The City of Launceston in Tasmania has completed the construction of a new landfill cell at the Launceston Waste Centre, the latest in a series of cells which will serve the region’s waste needs for the next three decades.
Construction started on the new cell last February. The new landfill cell is the largest ever constructed by the City of Launceston and covers an area of 32,000 square meters.
Alongside the cell, improvements have been made to additional infrastructure like access roads and leachate transfer systems, bringing the Council’s total investment in the project to more than $10 million.
In addition, the new landfill cell has been integrated into the Launceston Waste Centre’s existing methane gas capture system which generates electricity from buried waste and mitigates an estimated 50 per cent of the site’s annual carbon emissions.
The layers act together to create an impermeable barrier between he content of the landfill cell and the natural environment.
Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten said the design and construction of landfill cells were among the most technically complex engineering projects overseen by the Council.
“The introduction of services like FOGO and Uptipity has allowed us to extend the lifespan of our existing cells and has provided a range of financial, environmental, employment and social benefits,” van Zetten said.
The construction of the new landfill cell was carried out as part of the City of Launceston’s Accelerated Capital Works Program, an initiative of the Community Care and Recovery Package, Tasmania’s largest local government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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