Wasting Away: Dump Crisis Needs ‘Landfill Transition’

Published on November 2, 2024

Sydney is fast running out of landfill. And its limited options threaten to force New South Wales (NSW) authorities to send some junk interstate after 2030 and force households to separate their food scraps. “We are not kicking the can down the road any longer,” Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said on Nov. 1. “This is an urgent issue.” Extending current landfills in Sydney might be needed but Sharpe would prefer more recycling and no more landfills. “Landfills are old technology, not fit for purpose, (generate) huge amounts of emissions, and they just waste so much recoverable material,” she said. “We have to transition to something new.”...

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