As Perth councils grapple with looming deadlines on landfill capacity, questions remain over what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish being generated by households.
A stone's throw from the beach in Perth's northern suburbs, where ibis and the occasional pelican roam mounds of rubbish, the clock is ticking.Waste-to-energy plants are being touted as part of the solutionTamala Park, one of the city's biggest landfill sites, is the resting place for the household waste of about 700,000 people — roughly one-third of the city's population.
The seven individual councils on Mindarie Regional Council are also yet to make a decision as to where their collective waste will go once Tamala Park is closed.Nine landfill sites are currently being used by metropolitan councils, from the Tamala Park facility in the north to Stanley Road landfill towards Bunbury in the south.
Along with the survey, the department said it was working with state-wide data from several sources to examine whether existing facilities could meet targets, as well as identify gaps and find out what was needed to meet WA's waste infrastructure needs until 2050. "For us it's becoming easier — as that end date looms closer, we're able to more accurately forecast that.
DWER's spokesperson said the WA Government was delivering and supporting a range of initiatives to increase local recycling and reduce reliance on landfill.One of the major pushes supported by the government is waste-to-energy technology — using rubbish to create electricity.
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