Supporting Document - Attachment 2 - Summary Dashboards - IPART

ATTACHMENT 2
WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT — ASSET OVERVIEW
CONDITION OF BLAXLAND WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY
Business As Usual
Current
10 Year Projected
Comments
Blaxland Waste Management Facility has the last landfill site left in the Blue Mountains. Residual waste from the entire Blue
Mountains community is buried here. It will be full in less than 20 years.
The site is operated under an EPA licence with strict conditions for environmental protection . The site will undergo a significant
upgrade in resource recovery facilities over the coming 2 years
30%
GOOD / FAIR CONDITION
85% 100%
POOR CONDITION
15% 0%
70%
current
in 10 years with
available funding
current
in 10 years with
available funding
Confidence in Data:
HIGH
MODERATE
LOW
Risks
Legislation changes, for example the carbon pricing
mechanism
Landfill reaching zero capacity
Alternative leachate disposal required (Trade Waste
Agreement cancellation)
License to operate the site could be removed
Site closure (various reasons)
Response
Account for carbon pricing implications in the 2012/13 budget
Develop a Waste Strategy in 2012/13 to significantly reduce residual
waste and increase waste avoidance and resource recovery
Research leachate pre-treatment options and develop an alternative
disposal process
Independent environmental monitoring, contract management
Contract management and maintenance schedules as standard
practice to avoid closure; roads maintained in “all weather” condition;
manage stockpiles and fuel loads to minimise fire risk.
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