FAQs
What is being Proposed at 13 Bellfrog Street, Greenacre?
Aussie Recycling seeks to increase the scale and nature of activities at their site at 13 Bellfrog Street, Greenacre, building on the activities permitted under the existing Development Application and Environment Protection Licence.
What is Aussies Recycling Pty at Greenacre?
Aussies Skips Recycling Pty Ltd is located at 13 Bellfrog Street, Greenacre is currently operated by Aussie Industries which provides valuable and much needed service to the communities by offering variety of waste and resource storage and transport services for both residents and commercial businesses.
What is Resource Recovery?
Resource recovery is the process of recovering materials so they can be re-used or recycled instead of being sent to landfill.
What is circular economy?
The circular economy is a model of waste management which creates a more sustainable alternative to the traditional disposal of waste to landfill. A circular economy prioritises the minimisation of waste by re-using, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products.
What services are curretly offered by Aussies Recycling at Greenacre?
Currently the site stores and transport ‘Soils’ and ‘Asphalt and Concrete’ which are sourced from a variety of civil and construction locations mostly from Greater Sydney Region.
What is included in the scope of the proposed upgrade of Aussies Recycling?
This proposal seeks to increase the scale of activities at the site and permit the construction of a mixed waste processing and installation of concrete processing plant. More details can be found in this link.
How will the facility minimise environmental impact?
The proposed processing facility upgrades will reduce the amount of the region’s waste that ends up in landfill. This helps extend the life of a landfill site by reducing the amount of material that ends up in the landfill.
If the application is successful which generally takes around 12 to 18 months, the construction phase will begin in 2025.
I live close by, will I be able to see the upgrades, hear processing or smell anything?
The processing equipment and machinery is being designed to be partially enclosed that will contain noise and dust from processing activities. The facility is a single-story building, located within the existing. The facility is unlikely to be visible from nearby residential streets. Air pollution control devices are installed on the exhaust to reduce the dust before it is discharged meeting environmental regulations.
How are you engaging with the community?
Aussie Skips Recycling values community and stakeholder relationships and prioritises genuine engagement and collaboration throughout the lifecycle of our projects.
One of their key core values is to have the customer at the heart. This means that customer and community needs are always sought and considered, and communication is done in ways that suit them.
The engagement approach is in line with the International Association for Public Participation’s (IAP2) Spectrum of Public Participation. It defines best practice for community and stakeholder engagement and helps to establish the role of community and other stakeholders in the engagement process and their impact on the decision-making outcomes of a project.
A Community and Stakeholder Engagement Plan (CSEP) has been developed by 4Pillars for this project. It articulates strategic approach to community and stakeholder engagement during the design, construction and operational phase. The level of engagement varies depending on the project phase and stakeholder influence/impact.
The community and stakeholder engagement for this project began as early as December 2021. This included door to door letter drops, community info sessions (in person and online), meetings, online workshops, newsletters and social media. Correspondence with NSW and Commonwealth government agencies, councils, interest groups, local communities (including culturally and racially marginalised groups), and directly impacted landowners have been going on. This input has informed and influenced the project.