MAGNETIC ISLAND WASTE TRANSFER STATION (MITS) Community Briefing – July 2011
Agenda • Welcome and background • Waste management process 2005 – 2011 • What is a Waste Transfer Station? • Current technical review • Three sites – opportunities and challenges • Discussion of options • Further feedback and next steps
Background • Picnic Bay Landfill reaching end of operational life, Council working on a resolution since 2005 • High-level options considered: – New landfill site elsewhere on Magnetic Island – All waste be carried off Magnetic Island – Development of Waste Transfer Station • Final option favoured by community and adopted by Council in 2006
Development process • 2005 – Magnetic Island Solid Waste Management Plan • 2006 – Magnetic Island Waste Transport Assessment • 2009 – Update of Magnetic Island Waste Transport Assessment • 2010 – MITS design specification • 2011 – Site review
What is a modern Waste Transfer Station?
Current consideration Three likely sites: • Land east of the Magnetic Island Water Recycling facility at Cockle Bay • Part of the existing Picnic Bay Landfill • Site of the soon to be decommissioned Nelly Bay Sewerage Treatment Plant
Cockle Bay – locality
Picnic Bay Landfill – locality
Nelly Bay – locality
Current assessment process • Non-price and price criteria considered • Input from a range of external expertise • Assessment process conducted twice, by different teams, both of which reached the same outcome • Assessments subjected to “sensitivity analysis” to confirm they would not be affected by changes in criteria weighting • Non-price and price criteria were considered separately and given equal weight
Criteria Neighbour Impact (40%) • number of adjacent neighbours affected at each site • operational noise impacts of facility • visual and possible odour issues • affects of increased local heavy vehicle traffic • potential impacts on property values Environmental (40%) • assess a range of environmental impacts including flora and fauna in the local surrounding areas • environmental significance of proposed sites • possible effects on surrounding activities
Convenience (10%) • Convenience of facility for public users • level of disruption from heavy vehicle movements • potential for increased illegal dumping due to the need for users to travel to each of the optional sites Continuity of Landfill Operation (10%) • level of disruption to existing Picnic Bay Landfill • possible interruption to the availability of the existing Landfill and Greenwaste facility • transition from the current to future operation
Non-price site assessment • Cockle Bay – minimal impact on neighbours, significant environmental impact, not very convenient, good continuity of current operation (3.0) • Picnic Bay – impact on several neighbours, minimal environmental impact, reasonably convenient, poor continuity of current operation (3.3) • Nelly Bay – major impact on neighbours, minimal environmental impact, very convenient, good continuity of current operation (2.4)
Relative price assessment • Relative costs based on similar facilities at each site taking into account likely differing ground conditions, fill and access requirements • Option Score = (1 - (cost of option - cost of lowest option)/cost of option)) x 5 * Relative costs as at March 2011
Benefits and challenges Site Benefits Challenges • • Nelly Bay Existing Council facility Many existing neighbours • • Shortest transits/central Greenwaste processing • Allows landfill to continue brings environment and visual issues • • Picnic Bay Existing waste facility Some near neighbours • Largest site – screening • Requires better visual • Fastest to bring on line amenity • Issue with maintaining landfill • • Cockle Bay Beside MIWR facility Longest travel distances/ • Low social impact increased traffic • • Lack of neighbours Will require (possibly beyond reduces visual landfill life) MCU process • amenity/odour issues High environmental impacts • Allows landfill to continue
Discussion • Now we need to get input from the community • No decisions made yet • Council as a whole has no preference for site or configuration • Community input will be balanced alongside all other considerations
Feedback options • Resident Comment Forms (freepost) • Web-based Resident Comment system • Magnetic Times / Magnetic Community News – information and web link • Consultation period: 30 July – 30 August
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