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Peninsula eyes on WA incinerator tests David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au FIVE Western Australian councils are keen to see results of trials of an alternative waste treatment plant that includes an incinerator that generates electricity. The plant is designed to handle 33,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste a year for the five member councils, plus waste from the City of Stirling. Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors voted on 14 September to send all shire waste off the peninsula to landfill but to continue a commitment to alternative waste technology, which is generally understood to include incineration of some domestic waste. The shire was forecast to send just more than 23,000 tonnes of waste to landfill in 2014, indicating that a plant the size of the one being built in Perth could deal with shire waste and take about 10,000 tonnes from an adjoining municipality. The World Bank estimates that, globally, the volume of municipal solid waste will rise in the next decade by nearly 70 per cent to 2.2 billion tonnes annually. In Victoria the state government has for some years encouraged recycling and recovery by imposing a landfill levy on councils. The five WA councils are members of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council group, which covers Perth
suburban Claremont, Cottlesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Subiaco – some of Perth’s most upmarket areas. They “aspire for a world in which waste is not a problem but an opportunity”. The plant has been built by AnaeCo Ltd, which describes itself as “a listed Australian technology developer and designer of advanced resource recovery and recycling systems”. It will recycle 75 per cent or more of household waste previously destined for landfill or incineration into valuable resources, AnaeCo states. This is slightly higher than the shire’s 2010 forecast of 70 per cent diversion from landfill by 2014. The WA plant’s output includes biogas, “mature organic fertiliser”, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics and glass plus nearly a megawatt of electricity from a gas-fired generator that powers the plant, with excess power fed back into the grid. The WA government wants an end to landfills, or tips. as early as 2020, according to a Perth newspaper. Many Perth councils are turning to Waste to Energy (W2E) plants, which either burn waste or use other technology to convert it to energy. The AnaeCo plant is six kilometres from Perth CBD. It is owned by investment funds. Disclosure: The writer does not own shares in AnaeCo. The company was trading at 0.002 cents per share on 30 September.
Aaron’s catch tops the scale WHAT’S claimed to be a Victorian record blue fin tuna was caught just outside the Heads by a Mornington angler Wednesday. Abalone diver and keen fisherman Aaron Crocombe hooked his 163.65kg catch using a Pakula Mouse lure 9.30am and had it in the boat 20 minutes later. The regular big gamer – a member of Snapper Point Angling Club - was with mates on a Pro-line Charters boat out of Sorrento when the fish struck. “I knew it was a big one but it’s hard to know how big until you get it in the boat,” he said. “We put it up against another tuna already on board and realised it was a beauty. I was using a harness and I’m still a little sore.” Fishing since he was “knee high…” – and a serious game angler since 2009 – Mr Crocombe isn’t one to rest on his laurels: he was packing Thursday for a trip to tuna-haven Robe, South Australia, “where the big ones are”. Snapper Point Angling Club’s John Beasy said the tuna was the first caught from a boat out of Sorrento. He told The News of another fishy story: “The story goes that a larger one was hooked, fought for two hours, broke the rod and was lost at the boat the previous Sunday”. Mr Crocombe is happy his was the one that didn’t get away. Stephen Taylor Record haul: Mornington angler Aaron Crocombe couldn’t hide his smile when he landed this possibly-record-breaking blue fin tuna Wednesday.
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