A huge fire that destroyed one of WA's biggest recycling facilities has left councils with no choice but to divert refuse to landfill — and there is no end in sight.
Recycling material across Western Australia is being diverted to landfill after fire destroyed one of the state's biggest recovery facilities, and there is no time frame on when services will return to normal.Kerbside collections are continuing but councils are sending recyclables to the tipCleanaway's $20 million facility in Perth's east went up in flames late in November
, destroying compacted bales of recycled material and sending thick black smoke billowing into the air. The facility handled recycling from across WA, and the 20 local governments that contract Cleanaway to manage their kerbside waste collection are now scrambling to put interim measures in place to avoid sending material to landfill.
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