The National Landfill Division of the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) with support from URS, established the Excellence Awards to showcase the best that landfills have to offer for others in the industry and for the general public. The submissions came from all over Australia and had to address multiple criteria.

Commendations must also go to all landfill sites that did not receive an award. They were all outstanding – regardless of whether they were large metropolitan landfills or smaller regional and rural facilities.

The following landfill sites were nominated for the awards:

• Leeton Landfill & Recycling Depot (Leeton Shire Council)
• IWS Northern Balefill (Integrated Waste Services)
• Drysdale Landfill (City of Greater Geelong)
• Whylandra Waste Depot, Dubbo (Dubbo City Council)
• Pine Waste Dakabin (Pine Rivers Shire Council)
• Taylors Road Landfill (SITA Environmental Solutions)
• Hallam Road Landfill (SITA Environmental Solutions)
• Cairncross Waste Management Facility (Port Macquarie-Hastings Council)
• Red Hill Waste Management Facility (Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council)
• Woodlawn Bioreactor Landfill (Veolia Environmental Services)
• Wollert Landfill (Hanson Landfill Services)
• Springmount Landfill (Thiess Services /FGF)
• Brisbane Landfill (Thiess Services)
• Swanbank Landfill (Thiess Services)
• Northward Fill Landfill (Transpacific Industries Group Ltd)
• Summerhill Waste Management Centre (Newcastle City Council)

According to set criteria, which ranged from liner design to resource recovery, the sites were assessed for Gold, Silver and Bronze categories. The independent judges were three respected academics and researchers: Andy Fourie of the University of WA; Malek Bouazza of Monash University; and David Moy from Central Queensland University.

 Submissions for the 2007 Landfill Awards can be found by clicking here or on the drop down menu to the right.