Kemps Creek. $49 million upgrade

SITA has lodged a DA has been lodged for a $49 million upgrade to its advanced waste treatment plant in Kemps Creek If approved, it will result in an increased capacity of 220,000 tonnes of waste being processed there every year. It currently processes 120,000 tonnes, including general solid waste and organic waste, and an additional 14,400 tonnes of bio-solids from sewerage treatment plants. The waste comes from councils including Penrith, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly, Wingecarribee, Liverpool and City of Sydney. The application submitted by SITA said there would be an estimated 75 jobs generated during construction and another 20 full-time equivalent operational jobs