The WMAA, with support from Meinhardt and Wastech Engineering, established the National Landfill Excellence Awards in 2007 to showcase the best that transfer stations have to offer to inform others in the industry and for the general public.  It also wishes to acclaim those facilties that are exceptional and encourage best practice in transfer station operations.

The National Landfill Division of the Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA) invites you to consider nominating your transfer stations(s) for consideration in the National Transfer Stations Excellence Awards for 2011.

There are two categories for the award: Large Transfer Stations (>2,000 tonnes/month) and Small Transfer Stations <2,000 tonnes/month).

The awards will be presented at the biennial National Landfills and Transfer Stations Conferences.  In 2011, the conferences will be held at the Stamford Grand Adelaide from 31 August – 2 September (see www.landfill.com.au and www.transferstations.com.au for details).

These awards are not solely for the large metropolitan transfer stations; it is equally open to smaller regional and rural transfer stations that have a record of excellence in their own context. A small transfer station is one that receives 2000 tonnes/month or less. Past winners are eligible to nominate providing standards have been maintained. The format of the awards is based on the approach by SWANA in America and smaller sites regularly feature in its awards.

This year, nominations will be submitted in a 2-step process.  The first stage is a short pro-forma nomination due by 7 April 2011.  The judging panel will review these nominations and develop a short list of nominees by 28 April 2011.  The finalists will then be requested to submit a full nomination by 16 June 2011.  Judging and site visits for the final submissions will occur during July 2011. 

Application Fees (all amounts include GST): $110 per submission for WMAA Members; $165 per submission for Non Members.

Previous winners are eligible to submit a nomination.  To be eligible a renominating applicant must demonstrate that improvements have been made since their last nomination.

To learn more about previous awards, please click here.

If you have any enquiries about the awards, please contact the WMAA National Office on 02 8746 5000 or email veronica@wmaa.asn.au.