Gosford City Council

Helping Gosford City Council Improve Resource Recovery

WSN worked together with Gosford Council to extend landfill life, increase resource recovery and provide the necessary time to plan the most appropriate technology solution for their community's waste management.

The Challenge
Gosford City Council faced diminishing capacity of both the Kincumber and Woy Woy landfills.

Dry and green wastes were taking up valuable putrescible waste landfill air space. Of greatest concern was the real prospect of the Kincumber landfill closing within eight months, effectively leaving the city of Gosford with one remaining landfill in Woy Woy to meet the needs of an area of over 1,000 square kilometres.

Woy Woy landfill only had five years of landfill space remaining.

How We Helped
Following a successful trial in mid 2004, WSN won a three year contract in March 2005 to manage the Gosford City Council's landfills.

The basis of the contract was to significantly divert waste away from landfill and to increase the amount of resources recovered from the waste stream to help extend the life of the landfills.

WSN provided machinery, equipment, transport services and experienced staff. We worked with the council to remove from landfill tonnes of inert waste, garden organics, untreated timber, steel and cardboard.

Our Gosford Tailiored Solution Achieved

• 14 year extension of the Woy Woy landfill
• 3 year extension of Class 1 landfill at Kincumber
• Recovery of 65% of organics, construction and demolition waste from landfill
• A large portion of organic and council clean-up waste that previously went to landfill was recovered for reuse and reprocessing
• New revenue streams for Council through the sale of recovered resources such as compost, metal and cardboard
• Extra time for Gosford City Council to consider their long-term options for waste management