the viability of the
composting industry.
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Swing speed: 0–9.0rpm
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Travel speed: 20km/h (road
travel)
Key selling point: State-ofthe-art technology and highquality workmanship. Designed
for maximum productivity,
the Litronic system increases
performance and reduces fuel
consumption.
Base cost: $250,000.
More: From Liebherr Australia on (08) 8349 6888 or via www.liebherr.com
Tullamarine a toxic problem for TPI
Melbourne’s Tullamarine landfill is
still making headlines, more than two
Komatsu
years after it closed, with a study
by the Operating
Western weight:
Region From
Environment
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suggesting
Centre Dimensions:
(WREC)
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Engine: the
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zone” around
the 49kW
facility
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compliant,
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breakout
rate more
than
four force:
times that of
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people in
surrounding
suburbs.
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up
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in 2007 by a
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community
group
calling
itself the
leading
operator
environment,
Komatsu
CLSS hydraulic
Terminate
Tullamarine
Toxic Dump
system.
Action Group.
Base cost: Approx $140,000
GST
WREC +More:
director
Harry van Moorst
From Komatsu Australia
on (02)Waste
9795 8222
or via www.
told Inside
a report
prepared
komatsu.com.au
by Victoria’s Department of Human
PC88MR-8
Director taken to the cleaners
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JCB
Services in 2006 was “methodologically
inadequate” because it “totally diluted
any potential impacts around the dump
by averaging them out over the whole
municipality”.
He claims the new report “provides
serious grounds for concern that ought
to be followed up… [with] a proper,
scientifically sound, independent
study”.
He argues the EPA’s rehabilitation
requirements
are
inadequate,
especially in relation to thickness and
composition of the capping material,
and said site owner Transpacific
Industries has been unwilling to “go
beyond the minimum”.
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May/June 2010
Waste report finds data gap
Australia’s
first
National Waste Report
has been released and
will now be updated every
three years. The Federal
Government called it
a “first step towards
establishing baseline
data and developing a
comprehensive account
of waste issues which
can be used by industry,
government and the Peter Garrett.
community to make
informed and timely decisions”.
It contains little novel information,
but does collate a wealth of data
to become a very handy reference
document. Useful figures include:
• The recycling and waste sector is
valued at $7-11.5 billion.
• 43.8 million tonnes of waste were
generated in Australia in 2006/07. If
generation grows at 4.5% p.a, we will
generate 81mt in 2020/21. Generation
increased by 31% between 2003-2007.
• About 2,080kg of waste was
generated per capita in 2006/07,
of which 1,080kg – or 52% − was
recycled.
• Organic material
made up 72% of the
MSW sent to landfill in
2006/07. About 32% of
available organic waste
(from all sectors) is
currently recycled.
The
Environment
Minister Peter Garrett
concedes, “there are
still gaps in our
knowledge that need
to be filled” and
promised “increasingly sophisticated
techniques for data gathering and
analysis”.
WMAA’s national VP, Mike Ritchie,
said it was “ludicrous” the report
had to be based on 2006/07 data,
and suggested the government work
with WMAA to develop “a streamlined
process, facilitated by EPHC, to set
down benchmarks and processes for
getting data [from the states] in an
expeditious manner”.
The Environment Department said it
“is looking forward to working closely
with key stakeholders”.
Turning composting upside down
Group
Jeffries
has
completed a $3 million
upgrade of its Buckland Park
organics recycling facility in
northern Adelaide, including
the use of novel systems to
decontaminate material.
Environment Minister Paul
Caica opened the “worldfirst” site, and said the
custom designed Recycled Environment Minister Paul Caica, getting dirty.
Organics Screening System
(ROSS) will help maintain the state’s two sorting rooms where up to eight
nation-leading role in reducing organic people are able to manually remove
waste to landfill.
unwanted material. Two magnets are
MD Lachlan Jeffries said the aim is used to remove steel and two fan
to “turn composting upside down” by systems extract light plastics.
removing all contaminants at the start
Rocks, plastic bottle caps and even
of the process, instead of only tackling the occasional golf ball are screened
the most obvious problems on the out as material is fed up a conveyor
sorting floor and screening out most at an angle and speed that encourages
contaminants at the end of the line.
them to roll out.
“As far as we know, there is nothing
Enclosed forced aeration composting
like ROSS anywhere in the world,” bays have been installed to move
said Jeffries, adding the upgrade has away from open windrow composting,
doubled capacity of its plant to reach helping reduce odour issues as well as
2,000m3 of material per shift.
cutting running costs – and carbon
The three-storey facility has three emissions – from heavy machinery
custom-made mechanical screens and such as windrow turners.
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"Fostering best practice and innovation in resource management"
From the President
It is six years since
WMAA News was
integrated with Inside
Waste magazine.
It has been a great
success but, as
always, change is
in the wind and this
is the last issue that will have the
standard four-page WMAA section.
Much of our news and articles are
of general interest to Inside Waste
readers, many of who are WMAA
members anyhow. So, in the interests
of economy for both WMAA and WME
Media, it seems logical to integrate the
two publications further.
In future, Inside WMAA will be a
standard one page in length, unless
special circumstances require
additional space. The range and scope
of articles overall will remain the same.
There are a lot of events coming
in the near future, especially the
NRI Stakeholder Summit in Sydney,
Enviro 2010 in Melbourne, and the
Watch Your WASTE Line conference
in Adelaide. All three are important
events in the WMAA calendar.
The NRI Summit especially looks
to expand our dialogue with the
Federal Government and invigorate
reform in the waste sector. It is
necessary because the message about
an integrated approach has not got
through yet: I heard an advertisement
a few weeks ago encouraging the take
up of digital radio.
This was to the sound of someone
smashing a perfectly good analogue
model so that they “had” to go and
buy a new one. While I recognise and
endorse the advance of technology,
wouldn’t it be logical to have e-waste
recycling in place before encouraging
people to smash their radios?
The waste industry obviously
still has a lot of work and a lot of
communicating to do!
– Ron Wainberg
WMAA Member Survey results are in
This year, the WMAA
Member
Survey
attracted considerably
more responses than the
previous survey in 2008.
We would like to thank
the members who took
the time to complete it.
In summary, the main
reason for joining WMAA
was:
To keep abreast of
technology and trends
(22%); networking (20%);
to receive publications
and newsletters (16%);
and to foster industry Breakdown of WMAA member sectors.
professionalism (16%).
According to the survey, members
WMAA’s
most
valued
believe that that future activities
membership services were found
for the association should include
to be networking (18%); to foster
(in order of priority): representing
industry professionalism (16%);
member views through advocacy;
knowledge gained through WMAA
preparing
and
implementing
publications (15%); knowledge
industry development strategies,
gained through WMAA events
action
plans
and
business
(15%); communication between
plans; developing professional
stakeholders and government (11%);
accreditation services, tools and
and the opportunity to participate
resources for members; collecting,
in special interest groups (11%).
analysing and interpreting
industry
data;
and
administering projects
of significances for the
industry.
In this year’s survey,
the association took
the
opportunity
to
understand
member
views on advocacy and
perceptions of WMAA’s
current and future role
in this area. Of the
survey respondents, 78%
either agreed or strongly
agreed WMAA should be
involved in advocacy.
We learned members
seek an increased level of advocacy
and recognise the WMAA brand
is one vehicle to achieve this. An
opportunity now exists to further
understand and determine the way
to advocate both overall industry
positions and the specific needs of
sub-divisions. This will no doubt be
the focus of further investigation
and consultation amongst the
membership in the near future.
NGER Method 2 assessment
Golder Associates was commissioned by WMAA’s National Landfill
Division in late 2009 to undertake
an assessment of the current
NGER Method 2 methodology
as described under the NGER
Technical Guidelines.
Methods 1 and 2 are the principal
mechanisms available to landfill
operators required to report under
the National Greenhouse and Energy
Reporting Act. Method 2 is unique
to the NGER scheme and does
not have a direct international
equivalent.
It provides landfill operators
with the opportunity to calculate
a site-specific k-value, and requires
landfills to “contain a sufficient
number of gas collection wells”.
If the landfill meets this
requirement, then Method 2 can be
utilised and involves the selection
of a minimum one-hectare area that
is considered to be representative of
the entire landfill.
The Method 2 emissions
assessment was carried out at Woy
Woy Waste Depot on the NSW
Central Coast.
The full report and results can be
obtained from the member’s login
section at www.wmaa.asn.au
WMAA
Gold Corporate Sponsors
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION OF
AUSTRALIA
(WMAA)
3.
1.
4.
Suite 4D, Level 4
5 Belmore Street
BURWOOD NSW 2134
6.
Tel (02) 8746 5000
Fax (02) 9701 0199
Email: enquiries@wmaa.asn.au
Website: www.wmaa.asn.au
WMAA CONTACTS
NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Ron Wainberg
0418 427 481
VICE-PRESIDENT
Mike Ritchie
0408 663 942
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Val Southam
(02) 8746 5011
STATE PRESIDENTS:
NSW
Ron Smith
(02) 9710 5737
VIC
Andrew Green
(03) 9558 7220
QLD
Pravin Menon (07) 3826 5312
SA
Don Richardson
(08) 8213 2100
TAS
Shane Eberhardt
WA
Bruce Bowman
(03) 6424 7344
0402 373 582
NATIONAL DIVISION CHAIRS:
CARBON COMMITTEE
(03) 8686 6000
Elisa de Wit
COMPOST AUSTRALIA
Peter Wadewitz
(08) 8556 5295
CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION
(08) 8242 1039
Bob Andrews
Biohazardous Waste
Lincoln Falconer
+64 9919 5457
ENERGY FROM WASTE
0408 540 980
Christine Wardle
EDUCATION
David D'Arcy Burke
(08) 9497 5699
LANDFILL
Max Spedding
0400 880 677
DISCLAIMER
Articles and papers submitted for the Inside
WMAA section of this newsletter present
an overview of the topic only and are not
intended to be a detailed statement of the
law. Views are those of the writers and do
not necessarily represent the WMAA.
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7.
1. Daniel and Bozena Kastowsky
(GCM Enviro) and Pat and Sharon
Soars (ANL).
2. Andrew Doyle, with Tony Emery,
receiving the ‘Foot in Compost
Award’.
3. Angela Lush, Peter Wadewitz
and Kaylee Maitland receiving
awards on behalf of the SA
processors for their contribution to
the Compost for Soils Program.
4. Education Award – Peter
Wadewitz (chair, Compost
Australia), Lauren Michener
(Waverley Council), Annie
Kavanagh (DECCW) and John Vyse
(chair, Compost NSW).
5. Leadership – John Vyse, Eric Love
and Chris Rochfort (CORE) and
Daniel Kastowsky.
6. Product Design –John Vyse,
Penny Smith (The Hills Bark
Blower), Peter Wadewitz.
7. Contamination Management
– Peter Wadewitz, Colin Wilmott
and Nina D’Arcy (Wingecarribee
Shire Council), Craig Cosgrove
(Komptech Australia), John Vyse.
Having a ball with compost leadership
A landmark event held in Sydney to celebrate
International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW)
brought Australia’s compost industry together on a
grand scale. The Compost Leadership Awards and the
Compost Ball 2010, which was sponsored by GCM
Enviro, displayed the industry’s finest.
Judged by a cross-section of government and industry
experts, the awards recognise leadership and innovation
within the recycled organics industry.
The DECCW Leadership in Compost Community
Education Award was presented to Randwick and
Waverley Councils for their Urban Compost Revolution
Project. The project sought an effective local solution to
organic waste management in densely populated urban
areas, engaging with the community to reuse food and
other compostable materials.
Social research about participants’ attitudes and
behaviour was combined with waste audits to inform the
coordinators about project performance, to calculate carbon abatement, and to model possible future scenarios.
The Komptech Australia Most Improved Contamination
Management in Source Separated Organics Award was
presented to the Resource Recovery Centre
(Wingecarribee Shire Council) for the project ‘Not
Mutton, Definitely Lamb’ – Achieving Compost Quality
for Accreditation.
The removal of stick or needle-shaped contaminants is
of major importance to the compost industry. These are
the most difficult to physically separate and, where they
are present, result in compost products being depreciated in both quality and value.
The identification and investigation of screening
options for the effective removal of these contaminants
has been an ongoing focus at the Wingecarribee RRC.
The results of the work will lead to informed choice on
technology selection in the processing of certain problematic feedstocks, such as grits and screenings from
wastewater treatment.
The Sydney Environmental and Soil Laboratory Most
Innovative Recycled Organics Product Design (for a
specific application) Award was presented to The Hills
Bark Blower for its Erosion Control System for Seeded
Ecoblankets and Ecoberms.
The story of The Hills Ecoblanket begins with
Research in the US on the concept and follows on from
feasibility trials conducted with the NSW DECCW. The
judges recognised the Hills Bark Blower and the work of
its managing director, Jon Moon, for liaison with industry and its bringing to bear educational and research
initiatives over the longer term. These initiatives have
been responsible for the uptake of seeded compost erosion control systems to the point where they are now
an accepted viable alternative to jute matting and hydro
seeding for slope stabilisation in road construction.
The 2010 major award, the GCM Enviro Leadership
in the Recycled Organics Industry Award, was presented
to the Centre for Organics and Resource Enterprises
(CORE).
Established more than 12 years ago, CORE – the
brainchild of Chris Rochfort and Eric Love – represents
a unique marriage of market driven enterprise with
public education and promotion. This member-based
cooperative has done much to promote awareness, markets, linkages and innovative recycled materials for the
whole compost industry.
The judges recognised CORE’s leadership in the interests of the whole industry and in its concern for environmental benefit and sustainability principles.
A special mention went to the Jeffries Group, Peats
Soil and Garden Supplies, and Van Schaik’s Bio-Gro
in recognition of their contribution to national market
and industry development via the Compost for Soils
Program.
For his “on-site sampling technique”, Andrew Doyle
from SITA Environmental Solutions was presented with
a special ‘Foot in Compost Award’.
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Enviro 2010’s sustainability leaders
The focus of Enviro 2010 (to be held in Melbourne on July 21-23) is
Environmental Sustainability. A panel of keynote speakers underpins the
two-and-a-half day conference program. In this Q&A we feature Professor
David Karoly, Gabrielle Kelly, Dorjee Sun and Dr Avinash Patwardhan.
Professor David Karoly
ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Meteorology
at the University of Melbourne, is an internationally
recognised expert in climate change and climate variability.
Q. The world has finally accepted the reality of climate
change and its impact on the global environment. What
can we expect if we don’t reduce our CO2 emissions?
Karoly: It is not clear that a number of important sectors of the world, including some political parties, have accepted the reality
of climate change or the need for urgent action. If the world does not take
urgent action to reduce CO2 emissions, there will be [significant] global
warming over the next century – three to eight times more than we have
experienced in the 20th century.
There will be some benefits, including fewer cold extremes and increased
rainfall in some higher latitude regions. Most of the impacts, however, will
be adverse: more hot extremes, changes in rainfall patterns with increased
drought in many already dry areas, substantial sea level rise.
There will be major impacts on biodiversity, including loss of alpine habitat,
destruction of coral reefs from higher temperatures and adverse impacts on
all marine life due to dissolved CO2 making the waters more acidic.
Q. With the delays in introducing emission reductions globally, do you believe
that we should be focusing more on adaptation and less on mitigation?
Karoly: Both mitigation and adaptation are important. Due to past emissions,
substantial future warming is already committed, so adaptation is vital. To
minimise the level of global warming to which society must adapt to, mitigation is also vital.
Q. Climate change in Australia – where to now?
Karoly: The climate system will warm substantially, and Australia will likely
experience more adverse impacts than any other developed country.
Urgent action is needed, as any delay in reducing emissions is a decision to
continue emissions and to make global warming even worse, with greater
adverse impacts. Strong leadership and action is needed from our politicians.
Gabrielle Kelly
Director of the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence
Program, has significant experience in working on
policy alignment, cross-government capability and new
product development for a global market.
Q. What do you believe are the major environment and
sustainability issues presently facing Australia and the
world?
Kelly: The lack of a coherent global structure with real
decision-making power is a threat to our ability to solve any environmental
crisis.
All the major ones are global: reduced fish stocks, access to water and climate
change. They all need coherent, timely, enforceable rules at the global level.
It would be great if we did not have to wait for terrible events to lever this
change.
Continued next page
Member Profile: GCM Enviro
WMAA member GCM Enviro was formed in 1983 and is a 100%
Australian-owned company. Key principles in its operation are reliability, customer orientation, responsiveness and continuous improvement.
Having competed for market share with large multinational corporations,
GCM Enviro has been able to differentiate itself and to win its customers’
trust by relying on these core values.
The company’s mission is to provide innovative technology paired with
state-of-the-art control and monitoring systems to improve its customers’
business and enable them to increase revenue – from waste to value.
Over time, GCM Enviro became a leading distributor of waste management equipment, from landfill compactors, shredders and crushers
through to state-of-the-art screeners and compost turners.
The company offers equipment from world-renowned manufacturers
including Tana, Terra Select, Backhus and Allu. GCM Enviro’s philosophy
is to maintain constant dialogue between manufacturers and clients to
ensure design is governed by market requirements, particularly in harsh
Australian climatic conditions.
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Q. What do you see as being one of the biggest breakthroughs in how we understand and guide change in relation to our approach to the environment, sustainability and resource management?
Kelly: The Murray Darling River Management structures that ignore state
borders, but involve the catchment stakeholders, is a good beginning to solving the problem of river water distribution across borders.
Q. Much of your involvement appears to be at a grassroots level. How vital do
you think community and individual participation are in implementing social
and political change?
Kelly: The world is complex and interconnected. If we want democracies to
flourish, and if we expect democracies to lead us through troubled times,
more citizens must participate in the agonising decisions. If citizens do not
understand the issues better, they can be manipulated to vote out reformers
and vote in political groups that don’t take action against the great challenges
we face.
We need to foster the notion of global citizenship in parallel with national
citizenship.
Q. How do we get started with community participation in addressing these
issues?
Kelly: We think carefully about the information we communicate. Use common English. Ditch bureaucratese. Explain issues; use the Internet to be
more transparent. We change the political policy process prior to elections
to focus on communication, not spin. We educate children in civics; launch
community engagement strategies about all major government spending;
offer values-based budget sessions to the community; spread models of community engagement. To do this, we work in partnership with the media.
Dr Avinash Patwardhan
Vice president of water business group and international sustainable solutions manager with CH2M
HILL.
Q. Masdar City in Abu Dhabi – a pilot Zero Carbon
city – is lauded as the way of the future. There will
always be, however, carbon emissions related to the construction of such cities. What has been done to offset the
carbon footprint?
Patwardhan: The goal at Masdar is to achieve carbon neutrality 15 years after
the city is completed. This will be achieved by offsets from renewable energy
during operations.
Q. How practical is it to build such cities on a global level? What is the environmental and fiscal cost?
Patwardhan: Cities such as Masdar can be built in the future provided
measures are developed to [move away] from fossil fuel cars; use renewable
energy; apply better waste management systems; consider waste as a source
of energy, and promote use of local supply chain to reduce transport carbon
footprint.
The practicality of global cities is not a technological issue, but more of a
social, political and cultural issue.
Q. What role does sustainable design play in addressing the issues of environment, climate change and resource management?
The C&I Waste Recycling Directory
With the support of the Western Australian Landfill Levy Fund and the
WA Waste Authority, the Commercial and Industrial Waste Recycling
Directory for WA was developed for the WMAA as both an interactive
web format and a downloadable printable PDF version.
The directory lists recycling facilities within WA, (initially focusing on the
Perth and Mandurah areas), and is aimed at small to medium enterprises
(SMEs) wishing to recycle, but experiencing difficulty in knowing where
to take material.
The interactive web format allows users to search for recyclers based on
material types and view relevant recyclers spatially on a map of the Perth
metropolitan area. The PDF version provides a list of recyclers included
in the database for a readily downloadable and portable version of the
directory.
To view the guide, visit www.wmaa.asn.au and go to Working Groups − WA
− Commercial and Industrial Waste
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Patwardhan: Sustainable design should be at the core of project development
from an early stage to ensure that tradeoffs between conflicting issues are
well understood.
Sustainable Design is more than addressing a number of key performance
indicators; it is about understanding the whole system and optimising
to move toward an ability to live within the carrying capacity of natural
resources.
Q. Would you say that we could find engineering solutions to achieve carbon
neutrality?
Patwardhan: Carbon neutrality can be achieved in building operations,
but not in construction. Physics decrees that you cannot get something for
nothing. If we are to continue developing, then we will always introduce
additional carbon burden. What engineering has to do is minimise this to an
acceptable level – and this is a challenge.
Dorjee Sun
CEO of Carbon Conservation, which was launched
to finance the preservation of tropical rainforests and
provide carbon credit revenues to local communities
via avoided deforestation.
Q. You began your professional career developing websites for social networking and legal industry recruitment. What made you shift focus and start Carbon
Conservation?
Sun: As much as I enjoyed technology, the more I learnt about the environment, sustainability, climate change and conservation, the more I realised that
I had to be involved.
If I wasn’t contributing to a sustainable world, I was effectively destroying it
from apathy. I had to do something positive and proactive.
Q. How important is it to preserve the world’s rainforests and biodiversity as a
whole?
Sun: The world’s forests are like a massive pump for rain creation, oxygen
production, water distribution, carbon dioxide absorption and sequestration
and biodiversity habitat. The preservation of the world’s tropical rainforests,
which have the highest concentrations of biodiversity, is not just critical, it’s
essential.
Q. What, in your opinion, might be a solution to halt deforestation?
Sun: If we can get carbon payments for protection of forests, or avoided
deforestation, it is a start. This allows us to create carbon credits that are
sold to raise finance to pay the communities. Therefore, the first solution is a
working carbon market that includes carbon from forest protection.
But, deforestation will require a lot of money, technology and governance to
implement. I hope that eventually forests will receive money from watershed
services [and] biodiversity protection.
Q. Conserving our biodiversity, where do we begin?
Sun: To save biodiversity directly is difficult. Because people need [resources], there is only so much conservation the world can implement.
The way to save biodiversity is actually through the market [that is] structured so that people get wealth from protecting and sustaining.
More speaker details at www.enviro2010.com.au
Compost dates
The Centre for Organic & Resource Enterprises (CORE) with the support of Compost Australia (a division of the WMAA) launched the fifth
International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW) throughout Australia
from May 2–8. These events and activities are still to be held in each State:
NSW
June 5: Compost Revolution Workshops, Sydney
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The safety tipping point
By Garth Lamb
One of the greatest fears for any
transfer station manager is a member
of their staff or, worse, a member
of the public being seriously injured
while on site. OH&S training can – and
should – be used to reduce the many
risks to staff, and clear signage will
help members of the public do the right
thing. As any experienced manager will
attest, however, these methods are
never 100% foolproof when it comes to
protecting people from personal injury
on a high-risk site.
But an Australian innovation, the
EveryTip system from WasteWell,
could vastly reduce the incidence of
common transfer station accidents, and
completely eliminate the biggest risk
of all: people following their waste
into the disposal pit after tripping,
overbalancing, or just getting too
precious about that broom or rope they
didn’t mean to throw away.
In a nutshell, the system allows users
to place waste items on a groundlevel tray that is hydraulically tipped
into a waiting bin, pit or conveyor
system. Inside Waste first highlighted
the system in its online news after it
helped Queensland’s Gladstone Regional
Council win “highly commended” status
at last November’s National Safety
Council of Australia awards.
WasteWell director Grant Lacey
said that article led to more than 85
inquiries, and “every single council
that we have spoken to advised us that
they have had injuries at the transfer
station through public members falling
in the bin”.
Michael Hunt, a risk management and
OH&S specialist with Vero Insurance,
agrees the “fall from height” risk is
generally the most serious problem
for transfer station operators, and
the EveryTip system – if it works as
WasteWell claims – could lessen the
threat of serious injury. But he cautions
operators not to consider any new tool
a panacea.
“It isn’t just a carte blanche that
‘here’s a machine that’s going to
solve all your problems’ – it’s about
having a risk assessment and having
procedures… to ensure a safe workplace
for all,” he said.
Lacey claims at least half a dozen
litigation lawyers have already made
inquiries about the system – some
representing councils, and some
representing parties that are suing
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councils over injuries sustained at
transfer stations.
He expects there will be a strong
expectation for operators to adopt the
system once it is proven to improve
safety; no one wants to be sweating in
court while a lawyer questions why they
didn’t take all reasonable steps to make
their site safe.
Hunt, while reluctant to spruik
EveryTip specifically, agrees the
existence of a system with improved
safety leads to pressure on all operators
to adopt it, although the financial
incentives for doing so can depend on
where the facility is located.
In Tasmania, the ACT and WA,
the Workers Compensation market
is underwritten, which means each
insurance company will price specific
risks accordingly. A facility that shows
it has lower safety risks than its peers
will pay less.
In NSW, Queensland, Victoria and
SA, however, the state governments
regulate the pricing mechanisms for
risk, “so it doesn’t matter how bad or
how good you are, if you work in that
sector, that’s the rate you will pay”.
But safety certainly isn’t the system’s
only selling point.
Gladstone's site supervisor Jeff Nielsen shows how it's done, EveryTip style.
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Not every EveryTip will be built equal;
some are designed as relatively manual
systems, with an operator standing by
to monitor material being placed on
the tray, close the safety gate and flick
the switch to make it tip.
The more highly automated option,
which uses infrared systems to ensure
no one is in danger, could allow one
person to control multiple units from
their weighbridge.
“They press the button. The roller
door closes, the sensor activates and
sees if there is anybody within the
bounds of the tipping area… [If all
clear], it goes through the cycle: it
tips, comes back down, and opens the
roller door,” explains Lacey.
That whole process takes place
within 35 seconds, “so you’re not
slowing down your transfer station”.
Smaller systems will cost about
$18,000, while the bigger automated
units could cost up to $40,000. The
commercially focused systems will
handle a payload up to four tonnes,
meaning skip bins or small tip trucks
can be emptied on to them. A double
bay system is also under development.
All designs can be retrofitted into
existing facilities, “and we would think,
initially, customers would take two or
three and eliminate their more risky
customers… identified loads could be
directed to them”.
Naturally, there is a price advantage
to buying in bulk, especially as two
units can use the same hydraulic pump
and PLC control units. A typical facility
might have 8-12 bays, “and I see, in
the long term, they’ll fit out every
single one”.
But Lacey expects the system will
be even more attractive to operators
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Pressing issues
By Garth Lamb
A transfer station promising to divert
90% of incoming waste from landfill
will be built in the UK this year. Central
to its operation will be relatively new
technology called the VM Press, a novel
bit of European machinery that could
soon find Australian applications too.
Developed by VM Press of Italy
and db technologies in Holland, the
pressurising machine is designed to
physically separate waste into two
fundamental fractions, a wet organic
fraction and a dry solid fraction.
The separation process takes place in
a chamber where waste is compressed
at pressures of up to 1,000-bar
(14,500psi) against a very strong
metal screen. The manufacturer said
this “results in changing the structure
of the organic material into a fluid
plasma, allowing it to be pressed
through the mesh”.
In more general language, organic
material oozes through holes in
the screens and everything else is
left behind. According to Australian
representative Ron Mendelsohn of
SunSpun, the system is designed for
use on residual wastes, after high value
materials have been extracted through
kerbside recycling.
“You then put the raw waste through
the press before you do anything
else; you press out the organics and
you’re left with a relatively dry
and uncontaminated stream of
metals, plastics and everything
else, and you then separate that
– which is much easier than
separating it beforehand,” he
explains.
The first VM Press was installed
about five years ago in Germany,
operating on 50,000 tonnes
per annum of MSW input. That
plant is now being expanded to
100,000tpa with C&I waste added to
the mix. Two 100,000tpa MSW plants
are operating in Italy, and there is also
a small press operating at a wastewater
The VM Press separates raw waste into
wet organic and dry solid fractions.
treatment plant and another being
installed in a French shopping centre
complex.
Based on performance at these plants,
Mendelsohn claims contamination
of the organics stream can be less
than 4.5%, while less than 4.5% of
organic matter is left as a residual in
the dry material.
At the UK facility, which will have
a total price tag of about €22 million
($31 million), a large VM Press will
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while “a whole lot of separation
technologies” will recover dry materials
for recycling.
Up to 30% of waste delivered to the
facility will end up as refuse derived
fuel, a major outlet for low-value
material that is as yet underdeveloped
in Australia. But the push to achieve
high resource recovery at transfer
facilities – which might be relabelled
‘dirty MRFs’ − is happening here too.
Waste down the line
Australians don’t like living near
landfills, but they’re not going to stop
buying junk and throwing stuff out
either. Residual wastes will increasingly
have to be transported further and
further from major population centres,
meaning transfer stations will continue
to play an important role in the
infrastructure mix.
The ‘future’ of waste disposal has
been playing out in Sydney for several
years, with the city currently relying
on the remote Woodlawn bioreactor
landfill, some 250km down the
train line, to take nearly a quarter
of its waste. This reliance is set to
increase dramatically as existing local
landfills reach their capacity during
the next five years.
At the same time, WSN Environmental
Solutions – and its prized network of
Sydney transfer stations − is currently
up for grabs in a government sell-off
that will change the face of waste
in Australia’s largest city, especially
in relation to the operation of those
transfer facilities.
The economics of operating a
transfer station supporting your own
landfill sites – as WSN has done – are
clearly very different from operating
a facility transporting material to
a third-party disposal point. The
difference is the commercial driver
to cut disposal volumes as much as
possible, especially as landfill levies
and transport costs increase.
Inside Waste is aware of several
non-traditional players sniffing at
WSN’s assets, at least considering the
possibility of buying transfer stations
to secure feedstock for their alternative
waste treatment technologies.
There is a strong likelihood at least
some of Sydney’s transfer stations will,
in the near future, work similar to the
facility being constructed in London,
sorting through residuals to recover as
much material as possible.
Setting the screens
According to the National Waste
Report, organic material made up
72% of the MSW sent to landfill in
Australia in 2006–07, although actual
compositions vary between regions.
The screens on the VM Press can be
changed depending on the proportion
of organics in the waste stream and
the required purity of the outputs.
The German plant is using 6mm
screens to end up with less than
4% contamination in the organics,
although screens from 1-16mm can
be used. The trade off with smaller
screens and lower contamination is
that recovery volumes fall.
Glass, grit and small pieces of plastic
are the major contaminants, although
applying the press after the bulk
of recyclables have been removed
at the kerbside reduces the number
of broken beer bottles in the MSW.
The machine also presses wet paper
and cardboard fibre out of the waste
stream, although again high-quality
feedstock for recyclers would have
already been collected.
Some Australian sites could follow
the UK example and build on-site
enclosed anaerobic digesters to
generate power from organic matter.
Alternatively, the two main streams
could be transported separately to the
most appropriate facilities. Sydney’s
existing EarthPower Camellia Plant, for
example, can reportedly take organic
matter with up to 5% contamination,
making that facility – or something
like it – a potential destination for the
organic fraction.
Mendelsohn points out that, after
pressing moisture out with the
organics, separating and recovering
material from the ‘dry’ fraction (about
15% moisture) becomes much simpler.
While he sees new-age transfer
stations being a big market for the
VM Press in Australia, he also believes
it could replace trommels and other
separation technologies used to
separate materials at the front end of
AWT plants.
“It produces an organic stream that
is extremely [low] in contaminants
compared to other technologies,” he
emphasises.
The units currently come in three
sizes, with throughputs of eight, 17
or 35 tonnes per hour – or from about
20,000-100,000 tonnes of waste per
annum. The cost of the largest press is
about €3 million ($4.4 million).
Mendelsohn is currently “looking for
our first project” in Australia, and has
made presentations before Melbourne’s
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that
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contestants in WMAA’s last National Transfer Station
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Inproceeding,
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residential and commercial deliveries at the site? Do Researchkey
your waste mix and volumes thoroughly.
organics cost $90/tonne to process at SITA’s in the organics running at 10-30%.
word is ‘efficiently’, and the concept must include total costs to
you
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produce
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your staffing levels, and operating efficiency.
pre-separate
awareness of sustainability issues.
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high
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conformance.
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concept at
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list. The
waste could rise 19% by 2013/14 and up
recovery forecasts – except for e-waste
in thewhich
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to 27% by 2019/20, thanks to current
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of my
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better source separation at the kerbside,
Recycling and resource recovery in SA
smoothly
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variousacting.
state waste bodies. For example, Sustainability design. Sometimes vehicle numbers, especially in
Best advice
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particularly in regional areas. This would
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a great Best Practice Guide to Resource peak times, can be more crucial to the overall design
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waste from 47% to above 58%.
driven by population growth and increasing
Source separation keeps SA on track
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Citywide’s Dynon
Road Transfer
Station in
Melbourne.
4. A strong vision
Consider and be really clear on what type of transfer
station you are going build; solid inert, MSW, or a
combination of both. Give special consideration to
resource recovery − what do you want to recover and
how? You will also need to address other areas such as
will you be accepting C&D and greenwaste, and, if so,
how will you process it? How will you deal with such
things as run off and leachate control?
8. Direct your traffic
When designing the traffic flow, try to separate
residential and commercial vehicles. Try to design
out cross roads or overlapping traffic. Aim to get the
traffic to flow in and out all in the one direction.
5. Contingency plan is crucial
9. Going the distance
Determine early in the process how much holding
capacity you will need on site and consider what
you’ll need in case of an emergency. If you don’t have
the room, then always design in a contingency plan to
deal with the incoming waste and the most efficient
way to get the waste off site.
Consider transport distances. If you are more than,
say, 10-20 minutes from the landfill, take the time
to really look at such things as compacting the
waste. This can save considerable freight costs,
maintenance costs for vehicles and roads, and can
reduce environmental impacts including greenhouse
emissions. Also look at the transfer vehicle types,
hooklift skips versus transfer trailers.
6. Get the right slant
extra effort in and I assure you it will save you a lot
of headaches down the track. Again, decide early
on if you are going to accept both residential and
commercial vehicles.
Then determine if you want to limit the size of the
commercial vehicles, for example, to no greater than
5m3. If you don’t have the figures, the Australian
Bureau of Statistics is a great resource to locate a
council of similar population size.
designing, keep OH&S considerations at the forefront
of your ideas, especially when looking at such things
as falls from heights and vision impairment.
Waste generally needs to be dropped into either an
open top skip or receival pit, so try and select the site
on a slope – this will help you minimise civil costs
(usually it’s cheaper to dig out than it is to fill in).
10. Educate everyone always
7. Safety first and foremost
Implement a solid overall education program for
staff, the public and commercial contractors; this will
encourage ownership from all stakeholders to ensure
the success of your project.
When designing unloading areas, try to make it is as
easy as possible for residents and contractors. Look
at the reversing area, turning circles and vehicle
bay sizes to reduce the (often humorous sport) of
watching ratepayers trying to reverse a 6x4 box
trailer. Aim for larger areas where possible. When
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BALERS
May/June 2010
All baled up
Description: Mil-tek’s newest heavy-duty
compactor in the air driven series. Also available
in a smaller footprint, with the same pressing
force.
Dimensions: 2,495 x 1,400 x 1,040mm
Weight: 925kg
Bale size/Weight: 800 x 1,250 x 800mm/400kg
(plastic)
Force: 9t constant pressure
Compaction density: 85-90%
Cycle time: 20 secs
Base price: From $19,900
More: Mil-tek Waste Solutions on 1800 645 835
or via www.miltek.com.au
Australian Bale Press
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Waste Collection Vehicles
To be part of this section, contact editor Garth Lamb on
(02) 9817 6400 or email garth@wme.com.au
Vertical
Description: Robust, user friendly, supermarket
type vertical baler.
Dimensions: 3,300 x 1,200 x 900mm
Weight: 600kgs
Bale size/Weight: 900 x 750 x 750mm/80kg
Force: 5t
Compaction density: Not supplied
Cycle time:15 secs
Base price: Rental from $30/wk
More: Australian Bale Press on (02) 4353 8688
or via www.ausbale.com.au
NEXT ISSUE:
The July/Aug issue of Inside Waste will profile vehicles
designed for collecting waste. Both domestic and industrial
vehicles will be covered.
Vertical
509HD
There’s no shortage of choice when it comes to baling machines designed
to make material easier to store or transport. There are units designed to
compress expanded polystyrene into dense cubes; portable machines suitable
for handling cardboard boxes at a small warehouse; monstrous units able to
process huge volumes of material an hour; and there’s everything in between.
This review is broken into three categories, starting with vertical balers – the
small end of the market, perhaps suitable for use at regional transfer stations
or delivered by a contractor to a client who wants to lift its recovery rates.
The bigger, horizontal balers are designed for use at high volume facilities.
Many recycling facilities make do with two machines, one continuous unit
dedicated to the high volume paper stream and the other used to work through
alternate batches of other materials.
That’s where the final review category, two-ram balers, comes in. These
machines are designed for material with a memory, applying more pressure and
allowing material like tin cans to be better tied off before the bale is ejected.
Shop around and make sure you and your supplier have a good handle on just
what material – and what volumes − you want to process. After-sales support
should also be high on the list of concerns; all machines go down from time to
time – the question is how quickly they can be brought back to life.
Mil-tek
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BALERS
May/June 2010
Description: The relocatable RC655
is manually fed, but with automatic
baling and ejection and reverse run
operation.
Dimensions: 1,600 x 930 x 185mm
Weight: 675kg
Throughput: Up to 300kg/hr (waste
paper/plastic)
Bale size/Weight: 600 x 230mm/up
to 28kg
Force: Not supplied
Compaction density: 250–400kg/m3
(plastic/craft paper)
Cycle time: Feed rate 0.36m/sec
Base price: Approx $27,000
More: Lakewood Corporation on (03) 9338 8566 or email
lakewood@alphalink.com.au
PFB-150
PAKMOR Waste Equipment
LSM Engineering
Vertical
LSM 3000H
Roll Compactor/Baler (RC655)
Welger Recycling Engineering
Description: Vertical finger style baler
powered by 4kW hydraulic unit. Ideal
for typical ‘back dock’ scenarios with
high volumes of cardboard and plastic
film.
Dimensions: 960 x 2,420 x 1,810mm
Weight: Approx 1,600kg
Throughput: Average 4-5 bales/hr
(depends on operator and
ability/capacity to load and tie off)
Bale size/Weight: 870 x 830 x
870mm/150-200kg (cardboard)
Force: 110-bar
Compaction density: Not supplied
Cycle time: 20 secs
Base price: Approx $24,990 + GST
(rental available)
More: PAKMOR Waste Equipment on (02) 4577 3099 or via
www.pakmor.com.au
Vertical
Description: Vertical baler,
5.5kW for high volume
users looking to turn waste
materials into revenue.
Dimensions:2,850 x 2,150
x 1,300mm
Weight: 2,100kg
Throughput: 1t/hr
Bale size/Weight: Up to
450kg (OCC)
Force: 30t
Cycle time: 45 secs
Base price: $23,200 + GST
More: Superior Pak on (07)
3268 7244 or via www.superiorpak.
com.au
Torque Industries
Vertical
Hydra-Pac PB 48A
24
Vertical
Description: Automatic single stroke
vertical baler, suitable for supermarkets and
warehouses.
Dimensions: 2,150 x 1,066 x 2,400mm
Weight: 1,400kg
Throughput: 3–4 bales/hr
Bale size/Weight: 1,200 x 760 x
900mm/300–375kg
Force: 20t
Compaction density: 350kg/m3 (OCC,
input Density 40kg/m3)
Cycle time: 24 secs
Base price: $9,000-22,000
More: Torque Industries on (08) 8341 0177
or via www.hydra-pac.com.au
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BALERS
4X 16
Bramidan
Vertical
Australia’s Leading Manufacturer of
Purpose Built Recycling Equipment
Since 1977
Description: High press force achieving
maximum bale weights. Automatic bale
ejection.
Dimensions: 1,050 x 1,290mm
Weight: 1,400kg
Throughput: Approx 15m3/hr (plastic or
cardboard)
Bale size/Weight: 250-300kg (plastic),
200-250kg (OCC)
Force: 16t
Compaction density: Plastic 300375kg/m3; OCC 250-310kg/m3
Cycle time: 20 secs
Base price: $10,000-20,000, depending
on model
More: Wastech Engineering on 1800 465
465 or via www.wastech.com.au
Hungry Giant
EPS Compactor – 150/300
PROUD OWNERS &
MANUFACTURERS OF:
Horizontal
Balers
Manual or
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Vertical Balers
&
205L Drum
Crushers
Vertical
Description: Portable
expanded polystyrene (EPS)
compactor, designed for
back dock use.
Dimensions: 1,600 x 800 x
600mm
Weight: 500kg
Throughput: 60kg/hr
Bale size/Weight: 110 x
110mm
Force: 50:1 compaction
ratio
Compaction density:
250kg/m3
Cycle time: 90 secs to empty a full
hopper
Base price: $19,970 (ex GST) or $105/wk on a rent to own
More: Hungry Giant on 1300 101 552 or via www.hungrygiant.com.au
Harris Equipment
Solid Waste
Balers up to
98 t/hr
& conveyors
to suit
For all your recycling machinery needs;
Ph: (08) 8341 0177 – Fax: (08) 8341 1955
www.hydra-pac.com.au
Vertical
Wastedrive equipment pty ltd
V5-HD
Description: 10hp export size baler.
Weight: 1,900kg
Throughput: 1t/hr (OCC)
Bale size/Weight: 762 x 1,219 x
1,524mm/500kg
Force: 23.3t
Compaction density: 333kg/m3
Cycle time: 50 secs
Base price: US$12,000-14,000
($14,200-16,600)
Contact: Wastedrive Equipment on
(02) 9630 9333 or via wastedrive.com
Australia/New Zealand suppliers of the following equipment:
HB107
Australian Bale Press
Horizontal
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Description: Twin 40hp
auto tie OCC baler.
Dimensions: 9,500 x 2100
(plus auto tie) x 1,800mm
Height of feed shoot: Not
supplied
Weight: Not supplied
Throughput: 12t/hr on
OCC
Bale size/Weight:
1,100 x 1,050 x
1,600–2,000mm/980kg
(OCC)
Cylinder size: 304mm bore with a 254mm rod
Force: 105t
Compaction density: 500kg/m3 (OCC)
Cycle time: 25 secs unloaded
Base price: From $170,000
More: Australian Bale Press on (02) 4353 8688 or via www.ausbale.com.au
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Taurus Shear/Logger/Balers
Hustler Conveyors and MRF Equipment
Leggett & Platt Wire Tie
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- Correct equipment specification
- Prompt cost-effective delivery
- Reliable ongoing product support
www.wastedrive.com
18 Dunlop St
North Parramatta
NSW 2151
Phone: 02-9630-9333
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Godswill Paper Machinery
Bramidan
HX
Horizontal
WRH600H
long enough that it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have a view on what they
want from a machine.
Some sites will try and get away with not having a dozer if they already have a
compactor in the shed, although it is generally a very bad idea to run compactors
Engineering
over the LSM
tipping face.
Not only does it ruin the surface, making itHorizontal
difficult to drive
anythingDescription:
else over it,Horizontal
but it can also damage liner systems. On the other hand,
baler
with light,
guillotine
dozers are
hardly
anddoor
can perform reasonably well as make shift compactors
for high volume users.
if the site
can’t
justify
two
bits of heavy machinery.
Small footprint with semi
automatic tying
The temptation
withsystem.
dozers is often to buy the biggest unit one can afford,
Dimensions: 3,015 x
although6,750
this xis2,075mm
not always the best plan. There are some big units out there
Feed
shoot
height: class in fact – but smaller, more agile machines are
– a whole
‘over
100-tonne’
1,500mm
generallyWeight:
better for
7.7tlandfill operations. A big site with a lot of cover to move may
2t/hr
warrant aThroughput:
larger
unit,
but a small machine is all that is required to push waste off
Bale size/Weight: 1,200 x 1,100 x 1,050mm/up to 1,200kg (OCC)
Cylinder
size:
180mm
the tipping face and into
the bore
landfill proper.
Force: 60t
Over-sized
units
also
cost
more to run, so choosing the smallest unit that
Cycle time: 60 secs
Base
price:
$95,550
+ GST the smartest bet. Second-hand units fill the
meets the
site’s
needs
is generally
More: Superior Pak on (07) 3268 7244 or via www.superiorpak.com.au
needs of many operators, and a key tip here is to examine remaining track life: a
new set of tracks and rollers could set you back $25,000.
Description:
Suitable
for large
Dimensions: 7,600
x 3,500
x 3,450mm
volumes
of cardboard, paper
Weight:
27.9t
or
plastic.
Can be loaded
Engine: Cummins
continuously
and bales are
NT855C280,
automatically162kW
tied.
Transmission type:
Powershift
2,550mm
Max. speed (forward/
Feed
shoot
height: 1,500mm
reverse):
10.9/13.2km/h
Weight:
8.5t
Blade type/capacity:
3
Throughput:
3-6t/hr
Straight/Tilt, 5.3m
Length
of track on 400-450kg
Bale
size/Weight:
ground: 2.89m
(OCC)
Steering type:
and
Cylinder
size:Clutch
Not supplied
brake steering
Force:
50t
Key selling point:
Bang Not
for supplied
Compaction
density:
the buck. Popular with owner-operators who are reasonably handy around dozers.
Cycle
time:
33
secs
Base cost: From $240,000 + GST including rippers and blade.
Base
$120,000-180,000
More: price:
Sino Heavy
Equipment on 1300 368 216 or via www.sinoheavy.com
More: Wastech Engineering on 1800 465 465 or via www.wastech.com.au
Torque
DresstaIndustries
TD20M
Extra
LA – 80in
HBA 4242
– 135C
GB-1108F
Description: 80hp auto tie baler.
Feed chute height: 2,660mm
Weight: 18t
Throughput: 8-9t/hr
Bale size/Weight: 1,100 x
750mm (variable length)/550750kg (OCC)
Cylinder size: 225mm
Force: 90t
WE’VE stated
the obvious before and we’ll do it again; when you’ve got to move a
Compaction density: 5003 (at
3input)
600kg/m
large pile of waste
or40-60kg/m
dirt, you’re
much better off having a dozer at your disposal
Cycle time: 28 secs
than being
forced
to
use
a
shovel
and wheelbarrow.
Base price: $180,000
Rowland &found
Associates
on (07)
5574 4588
or via www.rowland.ws
DozersMore:
are therefore
at most
Australian
landfills,
and have been in use
SD7
HC50
Don’t be bulldozed, get
the grunt you need
Horizontal
Horizontal
Description:6,180
150kW
auto xtie
Dimensions:
x 3,500
horizontal open end baler.
3,570mm
Weight:
27.2t 11,500 x
Dimensions:
Engine:
Cummins QSC 8.3,
3,890mm
179kW
Feed shoot height: 2,400mm
Transmission
Weight: 28.5ttype: Modular
countershaft
power-shift
Throughput:type
25–28t/hr
(OCC)
Max. speed (forward/
Bale
size/Weight:
1,100 x
reverse): 10.6/12.5km/h
1,100 type/capacity:
x 2,000mm
Blade
Cylinder11.9m
size:3 254mm
Semi-U,
or Full-U,diameter
Force:3 135t
14.0m
Compaction
density:
560kg/
Length
of track
on ground:
2.86m
m3(OCC, input density 40kg/m3)
Steering
type:
Cycle time:
9 Two-speed
secs
geared
steering
with conventional clutch brake, joystick control.
Base price:
$80,000-520,000
Key
selling
point:
Outstanding
performance
reliability,
combined with lower
More: Torque Industries
on (08)
8341 0177and
or via
www.hydra-pac.com.au
purchase price provides value for money alternative.
Base cost: $495,000
More: International Machinery Services on (07) 4936 3577 or www.ims.ihub.com.au
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BALERS
2R63
HTR 240 – 2200 - 255
Description: Fully automatic
200hp Auto-Tie energy saving
baler. Smaller and larger models
available.
(plus inserter)
Height of feed shoot: 2,400mm
Weight: 23.6t
Throughput: 24t/hr (OCC)
1105mm (variable length)/1,077kg
(OCC)
Cylinder size: 229mm bore
Force: 144t
Compaction density: 481kg/m3 (OCC on 32kg/m3 input density)
Cycle time: 11.3 secs
Base price: Installed US$290,000–325,000 ($344,000-385,000)
Contact: Wastedrive Equipment on (02) 9630 9333 or via wastedrive.com
Excel Manufacturing
PAAL – FAES Group
Horizontal
Description: Multiple product
auto tie twin ram baler.
5,100mm
Weight: 15t
Throughput: 4.2t/hr (OCC); 8t/
hr (office paper); 3.3t/hr (HDPE);
2.1t/hr (PET); 3t/hr (aluminium
cans); 5.6t/hr (tin cans)
1,220 x 760mm/from 544kg (OCC) to 907kg (magazines)
Cylinder size: 15cm bore, 1,880mm stroke
Force: 72.5t
Cycle time: 21 secs
Ejection time: Dependent on auto tie density
More: Australian Bale Press on (02) 4353 8688 or via www.ausbale.com.au
Two Ram
Description: High compaction
two ram baler with plastic tie for
baling MSW and refuse derived
fuels.
Weight: 65t
Throughput: 45t/hr (MSW, infeed
Density 200Kg/m3)
Bale size/Weight: 1,200 x 1,300
x 1,150mm/1,500–1,700kg
Cylinder size: 330mm diameter
Force: 240t
Compaction density: 1,100kg/m3 (MSW, input density 200kg/m3)
Cycle time: 12 secs
Ejection time: 7 secs
More: Torque Industries on (08) 8341 0177 or via www.hydra-pac.com.au
Harris Equipment
Two Ram
Badger
Hp-8160-T100
Harris Equipment
Two Ram
Description: Fully automatic highdensity 100hp two ram baler with
replaceable hardox liners. Smaller
and larger models available.
Height of feed shoot: 2,400mm
Weight: 26t
Throughput: Up to 13t/hr (non
ferrous); up to 10t/hr (OCC)
Bale size/Weight: 787 x 1,168 x
1,549mm/up to 1,021kg (non ferrous)
Cylinder size: 354mm bore
standard, 279mm optional
Force: 124t force, 60% ram penetration
Compaction density: 320-801kg/m3 (non ferrous on 48-104kg/m3 loose
input density)
Cycle time: 16 secs (including ejection time)
Base price: Installed, US$320,000–360,000 ($379,000-$427,000)
Contact: Wastedrive Equipment on (02) 9630 9333 or via wastedrive.com
Factory trained service and support
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PRODUCT PROFILE: COMPACTORS
May/June 2010
Pack it in
MegaPak Refrigerated Compactor
There’s no point using a heavy vehicle to cart empty space around, which
makes compaction systems a must-have accessory for any transfer station
servicing a remote disposal point; the greater the distance between drop off
and disposal, the more attractive it will be to pre-compact waste and cut down
the number of trips required to move the same volume of waste.
Each of the profiled manufacturers has a range of other products up their
sleeves too, although exactly which system you need depends on what’s in your
waste; auger style systems are often recommended for paper and cardboard,
while the blade style is generally the system of choice for mixed wastes.
Pre-compacting waste can allow the optimal volume to be dropped into a
waiting trailer − not too little but, just as importantly, not too much. It also
reduces wear and tear on the trailers, compared to trying to squash material
into them with a loader.
RP7700 Jumbo & Variants
Bergmann
6,600mm
Weight: 3.2t
Description: Crushing and
compaction by rolling movement
of a heavy, specially equipped
compaction roller directly in to
open top containers up to 7m long.
Compaction drum 1,150 x 1,700mm.
Drive: Hydraulically driven, 5.5kW,
3 phase, 32Amp motor
Compaction force: 1,550kg
compaction drum producing an
average compaction ratio of 5:1
Hopper capacity: N/A
Clear top opening: 2,200 x 6,500mm
open top containers
Cycle time: Adjustable up to 30
minutes of continuous operation
Throughput: Can be continuously
fed while in operation
Connects to... containers up to
2,300mm high and 7,000mm long
Cost: From $57,500 + GST (ex
works)
More: Superior Pak on (07) 3268
7244 or via www.superiorpak.com.au
Superior Pak
2,750mm; nominal capacity 23m3
Weight: 3.2t
Description: The Megapak
range of refrigerated portable
compactors are designed to
maintain efficient facilities for
the handling and disposal of
putrescible waste streams.
Incorporating the latest Thermo
King V-Max Series refrigeration
units, they are fully insulated and
maintain constant temperatures
of <10˚C.
Drive: Hydraulically driven, 7.5kW,
32Amp 3 phase
Compaction force: 35t
Hopper capacity: 5m3
(head only)
Weight: Approx 4t
Description: Stationary blade
compactor specifically designed
for compacting and transporting
large volumes of waste material.
Drive: 15KW power unit
Hopper capacity: 3m3 charging
capacity
Clear top opening: 1,800 x
1,400mm
Cycle time: 60 secs
Throughput: 180m3/hr
Connects to... 10-60m3 bin and/or
transfer trailer
Cost: From $45,000 + GST
Cycle time: <60 secs
Throughput: 150m3/hr
Connects to... Fully self contained
Cost: From $68,000 (air-conditioned)
or from $85,000 (refrigerated)
More: Superior Pak on (07) 3268
7244 or via www.superiorpak.com.au
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on (02) 4577 3099 or via www.
pakmor.com.au
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DMF International Pty Ltd
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fax 02 9688 1531
www.dmf.com.au
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All units are fitted with GPS tracking, enabling us know where our fleet is at any time, and giving us the ability to direct
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PRODUCT PROFILE: COMPACTORS
May/June 2010
Wastech Engineering
Dimensions: 2,400 x
2,500mm (head only)
Weight: Approx 4.3t
Description: Stationary
twin auger compactor
specifically designed
for compacting and
transporting large volumes
of waste material.
Drive: 2x15kW electric
motors
Compaction force: 25,000Nm max.
torque/auger
Auger Description: 2x700mm
augers, counter rotating at 8rpm
Hopper capacity: Approx 4m3
Cycle time:Continuous
Throughput: Continuous cycle
1,400mm (2m high with stand for
transfer trailer)
Weight: 5.8t
Description: Hydraulic ram −
transfer station compactor (pack
chamber and blade made from
Hardox 450) suitable for compaction
of both MSW and solid inert waste.
Drive: Hydraulic Ram, 22kW (30kW
also available)
Compaction force: 340kn (34.7t)
Hopper capacity: 4.33m3swept
volume (hopper above blade up to
30m3)
Cycle time: 60 secs (45 secs with
30kW pump)
Throughput: Up to 350m3/hr (std
means throughput difficult to
accurately determine. Estimated
average range 500-600m3/hr
Connects to... 10-60m3 bin and/or
transfer trailer
Cost: From $75,000 + GST
More: PAKMOR Waste Equipment on
(02) 4577 3099 or via the website
www.pakmor.com.au
S4000
4.33m3/min)
Connects to... transfer trailers and
compaction containers
Cost:$85,000 + GST (base model,
including power pack)
More: Wastech Engineering on (03)
8787 1600 or via the website
www.wastech.com.au
Wastech Engineering
Harris Equipment
2,000mm (including support stand
for trailer loading)
Weight: 11.5t
Description: Hydraulic ram
transfer station compactor
(pack chamber and blade made
from Hardox 450) suitable for
compaction of both MSW and
solid inert waste.
Drive: Hydraulic Ram, 45kW (90
Amps)
Compaction force: 700kn (71.4t)
Hopper capacity: 8m3 swept volume
(hopper above blade up to 50m3)
1,980mm
Cycle time: 45 secs
Throughput: Up to 600m3/hr (std.
Dimensions: 3,000 x 3,000
x 2,400mm
Weight: 94t
Description: Pre-load
compaction system
Drive: 185kW
Hopper capacity: 18.5m3
3,000mm
Cycle time: 15 mins (3 mins
to load trailer)
Throughput: 116t/hr
Connects to... transfer
trailer
Cost: US$1.2 million ($1.36 million)
More:Wastedrive Equipment on (02) 9630 9333 or via the
website www.wastedrive.com
10.6m3/min)
Connects to... transfer trailers
Cost: $160,000 + GST (base model,
including power pack)
More: Wastech Engineering on (03)
8787 1600 or via the website
www.wastech.com.au
Transpak TP500 Super
S8000
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WASTED SPACE
May/June 2010
Beware the
CPRS cougar
The Rudd Government has put to bed plans for an emission trading scheme
until at least 2013. So has it been a complete waste of time for our industry
to wrangle over the proposed CPRS, to have spent countless man hours
trying to work out, “what does this all mean for me?” Probably.
Seeing as the “greatest moral challenge of our generation” has been
reduced to cheap politics and there’s not much point pretending any of us
know where we’re headed, Wasted Space thought it may as well abandon
intelligent debate and join the trend to popularist lingo too.
We are now suffering what could be described as the blue balls scenario
of policy development. Our industry (and most others) have gone through
all the foreplay of preparing for a carbon price but, just when it looked like
the final scheme was about to eventuate, our political leaders jumped out
of bed and ran away.
Some would argue it was an ugly scheme and we should be relieved to
have dodged that bullet. Others believe a scheme is a
scheme and, even if it wasn’t the most attractive option
imaginable, it was ready to go and we should have just
taken a deep breath before getting on with a job most
accept is inevitable.
There are still a few old-fashioned voices preaching the
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virtues of abstinence and doggedly hoping to keep the
industry forever separate from any carbon controls. Most
people, however, are more pragmatic and rational.
We might find ourselves in bed with a less frigid version
of the CPRS in three years’ time. By then, the scheme will
be a Cougar – a less inhibited lover seeing as its time for
Each issue focuses on a different theme, with a mix of feature
articles outlining the latest news and developments. There are
action is fast running out − and will probably have had
also two profiles of key products for the industry in every issue.
some serious cosmetic surgery too. Whether it will be more
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or less attractive is open for debate.
Issue 37 (Jul/Aug)
Issue 34 (Jan/Feb)
There are also rumblings the states might brush off some
THEME: Engagement
THEME: Organics
of their former carbon control plans; schemes that left the
PROFILE: Software systems
PROFILE: Excavators + Dozers
+ weighbridges
dance floor when the dazzling beauty of the Federal CPRS
Issue
38
(Sep/Oct)
Issue
35
(Mar/Apr)
made them feel inadequate, but which may be keen to flirt
THEME: Waste Transportation
THEME: AWT
with industry again now the clock has struck 12 and the
PROFILE: Industrial + domestic
PROFILE: AWTs + Odour
collection vehicles
control systems
CPRS turned into a great big pumpkin.
Peer pressure is one of the tried and true methods to
Issue 39 (Nov/Dec)
Issue 36 (May/Jun)
get any two camps into bed, and as soon as “everyone else
THEME: C&D
THEME: Transfer Stations +
PROFILE: Shredders (fast, slow
Buyers
Guide
is doing it”, Australia is more likely to join the herd. But
and granulators)
PROFILE: Bulk compaction
how will the others do it? The Europeans are in to permit
systems + balers
swapping; the American’s are thinking about charging flat
hourly rates. China isn’t keen to go all the way, but its
cooperation is attractive enough that maybe we’ll all be
SECTOR BREAKDOWN
happy with some heavy petting at second base.
The obvious problem in all this is that, while
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