It's a new era for waste management in Cessnock with an upgrade to the local waste facility with a new Waste Transfer System under construction.
The facility's construction began in January, and will allow residents to drop off items such as metals, garden organics, electronic waste, paints, oils and batteries with ease, to be recovered and recycled.
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"This is big dollar business, third party licensed and monitored, and the greatest long term savings we can make is about the recapture of those resources that have a value and can be recycled and reprocessed to avoid landfill," said Manager of Environment and Waste Michael Alexander.
More often than not items which can be re purposed or recycled end up in landfill, instead of going to making a new product.
Michael Alexander says we need to get rid of the tip mentality and work towards a cleaner environment because "once it [rubbish] hits landfill, it's lost forever. It's certainly not the best environmental outcome, and this is just another step in that direction which compliments the services we already have".
Cessnock Mayor Bob Pynsent believes the redesign will be of huge benefit to the community once it's finished.
"The redesign not only offers the community more resource recovery opportunities but also will deliver a facility which has increased safety, and convenience."
