Official Publication of the
ISSUE 73 | AUGUST 2016
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Australia is said to be a leader among Antarctic
nations in cleaning up historical waste in Antarctica.
Its main focus is cleaning up former waste disposal
sites near its Antarctic stations. More on page 40.
(Adelie Penguins at Casey Station. Credit: Todor
Iolovski/Australian Antarctic Division)
INSIDE
19 S atisfying the recycling
appetite
34 Fortune favours the brave
80 What’s on at AWRE
Federal election
2016: parties talk
waste and recycling
Progress for WA energy from
waste projects
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PHOENIX Energy has nominated local
company BGC Contracting as the
preferred engineering, procurement and
construction contractor for its $400
million Kwinana energy from waste plant.
In April, the company confirmed that
construction firm Posco E&C had been
issued a notice of termination and
would no longer be part of the project.
It appeared there were differences over
the extent of Posco’s planned use of
subcontractors.
Phoenix Energy said detailed
engineering design for the plant,
which would have the capacity to
produce 32MW of electricity a year
and would receive and process up to
400,000 tonnes of residual waste per
annum, is nearing completion, adding
that the technology would be supplied
by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Environment and Chemical Co, and
Martin GmbH.
Phoenix Energy managing director
Peter Dyson said BGC Contracting had
been selected due to its expertise,
strong track record in delivering
projects, and local presence.
The
project
has
received
development approval and all final
environmental approvals required from
the various WA government agencies to
construct the plant.
New Energy has also had a big win,
scoring a 20-year waste contract with
Port Hedland in the Pilbara region
of WA to divert waste from landfill,
recover energy, and return renewable
energy to the town and industry.
Mayor Kelly Howlett said the project
would divert 30,000 to 40,000 tonnes
of waste from landfill to the new facility.
As part of the contract, New Energy
will manage the city’s residential and
commercial waste streams and in an
Australian first, renewable energy
produced from the waste would be
supplied back to the council via the
Northwest interconnecting power grid.
This is New Energy’s second
long-term contract. In July 2015, the
company was awarded a contract with
the City of Karratha to manage its
residential and commercial waste for
20 years.
Construction of the plant will
commence next year and is scheduled
for completion in 2018. New Energy
will use the Entech low temperature
gasification technology developed in
WA and already deployed across Europe
and Asia.
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At time of press, Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull had claimed victory
in the closely contested federal
elections, with the Coalition securing
76 seats and Labor, 69. The Greens
has claimed a seat while four went
to Independents.
Ahead of the elections, some parties
discussed Australia’s waste and resource
recovery sector, with The Greens
throwing its support behind the Waste
Management Association of Australia’s
(WMAA) industry position statement.
It agreed that national leadership
was required in a number of areas and
said it had a plan to provide up to an
additional $75 billion in infrastructure
funding over the next 10 years to fund
“productive investments”.
The Greens also agreed that a
comprehensive national data set
was necessary, adding “a National
Waste Policy would provide for the
harmonisation of data collection and
calculation methods for waste and
recycling across the state.”
However, the party disagreed that the
solid waste industry should be excluded
from any carbon pricing scheme.
Meanwhile, the Australian Labor
Party took a more limited stand
on supporting improved interdepartmental
links
and
better
communication between industry and
levels of government to support the
industry’s role in transitioning to a low
pollution economy.