Seven Hills. EOI in waste company

PricewaterhouseCoopers has called for expressions of interest for the sale of the business and assets, of Galloway Environmental Waste Management, at Seven Hills. The business operates in the recovery of dry commercial waste, including cardboard, paper, all plastics, cans, aluminium and glass with the capacity for 30,000 tonnes annually.

Clyde. Request to handle more refuse

The private operator of the Woodlawn waste site near Goulburn, the French group Veolia, is seeking to nearly treble the amount of the refuse it can handle from Clyde waste transfer station as pressure mounts on the city's declining landfill capacity. The Wright Report found the city's four landfills will be full within six years, putting increasing focus on the Goulburn facility. Potential transfer stations nominated by Veolia for taking waste by rail to Woodlawn include Botany, Cooks River, Enfield, Chullora, Camelia, Riverstone and Emu Plains. Veolia is also bidding to buy the state-owned WSN Waste Services, a rival waste group, which is to be sold to the private sector.

Region. Waste is on the agenda

Parramatta City Council and Auburn City Council are encouraging businesses in suburbs of Camellia, Rosehill, Clyde, Granville and Silverwater, in the Duck River catchment, to take part in a new waste exchange program designed to reduce landfill and enhance inter-business community relationships. Encompassing an area of about 39 square kilometres, the Duck River catchment is home to more than 600 businesses. The second business workshop will be held at Dooleys, Silverwater Road, Silverwater on Thursday, November 19, from 10am – 1pm. Elsewhere, Macquarie University has officially launched a new system for managing its waste in a bid to create a more sustainable campus.