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The WMAA, with support from Meinhardt and WasteTech Engineering has established the Transfer Stations Excellence Award in hope to showcase to the industry and the general public the best that transfer stations have to offer. The award is not only limited to large metropolitan transfer stations; it is also open to smaller regional and rural stations that have a record of excellence relative to their context.

The WMAA received fourteen outstanding submissions for the inaugural awards from all over Australia, and, along with the Meinhardt and WasteTech Engineering, would like to thank all those who took the time and effort to participate.

The awards were judged according to seven major criteria by three respected experts: Rex Glencross-Grant from University of New England; Ken Slattery from Sustainability Victoria; and Bob Gardner, consultant and former Local Government engineer.

Due to the disparity between the facilities’ processing sizes, with three applicants operating facilities which processed 75,000TPA – 400,000TPA, with the remaining facilities processing between 500TPA – 13,000TPA, a decision was reached to create two divisions: Large Transfer Station Division and Small Transfer Station Division. The judges felt this generated a more equitable means for selection of winners.

After deliberation, the following transfer stations were chosen as the winners of the WMAA 2007 National Transfer Stations Excellence Awards:

The Clyde Transfer Terminal processes 400,000 tonnes of municipal putrescibles per annum. With its ideal location within the Clyde Railway Marshalling Yards, it is the first facility in Australia to utilise the rail system for transporting waste. With 24-hour, seven-days-a-week access to major roads, and a fast turn-around time, the Clyde Terminal is a clean and well managed site. This site operates to the highest consent and licence conditions imposed on a waste facility in NSW, and its onsite management systems rating very high. The judges agreed that all aspects of this transfer station were technically advanced and environmentally very secure.

The Moss Vale Resource Recovery Centre (MVRRC) opened in 2001. Thus far, the facility diverts 67 per cent of materials currently delivered to the site. Guided by the “Toward Zero Waste Strategy” (NSW), the MVRRC is on track to meet all targets set for 2015, already exceeding the 2008 target six years ahead of time. This facility closely co-operates with, and relies on the community for the purchase of recovered materials. With exemplary management systems, staff attitudes, a well-maintained site and a positive community involvement, the judges felt MVRRC to be a worthy winner of the Small Transfer Station Division.