Table : Opportunities to increase recovery of materials from the residual waste stream Opportunities Considerations Increase pre-sorting of Pre-sorting at landfill sites could remove obvious materials such as the residual waste metals, wood and timber and aggregates, masonry and soils – the stream at landfills or sophistication of this pre-sorting infrastructure will vary from site to residual waste site consolidation centres Extracting recoverable materials at residual waste consolidation centres could reduce transport costs Establish MRFs with the These are known as residual, dirty or wet MRFs ability to sort residual Increase diversion of materials including plastics, metals, garden waste organics and wood and timber for reuse back into the community Technology and management practices need to be able to handle the putrescible nature of residual waste Can be at the front end of WtE facilities Treat residual waste to Capture resources including nutrients and energy make products such as Able to use mixed contaminated feedstocks that are difficult to sort energy, heat, biogas, Consistent feedstocks (quantity available, contamination levels and biofuels and soil calorific value) will assist viability conditioners Potential risk involved in committing feedstock for long-term WtE contracts which contain materials that may become viable for higher order recovery during the term of the contract Most technologies will have a concentrated residual waste that will still require landfilling – in some instances, contaminations levels may result in the residual becoming a prescribed waste Technologies and management practices will need to meet community expectations and regulatory requirements including emissions capture Some technologies are eligible for carbon credits under the Carbon Farming Initiative (refer to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Alternative Waste Treatment) Methodology Determination 2015, available from )
Table : Opportunities to increase recovery of materials from the residual waste stream Opportunities Considerations Increase pre-sorting of the residual waste stream at landfills or residual waste consolidation centres Pre-sorting at landfill sites could remove obvious materials such as metals, wood and timber and aggregates, masonry and soils – the sophistication of this pre-sorting infrastructure will vary from site to site Extracting recoverable materials at residual waste consolidation centres could reduce transport costs Establish MRFs with the ability to sort residual waste These are known as residual, dirty or wet MRFs Increase diversion of materials including plastics, metals, garden organics and wood and timber for reuse back into the community Technology and management practices need to be able to handle the putrescible nature of residual waste Can be at the front end of WtE facilities Treat residual waste to make products such as energy, heat, biogas, biofuels and soil conditioners Capture resources including nutrients and energy Able to use mixed contaminated feedstocks that are difficult to sort Consistent feedstocks (quantity available, contamination levels and calorific value) will assist viability Potential risk involved in committing feedstock for long-term WtE contracts which contain materials that may become viable for higher order recovery during the term of the contract Most technologies will have a concentrated residual waste that will still require landfilling – in some instances, contaminations levels may result in the residual becoming a prescribed waste Technologies and management practices will need to meet community expectations and regulatory requirements including emissions capture Some technologies are eligible for carbon credits under the Carbon Farming Initiative (refer to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Alternative Waste Treatment) Methodology Determination 2015, available from )
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