About 36 tonnes of recyclable material is being sent each day to a facility in Western Sydney, as the ACT expedites the construction of a new recycling centre.
abc.net.au/news/act-recycling-being-sent-to-sydney-cost/101833064About 36 tonnes of Canberra's reusable waste is being sent to Western Sydney every day, after a fire destroyed most of the ACT's recycling facility last week.The ACT government describes the process as "incredibly inefficient"Eighteen fire crews battled the blaze, whichThe Emergency Services Agency said the fire had been burning through the warehouse where recyclable waste collected from households was stored.
He urged Canberrans to continue to recycle but conceded that some of their waste might not be processed."But with so much material being stored at the Mugga Lane resource management centre, without protection from the elements, it is possible that some of that material, like paper and cardboard, could become degraded, and that may mean that we may need to landfill some of that material in the future.
The government was also assessing the burnt-out facility to see whether if it could be used temporarily as a transfer station, Mr Steel said.The ACT government announced last year it would build a new recycling facility in partnership with the federal government.
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