SITA NSW Municipal Brochure

SITAAUSTRALIA’SSUSTAINABLESOLUTIONS fOr NSWCOUNCILS

CONTENTS COLLECTION SERvICES

fOR COUNCILS 5

RESOURCE RECOvERy TEChNOLOgy 7

SITA IN ThE COmmUNITy 13

Printed on 100% recycled paper

WhO IS SITA AUSTRALIA?SITA Australia (SITA) makes it easy for Australians to put waste to good use. We find smart and reliable solutions to collect, recover and recycle waste into valuable resources to help protect our environment for future generations.

Why PARTNER WITh US?We help councils across Australia find new and more sustainable ways to manage waste generated by more than 3.7 million residents each week.

With years of experience working with councils, we offer sustainable solutions based on excellent customer service, value for money and resource recovery.

We understand the importance of partnerships to help our customers and their communities implement positive change.

WITh A NETWOrk Of AdvANCEd rESOUrCE rECOvEry, rECyCLINg ANd WASTE mANAgEmENT fACILITIES, SITA OffErS INTEgrATEd COLLECTION SErvICES TO OvEr 55 COUNCILS AUSTrALIA WIdE.

Sydney

Eastern Creek

Kemps Creek

Belrose

Camden

Chullora

Auburn

Seven Hills

Ryde

Spring Farm

Lucas Heights

Moruya

Camellia

Artarmon

Alexandria

RockdaleWetherill Park

Raymond Terrace

Central Coast

OUR NSWrESOUrCE rECOvEryNETWORK

Resource Recovery and Transfer Facilities

Materials Recycling Facilities (MRF)

Advanced Resource Recovery Technology Facilities (ARRT)*

Organic Resource Recovery Facilities (ORRF)

Engineered Landfills*

*SITA has exclusive access to third-party facilities at Eastern Creek (ARRT Facility and Landfill) and Belrose (Landfill)

5SITA AUSTRALIA’S sustainable solutions for nsw CounCils

OUR SUITE Of COLLECTION SERvICES PROvIdE A SImPLE, INTEgRATEd PLATfORm ThAT IS RESPONSIvE TO ThE INdIvIdUAL NEEdS Of OUR CUSTOmERS.

ThE rAPId SySTEm PrOvIdES COUNCILS WITh ThE mOST dETAILEd, ACCUrATE ANd TImELy INfOrmATION fOr EffICIENT rECyCLINg ANd WASTE COLLECTION SErvICES.

COLLECTION SERvICES fOR COUNCILS

Our national fleet of vehicles is instrumental in providing solutions that ensure your waste is collected safely and responsibly.

We work with you to provide the right bin and segregation system to manage your waste, and ensure your residents optimise their recycling efforts to minimise the amount of waste going to landfill.

rAPIdSITA is one of the first resource recovery, recycling and waste management companies in Australia to embrace real-time reporting. SITA’s innovative RAPID system provides councils with real-time access to detailed information such as GPS tracking of collection trucks and details on bin rejections. This information is accessible to customers online.

Drivers also have access to real-time GPS information through the on-board computing system, including detailed maps of streets awaiting to be serviced, to ensure fast and efficient collection services.

SITA regularly upgrades the RAPID system to ensure superior service and meet the changing needs of councils.

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag readers are attached to all residential collection vehicles

All bin lifts are recorded regardless of bin tagging

All collected bin information is transmitted to a central database

SImPLESmARTSORTED ThE gET SOrTEd™ APP PUTS

qUICk ANd EASy WASTE ANd rECyCLINg INfOrmATION INTO yOUr rESIdENTS’ hANdS.

gET INSTANT ACCESS TO:• Nextbinpickupdayswiththeoptionfor

reminders

• Whatcanandcan’tbeplacedineachbintoavoid contamination

• Afulllistofwasteitemswithbestpracticerecycling instructions

• Nearestwasteandrecyclingcentreswithdirections and opening hours

• Phoneandonlinesupport

dId yOU kNOW?• Withinstantandreliableinformation

available at the touch of a button, more people are turning to smartphones

• Australiaranks2ndintheworldforsmartphone usage

• 67%ofAustralianadultsownasmartphone

• TheaverageAustralianhasdownloaded33 apps

• 90%ofsmartphoneuserssearchforlocal information via their phone

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RESOURCE RECOvERy ANd TRANSfER fACILITIES

Bales of aluminium ready to be converted intonewproducts

SITA’s network of Resource Recovery and Transfer Facilities means we are well-equippedtohandlewasteacrossNSW.

Our Resource Recovery Facilities provide a consolidation point for unsorted material collected from households. Many of the facilitiesinNSWarealsoopenaspublicdrop-off facilities. Waste is then segregated, consolidated and transported to recycling or disposal facilities.

These facilities provide a convenient drop-off facility for the public and also provide transport efficiencies for council customers.

Sydney

Belrose

Chullora

Auburn

Seven Hills

Ryde

Spring Farm

Camellia

Artarmon

Alexandria

RockdaleWetherill Park

Central Coast

SITA hAS ThE bROAdEST NETWORK Of RESOURCE RECOvERy ANd TRANSfER fACILITIES IN NSW. ThESE fACILITIES PROvIdE CONvENIENCE ANd TRANSPORT EffICIENCIES.

8 SITA AUSTRALIA’S sustainable solutions for nsw CounCils

The materials are manually and mechanically sorted, baled and sent to be remanufactured as new products.

At SITA’s MRF in Moruya,we recently commissioned a glass crushing machine madepossiblethroughanEPANSWRegional Infrastructure Grant. This new technology will help divert more than 2,400 tonnes of glass each year from landfill – enough to fill an Olympic size swimming pool.

It’s innovations like these that helped SITA’sNSWMRFstorecoverover90,000tonnes of recyclables in 2013.

mATERIAL RECOvERy fACILITIES (mRf)

A mRf IS WhERE RECyCLAbLE mATERIALS – SUCh AS PLASTIC, ALUmINIUm, gLASS, PAPER ANd CARdbOARd – COLLECTEd fROm RESIdENTIAL OR COmmERCIAL PREmISES ARE SEPARATEd ANd RECOvEREd.

SITA’snewglasscrushing machine in Moruya,NSW

Sydney

Chullora

Spring Farm

Moruya


AdvANCEd RESOURCE RECOvERy TEChNOLOgy (ARRT)

SITA IS AUSTRALIA’S mOST EXPERIENCEd PROvIdER Of AdvANCEd RESOURCE RECOvERy TEChNOLOgy (ARRT) SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL gOvERNmENTS.

StaffatSITA’sKempsCreekARRTFacility

Our ARRT facilities process household waste into compost that can be used in rehabilitation projects to replenish severely degraded soils.

Using this specialist technology, we recover and recycle valuable resources back into the economy.

SITA’sfourARRTFacilitiesinNSW* recovered over 100,000 tonnes of materials in 2013.

Sydney

Eastern Creek

Kemps Creek

Spring Farm

Raymond Terrace

*SITA has exclusive access to a third-party ARRT facility at Eastern Creek


SITA IS A PIONEER IN AUSTRALIA’S ALTERNATIvE fUELS mARKET. ThE SITA-RESOURCECO ALTERNATIvE fUELS fACILITy IN WINgfIELd, SOUTh AUSTRALIA IS ThE COUNTRy’S fIRST ANd ONLy PROCESSEd ENgINEEREd fUEL (PEf) mANUfACTURINg PLANT.

ENERgy fROm WASTE(EfW)

SITA-ResourceCo’sWingfieldAlternativeFuels Facility

SITA ResourceCo’s Alternative Fuel Facility processes Commercial & Industrial (C&I) waste into an alternative fuel, which can be used as a substitute for coal and gas in high combustion facilities such as cement kilns.

Drawing on our experience in South Australia, SITA is exploring opportunities to expandintoNSW,withtheaimofdivertingapproximately90%ofC&Iwastefromlandfill.


TRANSfORmINg ORgANIC WASTE INTO vALUAbLE RESOURCESExPErTISE, SUSTAINABILITy & qUALITy

SITA ORgANICS IS ONE Of AUSTRALIA’S LARgEST PROCESSORS Of URbAN gENERATEd fOOd ANd gARdEN ORgANICS.

Lawn-ARRTTopDressSports is perfect for sport grounds, turf, lawns,parksandgardens

Our national network of Organic Resource Recovery Facilities convert raw organics into specialist products including soil improvers, organic top dressing, turf underlay, garden soil mixes, potting products, composts and mulches.

We also offer customers specific blends and organic fertilisers tailored to their needs, as well as product delivery, soil testing and spreading services.

Sydney

Eastern Creek

Camden

Spring Farm

Lucas Heights

Raymond Terrace


ENgINEEREd LANdfILLS

Our secure, highly engineered landfills provide the best environmental management option for waste that cannot be recycled or reused. Long-term care through ongoing monitoring of capped and closed landfills is an important part of SITA’s commitment to environmental protection and rehabilitation programs.

Landfill gas captured at our sites across NSW* produces renewable energy sufficient topowerover19,000households.

IN NSW, SITA dIvERTS mORE ThAN 370,000 TONNES Of WASTE fROm LANdfILL EACh yEAR. WhERE WASTE CANNOT bE RECyCLEd, WE TREAT ANd dISPOSE Of IT IN AN ENvIRONmENTALLy RESPONSIbLE WAy.

CheckinglevelsofBiogas capture at Lucas Heights

Sydney

Eastern Creek

Kemps Creek

Belrose

Spring Farm

Lucas Heights

Raymond Terrace

*SITA has exclusive access to third-party landfills at Belrose and Eastern Creek


SITA IN ThE COmmUNITy

SITACommunityGrantsSITA was the first waste company in Australia to launch a national grants program. Through the SITA Community Grants Program we aim to support organisations that make a profound difference to the local community, but too often struggle to attract financial support in achieving their goals.

In its inaugural grant round, the program received over 650 completed applications from groups across Australia. In April 2014, SITA announced the first twenty-one community groups to share in more than$96,000ofgrantfundingthroughthis initiative.

While some projects are individually quite small, their cumulative effect across local communities’ right around Australia are remarkable. Successful project recipients inNSWincludetheMacarthurCentrefor Sustainable Living ‘Little Explorers’ playgroup and kids club which helps children learn about the wonders of the natural environment and The Humour Foundation which arranges Clown Doctor visits for The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Western Sydney.

ForinformationontheSITACommunityGrantsProgramvisit–sitacommunitygrants.com.au

CommunityPartnershipsSITA proactively partners with a diverse range of community organisations and environmentally-focused activities.

InNSW,thesepartnershipsincludelarge-scale environmental protection projects such as the endangered Corroboree Frog Breeding Program at Taronga Zoo, and not-for-profit groups like the Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation which provides essential services to children living in families affected by mental illness.

In other States, SITA supports local events and activities both large and small. From the annual Brisbane Festival in Queensland to the Hampton Park Community Garden in Victoria, we connect with activities that will have a positive and sustainable impact in Australian communities.

In 2013 our investment in community partnerships exceeded $154,000. These partnerships ranged from significant corporate sponsorships through to local in-kind waste collection services.

AT SITA, WE RECOgNISE ThE ImPORTANT ROLE Of OUR LOCAL COmmUNITIES. WE ARE PROUd Of ThE ROLE WE PLAy IN SUPPORTINg ThEm ANd gROWINg NEIghbOURhOOd INvOLvEmENT IN SOCIAL ANd ENvIRONmENTAL PROjECTS.

Educatingkids about protecting the corroboree frog at TarongaZoo


Environmental Education

SITA believes it has an essential role in educating the community about resource recovery, recycling and waste management practices.

Through our curriculum-based WastEd Time™ program, SITA provides in-school recycling and waste education services to primary schools to promote and enhance understanding of the relationships between waste and the environment.

Councils, residents and community groups are encouraged to undertake SITA site tours of our Advanced Resource Recovery Facilities, Material Recycling Facilities, Organics Resource Recovery Facilities and highly engineered landfills.

StakeholderRelationships

SITA is not only committed to investing in our communities, but to also being a good neighbour. Strong community relationships are integral to SITA’s operations in the localities and regions we serve.

Through our consultative, site-based Community Reference Groups our operational and stakeholder engagement teams regularly meet with site neighbours and interested individuals to ensure we manage our operations consistent with community expectations.

We also directly engage with a range of other stakeholders including customers, suppliers, employees, regulators, all levels of government, suppliers, unions and the waste and recycling industry to contribute to important public policy development on the future of waste.

SITA’seducationprograms encourage people to improve their recycling and resource recovery rates

ENvIRONmENTAL EdUCATION ANd STAKEhOLdER ENgAgEmENT PROvIdES SITA WITh ThE OPPORTUNITy TO RAISE AWARENESS, dEvELOP KNOWLEdgE ANd ImPROvE SKILLS ThAT hELP TO CREATE A SUSTAINAbLE fUTURE IN AUSTRALIAN COmmUNITIES.

IN 2013 SITA AUSTRALIA rECOvErEd ANd rECyCLEd...

ThE SITA SEMINAR SERIESSITA AUSTrALIA IS PLEASEd TO INTrOdUCE ThE SITA SEmINAr SErIES.

The goal of these seminars is to provide councils with a platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the waste and recycling industry today.

At each seminar, SITA will showcase a panel of experts who will share their insights on various topics affecting the future of waste in Australia.

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SErIES 1

ENErgy frOm WASTEmEETINg ECONOmIC ANd POLITICAL gOALS

Energy from Waste (EfW) has been presented as a sustainable way to manage the growing stream of municipal solid waste while providing environmentally friendly and domestic sources of energy.

In SITA’s inaugural seminar, we question whether EfW technology will come at the expense of current efforts to reuse or recycle waste.

We will explore the economic and policy aspects of waste management options and hear from some of Australia’s leading experts in the field.

Bookonlineatsita.com.au/events

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