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Not all rubbish is rubbish
The average rubbish bin contains materials that could be put to better use than burying it in the ground. Understanding what’s inside our rubbish bins is just as important as predicting how much rubbish we will produce. This is to ensure the technology and scale of a new advanced waste processing solution is appropriate.
To understand more about what makes up the average household rubbish bin, MWRRG looked at samples of rubbish bins from more than 580 households across 12 councils over two fortnights.
Project milestones: July - October
July 2020
All 16 councils moved to Stage 2: Solution Development
August 2020
Stage 2: Solution Development commenced
August 2020
Outlined specification documents released
Project moves closer to finding a smarter solution
During August, the second stage of our tender process commenced with outline specifications being released to the three shortlisted bidders:
- Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Sacyr Environment Australia
- Pacific Partnerships and REMONDIS - together with CIMIC Group Companies CPB Contractors and UGL.
Outline specifications are the first of three substages in our collaborative design approach to finding a smarter solution to landfill.
Outline specifications are documents that broadly outline the minimum requirements any solution from shortlisted bidders must have.
This includes the expectation for social, environmental and economic outcomes along with providing data on how much household rubbish will be generated and what it consists of to assist with the facility and technology design.
The outline specifications provide broad information to encourage the shortlisted bidders to put forward innovative and tailored draft solutions. These draft solutions are further developed in consultation with the councils in the next stage known as ‘competitive dialogue’.
After the competitive dialogue stage shortlisted bidders will receive the detailed specifications with more information on what a solution must deliver to be considered. The shortlisted bidders’ response to this document also makes up their final contract with the councils.
This process empowers the councils to develop a solution suitable for their needs while being flexible enough to consider any advances in technology and build on industry’s experience in delivering solutions.
Welcome Chris, our new Deputy Director
We are pleased to welcome Chris Feil to the role of Deputy Director, Advanced waste processing (AWP) project.
Chris brings with him over 20 years of legal and governance experience gained in a range of statutory authorities, local government and the private sector.
More recently, Chris has been involved in the delivery of a number of significant infrastructure projects. This has included managing a large scale renewable energy project and the development and implementation of a five year procurement road map for the Victorian water sector.
Chris will support the AWP team as we enter the next exciting phase of the project.
Did you know ...
By 2031 over 642,000 tonnes of carbon emissions could be reduced each year by using advanced waste processing compared with completely relying on landfill.
Processing non-recyclable household rubbish in a different way to landfill can reduce the amount of harmful gases released into the atmosphere. Advanced waste processing can provide a significant reduction in carbon emissions, this is due to:
Partly renewable electricity generation—emissions are reduced by putting electricity back in the grid to power homes and businesses.
Avoided landfill—emissions are reduced by diverting biodegradable waste from landfill.
Recycling—recovering and recycling metals from advanced waste processing will reduce emissions when compared to producing them from virgin materials.
Waste transportation—a reduction in emissions comes from reduced transportation of household rubbish.
Contact us
We'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with your questions and feedback on the advanced waste processing project.
Phone: +61 3 8698 9852
Email: smartersolution@mwrrg.vic.gov.au
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group
Level 4, Tower 4, World Trade Centre, 18-38 Siddeley Street,
Melbourne, VIC 3005
Phone: 8698 9852
Email: smartersolution@mwrrg.vic.gov.au
www.mwrrg.vic.gov.au/smartersolution
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