Table : Major types of recovery infrastructure across Victoria Type Function Service provided Materials accepted Infrastructure Ownership (can include) Drop-off Depends on the facility, Small trailers or Usually council owned Unload of materials Aggregation point for households not serviced by centres* and can include residual material specific bins and operated, kerbside collections predominantly in small Point source separation waste sometimes community communities and remote areas Aggregation for transfer managed May sit at front of landfill to reduce materials that could be recycled being deposited in the landfill Wide range of materials Range of bins, storage Usually council owned Unload of materials Predominantly for aggregating and sorting goods and depending on the facility containers, hard and operated by local materials unable to be collected through kerbside Resource Point source separation including garden stand, bunded and government, though in collections recovery and sorting organics, wood, timber, covered areas, some cases the centres Some removal of contamination from individual Aggregation and commingled recyclables, compactors and operation of facilities streams may occur, mainly through manual sorting (also consolidation for transfer batteries, e-waste, sheds depending on has been contracted called Some offer specialised services such as DrumMUSTER whitegoods, tyres, the materials out to a private service Consolidating kerbside transfer and the Household Chemical Collection Service mattresses and residual accepted provider collected material for bulk stations) waste haul (increasing trend) May be co-located with landfills and serve as a final option for diverting materials before landfill Some resale to public Aggregated and consolidated materials are transported to other facilities for further sorting, reprocessing or disposal Often include a resale shop Bulk haul Kerbside collected Unloading bays, Usually private, often Consolidation of kerbside Consolidating kerbside collected materials to reduce commingled recyclables, sheds and hard stand owned by kerbside collected materials for transport costs to the appropriate facilities for sorting centres garden organics, collection service bulk haul transfer or disposal combined FOGO and provider and/or MRF Usually closed to the public residual waste operators Some removal of contamination from individual streams may occur, mainly through manual sorting Specific Most facilities will only Depends on the Nearly exclusively Unload of specific Market driven aggregation of materials usually either materials accept certain types of materials accepted owned by the private material streams valuable to the generator or operator or not collected materials. For example, and will include a by kerbside collections scrap metal yards or range of bins, storage
Table : Major types of recovery infrastructure across Victoria Type Function (can include) Service provided Materials accepted Infrastructure Ownership Drop-off centres* Unload of materials Point source separation Aggregation for transfer Aggregation point for households not serviced by kerbside collections predominantly in small communities and remote areas May sit at front of landfill to reduce materials that could be recycled being deposited in the landfill Depends on the facility, and can include residual waste Small trailers or material specific bins Usually council owned and operated, sometimes community managed Resource recovery centres (also called transfer stations) Unload of materials Point source separation and sorting Aggregation and consolidation for transfer Consolidating kerbside collected material for bulk haul (increasing trend) Some resale to public Predominantly for aggregating and sorting goods and materials unable to be collected through kerbside collections Some removal of contamination from individual streams may occur, mainly through manual sorting Some offer specialised services such as DrumMUSTER and the Household Chemical Collection Service May be co-located with landfills and serve as a final option for diverting materials before landfill Aggregated and consolidated materials are transported to other facilities for further sorting, reprocessing or disposal Often include a resale shop Wide range of materials depending on the facility including garden organics, wood, timber, commingled recyclables, batteries, e-waste, whitegoods, tyres, mattresses and residual waste Range of bins, storage containers, hard stand, bunded and covered areas, compactors and sheds depending on the materials accepted Usually council owned and operated by local government, though in some cases the operation of facilities has been contracted out to a private service provider Bulk haul centres Consolidation of kerbside collected materials for bulk haul transfer Consolidating kerbside collected materials to reduce transport costs to the appropriate facilities for sorting or disposal Usually closed to the public Some removal of contamination from individual streams may occur, mainly through manual sorting Kerbside collected commingled recyclables, garden organics, combined FOGO and residual waste Unloading bays, sheds and hard stand Usually private, often owned by kerbside collection service provider and/or MRF operators Specific materials Unload of specific material streams Market driven aggregation of materials usually either valuable to the generator or operator or not collected by kerbside collections Most facilities will only accept certain types of materials. For example, scrap metal yards or Depends on the materials accepted and will include a range of bins, storage Nearly exclusively owned by the private