This week, Council unveiled one of its most significant projects recently undertaken: a new landfill cell at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility. 

I was pleased to be on site with Council staff to officially open the new cell, which will meet the community’s waste disposal needs for approximately the next four and a half years.

Despite the many challenges faced during the project including COVID-19 impacts to contractor staff, higher than average wet weather and two significant natural disaster events, Council’s team worked alongside contractors to successfully deliver this $9 million project on time and on budget.

While the landfill cell has a total airspace of 820,000m3 – which is the equivalent to 430 Olympic swimming pools – the best outcome for this cell would be that it’s actually never filled!

Central Coast Council’s Waste Resource Management Strategy 2020-2030 is underpinned by a philosophy that “Waste is a resource to be managed and not a problem to be rid of,” and as such, encourages practices which reduce the generation of waste in the first place.

Increasing recycling and repurposing resources wherever possible can make an important impact on the volume of waste we all produce. Actions like sorting waste and putting the right items in the right bins, using reusable containers, donating to charity, selling or gifting items are just some of the practical and simple ways we can all do our part to reduce waste in landfill.

For more information, check out Council’s Waste Resource Management Strategy 2020-2030.

Rik Hart, Administrator