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cmtoo 21-Jan-20, 17:42	$150m waste-to-energy plant in Melbourne's west gets green light A waste-to-energy plant is expected to be operating in Melbourne’s west within three years after being approved by the Environment Protection Authority. The $150 million facility in Laverton North was granted planning approval by Wyndham City Council in March last year. However, the project – which would convert household rubbish currently sent to landfill into enough electricity to power up to 20,000 houses – could not commence until the EPA had given it the green light. Recovered Energy Australia director Ian Guss said the EPA works approval was the final regulatory hurdle the company needed to clear before it could proceed with the waste-to-energy plant. The waste-to-energy plant, which is set to operate non-stop, would process 200,000 tonnes a year of waste from household bins and other residual waste. Mr Guss stressed the plant was specifically designed to only process waste that would otherwise go to landfill. “As we will only be accepting rubbish that would otherwise go to landfill, we provide a better environmental outcome by recovering energy from that waste and in the consequent reduction of Melbourne's reliance on landfill,” Mr Guss said. From The Age

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21-Jan-20, 17:42

$150m waste-to-energy plant in Melbourne's west gets green light

A waste-to-energy plant is expected to be operating in Melbourne’s west within three years after being approved by the Environment Protection Authority.

The $150 million facility in Laverton North was granted planning approval by Wyndham City Council in March last year. However, the project – which would convert household rubbish currently sent to landfill into enough electricity to power up to 20,000 houses – could not commence until the EPA had given it the green light.

Recovered Energy Australia director Ian Guss said the EPA works approval was the final regulatory hurdle the company needed to clear before it could proceed with the waste-to-energy plant.

The waste-to-energy plant, which is set to operate non-stop, would process 200,000 tonnes a year of waste from household bins and other residual waste.

Mr Guss stressed the plant was specifically designed to only process waste that would otherwise go to landfill.

“As we will only be accepting rubbish that would otherwise go to landfill, we provide a better environmental outcome by recovering energy from that waste and in the consequent reduction of Melbourne's reliance on landfill,” Mr Guss said.

From The Age

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