THE shire is set to get a waste overhaul with council ready to streamline its service with cuts and clean-ups.
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Through the NSW Government’s Waste Less Recycle More program council were successful in attaining $187,000 to undertake the alterations.
Liston, Legume and Urbenville will convert to manned operations and the landfill at Dalman in the shires north will be closed.
The decision to close Dalman will likely be contentious according to Tenterfield mayor Peter Petty who said “I know that won’t be a good one”.
Council have been forced to contend with break-ins and damage at the Dalman dumpsite for a number of years and decided it wasn’t necessary to continue the operation.
“We’ve had four completely unmanned trenched landfills and the NSW EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) has been putting pressure on us to close them. It’s been an issue for them for a long time,” council’s Manager of Water and Waste Deanne Eaton said.
“The money will enable us to give each site a tidy up.
“Dalman was identified as one to close as it is quite close to Urbenville or Legume,” Ms Eaton said.
Responsible use of the landfills has been a lingering issue for council with residents each given keys to their nearest site.
“The residents of those areas get keys – most are responsible but some are not.
“We’ve been seeing a stack of stuff dumped by people not from that area,” Ms Eaton said.
The sites will convert to similar scale operations to the one being run in Drake according to Ms Eaton who believes it will encourage proper recycling practices.
The announcement follows a similar one that Tenterfield would receive $175,000 from the state government to construct a Community Recycling Centre.
The new centre will be built at the Tenterfield Waste Transfer Station and will include the construction of a shed with a segregated undercover drive-through storage facility to allow residents to safely dispose of their problem wastes.
Residents will need to strictly adhere to the waste regulations or face the consequences.
CCTV cameras have just been installed at the Tenterfield station and Ms Eaton wasn’t ruling out doing the same at other sites.
“It will depend on what money allows,” she said.
Residents in the villages will have the opportunity to consult with council over the opening times of the new manned stations.