A WASTE transfer station recently approved by the City of Wanneroo is separate to one planned for the proposed Neerabup resource recovery precinct.
In September the city said it had appointed Byte Construct to build a new waste transfer station in Wangara with construction due to start the same month.
The facility will receive household waste and consolidate it into larger loads for transport to recycling or disposal sites, helping to reduce truck movements on local roads and cut greenhouse emissions.
This followed the council authorising the city administration to progress the design, documentation and associated project development work for the Wangara waste transfer station at last year’s December 10 council meeting.
Councillors also approved an unbudgeted amount for the Wangara waste transfer station of $120,000 in the capital work budget in the 2024-25 financial year to be funded from the waste management reserve.
They also approved listing $2.54 million for consideration in the 2025-26 budget to undertake the construction of the Wangara waste transfer station.
The November 21, 2024 Neerabup resource recovery precinct master plan – prepared by Talis Consultants – presented to the December 10 meeting said as the master plan project progressed along with feedback from a market sounding process it was identified that there would be significant time to make a waste-to-energy facility at the Neerabup precinct financially viable and allow for its delivery.
The master plan said it was recognised that Tamala Park landfill would only have sufficient capacity to cater for the city’s short term disposal requirements.
“Therefore, a waste transfer station was recognised as a priority facility to (consolidate) the city’s residual waste streams prior to transportation to the waste-to-energy facilities south of Perth to ensure the city can provide cost effective waste management services,” the master plan said.
“The city and Talis investigated the option of converting the existing Wangara material recovery facility into a waste transfer station in terms of design, costs and time frames.
“This was then compared (with) the establishment of a new waste transfer station at the Neerabup resource recovery precinct.
“In summary the recommendation is that the existing Wangara material recovery facility be converted into an interim waste transfer station that the city can use until the Neerabup waste transfer station is fully operational.’’
The Neerabup resource recovery precinct master plan also recommended that the city progress the design of the Wangara waste transfer station to the end of design and then hold, so that the city was in the position to procure and construct if the Neerabup waste transfer station could not be constructed prior to the closure of the Tamala Park facility.
In a separate item at the December council meeting in relation to a progress report on its 2026-30 waste plan the city said it was developing a waste transfer station in Wangara so it could respond to the closure of the Tamala Park landfill facility reaching capacity in the next two to five years, subject to further decisions by the Mindarie Regional Council.
On June 28 in the local government tenders section in the state newspaper the City of Wanneroo advertised for tenders for the provision of major works for the Wangara waste transfer station.
The advert included that a site inspection would be held at 86 Motivation Dr on Monday, June 30, which is near the Wangara greens recycling facility at 70 Motivation Dr.
