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From deep space to garbage tip: rural town strikes back
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A rural town celebrated for space exploration, an eccentric Elvis festival and fresh food production fears it will soon be known as nothing but a rubbish dump.
Parkes, in central western NSW, has been earmarked for a garbage incinerator that would process 732,000 tonnes of Sydney's waste annually and convert it into heat, steam and electricity.
The developer's planning documents say the technology is state-of-the-art that will minimise carbon emissions and prioritise human and environmental health.
One Australian city is running out of landfill space, so its trash may head to these rural towns
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Sydney is fast running out of landfill space. Source: AAP / Jono Searle
That's the question at the centre of an inquiry into the proposed development of rubbish incinerators in rural NSW, after the state government banned the same facilities in Sydney.
With the capital city's landfill capacity expected to run out by 2030, energy-from-waste plants that burn rubbish to generate heat, steam and electricity have been touted as a sustainable solution.
A facility earmarked for Parkes, in central western NSW, would process 732,000 tonnes of Sydney's rubbish per year, producing enough energy to power 100,000 homes.
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Parliamentary Inquiry comes to Parkes
Public hearings for the Parliamentary Inquiry on Proposed Energy from Waste Facilities began in December, Nichole Overall MLC leading discussions as chair. A public forum and hearing will be held in Parkes early next week.
The Select Committee for the Parliamentary Inquiry on Proposed Energy from Waste Facilities hits the road in four days to bring a public forum to Parkes.
On Monday, 13 April they will hear directly from the community regarding proposals to build energy from waste facilities in NSW.
Energy from waste converts non-hazardous residual waste, which can’t be recycled, into energy sources such as heat, steam and electricity and there is a proposal to develop a plant for the Parkes Special Activation Precinct, west of the town.
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