Solid Waste Asset Management Plan

Mid-Western Regional Council provides a kerbside domestic waste and recycling collection service within the towns of Mudgee, Gulgong, Kandos and Rylstone and the villages of Charbon and Clandulla servicing 7,323 properties. Domestic waste collected is transported to the Mudgee Waste Facility for landfilling. Recyclable waste collected is also transported to the Mudgee Waste Facility for sorting, processing and transporting to Sydney.

The rural areas and remaining villages are serviced with access to Waste Transfer Stations that provide both domestic waste and recycling facilities.  Council has 14 facilities servicing rural areas.

Council’s aim and focus is to:

  • Minimise the amount of waste that goes to landfill
  • Encourage the maximisation of community involvement into recycling by providing accessible recycling services and facilities
  • Maintain the transfer stations around the region for the community to maximise opportunity for convenient waste disposal and for recycling
  • Have an appropriate waste disposal network to ensure the future and current waste disposal and resource recovery needs of the community are met
  • Waste management and resource recovery infrastructure will be managed in an environmentally, financially and sustainable manner

The Waste network comprises:

  • Mudgee Waste Facility and landfill
  • Rural waste transfer station network
  • Other structures
  • Recycling plant and equipment

These infrastructure assets have a replacement value of $3,177,000. Assets covered under this plan include the Mudgee Waste Facility and the Waste Transfer station network. Other assets like buildings and land are covered in other asset management plans.

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