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Posted on Thursday 18th of August, 2016,
At Tuesday night’s Council meeting Greater Shepparton City Council adopted the Greater Shepparton Resource Recovery Precinct Feasibility and Site Selection Study 2016. The Study was undertaken by Urban Enterprise Pty Ltd, investigating possible sites for a resource recovery precinct in Greater Shepparton.
The Draft Study was released for public comment from 15 January 2016 to 29 February 2016, with Council receiving 121 submissions. Urban Enterprise Pty Ltd and Council officers met with all submitters that wished to discuss their submission in greater detail. The majority of concerns raised via the feedback were in relation to the suggested sites for the precinct. To address this, the sites were re-assessed with the inclusion of additional information.
The Final Study recommends that the six potential sites identified in the Draft Study at Cosgrove, Dookie and Murchison are no longer deemed to be appropriate for a large-scale precinct. The Final Study outlines alternative approaches in locating and selecting a site, demonstrating that some recycling facilities may be suitable at Council’s existing Cosgrove Landfill site and the Goulburn Valley Water site on Daldy Road. It also provides guidance for assessing resource recovery applications in existing industrial areas and encourages the location of recycling facilities into these areas.
Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor Cr Dinny Adem states “this is a great initiative and opportunity for Greater Shepparton to gain numerous benefits and improve the way we dispose of waste.”
Establising a resource recovery precinct will provide environmental benefits to Greater Shepparton including reducing waste to landfill, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions and utilisation of agricultural and food processing discards. In addition to environmental benefits, it will bring social and economic benefits including increased local job opportunity, increased local expenditure and expansion of existing firms and creation of new local businesses.
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