Frequently Asked Questions
What is the location of the Proposed Development?
19-25 Anne Street, St Marys, NSW 2760.
What is being Proposed at 19-25 Anne Street, St Marys?
Price & Speed Containers Pty Ltd is seeking to establish and operate a resource recovery facility (tyre recycling) at the existing chemical production site. With the establishment of the resource recovery facility, the chemical activities will cease. The resource recovery facility will operate up to 34,000 tonnes of waste tyres and store no more than 2,500 tonnes per year.
Who are Price & Speed Containers Pty Ltd?
Price & Speed Containers has been in shipping container handling business since 1990. Their operations include transportation, intermodal transfer and storage of containers including refrigerated containers.
They run two major contracts with Michelin and Bridgestone to unpack and deliver to rural NSW imported Off-The-Road tyres (OTRs), specifically for the mining industry where the diameter of these tyres can be in excess of 5m. They also invested in moving towards a circular economy; re-using, recovering, and recycling waste tyres and keeps them in the productive economy for longer.
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.
How will the facility minimise environmental impact?
The proposed tyre recycling facility will reduce the amount of the region’s waste tyres that ends up in landfill and will reduce illegal dumping. 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 early 2025.
I live close by, will I be able to see the Proposed Development, hear processing or smell anything?
During the construction phase involves construction of a driveway and the drop-off and installation of equipment required for the operational phase of the Site. The construction phase is temporary and will last for one or two months. A Construction Environmental Managment Plan and Operational Environmental Managment Plan will be prepared by qualified consultants and implemented by the Proponent to minimise the impacts to surrounding community. During operational phase, the processing of the waste tyres will occur within an existing enclosed building and external tyre storage will occur behind the processing building in bulka bags or shipping containers away from street view. The facility is unlikely to be visible from nearby residential streets (nearest residential property located 338 m to the east from the Site) due to the existing built form and the presence of vegetation. Appropriate environmental mitigation measures will be implement where required to minimise the impacts.
How are Price & Speed engaging with the community?
Price & Speed 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 April 2024. This included door to door letter drops, emails and meeting with agencies. 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.