WHILE officially opening the brand new Inverell Community Recycling Centre at the Burtenshaw Road waste depot the Member for Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, admitted he missed backing up to a tip-face to empty a trailer load, having a bit of a ‘look about’ and then taking home more than he had brought.
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His nostalgic comment brought laughter from the small crowd gathered at the ceremony, but his words were also a good indication of how successful such recycling centres were.
Mr Marshall said it was terrific to see the completion of the project.
“We’ve seen it gradually go up, but of the three centres we’ve already opened, at Uralla Glen Innes and now this one, this is certainly the largest,” he said.
It’s clear that there’s only so much landfill you can have and that we’re going to have to keep pushing up our recycling rates in NSW
- Minister for Environment and Heritage Mark Speakman
“It’s very user friendly with the big signs clearly displayed and there’ll be staff here as well to help people who are not sure which bin their items go into.
“I think it is a great partnership between the state government and the local government.”
state government contributed $191,375 to the centre while Inverell Shire Council put forward about $137,000.
On this first trip to Inverell, Minister for Environment and Heritage Mark Speakman said the NSW government was establishing 100 community recycling centres around the state, but said the five year program would end in June next year.
“We’re reviewing what we’re going to do going forward, but it’s clear that there’s only so much landfill you can have and that we’re going to have to keep pushing up our recycling rates in NSW,” he said.
“We’re trying to deal with recycling on all fronts and this is a relatively new front we’re dealing with now.”