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28 September, 2026
More Sydney waste could be heading our way
A proposed landfill at Bungonia could accept up to 550,000 tonnes of waste from Sydney a year.
A proposed landfill at Bungonia could accept up to 550,000 tonnes of waste from Sydney a year.
CEAL Ltd (trading as Multiquip Quarries) is considering establishing a resource recovery hub and landfill centre at its Ardmore Park Quarry in Oallen Ford Road.
The proposal would be integrated with on-going quarry operations, enabling the progressive use of quarry air space for waste disposal while extraction activities continue in other areas at the site.
A scoping report in support of a State Significant Development (SSD) application for the development will be lodged with the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) early next month (October).
According to CEAL Ltd, approximately 500,000 tonnes of non-putrescible waste would be accepted at the site and directly landfilled.
Another 50,000 tonnes would be processed at the resource recovery hub with 70 per cent of the processed materials transported from the site as recycled materials and the other 30 per cent landfilled as residual waste.
The proposal is sure to reignite debate over regional areas such as Goulburn-Mulwaree being used as a dumping ground for metropolitan waste.
Similar concerns have been expressed over a proposed ‘Advanced Energy Recovery Centre’ being proposed by Veolia at Tarago.
According to CEAL Ltd, the waste to be accepted at Bungonia would come primarily from Sydney but also from the Goulburn-Mulwaree, Wingecarribee and Upper Lachlan shires.
It says the proposal has been developed in response to the increasing demand for landfill capacity and resource recovery infrastructure in the local and Greater Sydney regions.
It says the Ardmore Park Quarry site presents a “strategic opportunity to address this demand” given its existing land use, available void space, established vehicular access and approved vehicle movements and its separation from sensitive receivers.
It says the project would support the long-term rehabilitation of the quarry landform while contributing to increased recycling and circular economy outcomes.
The project would create 30-40 jobs during construction and an additional 15-20 jobs ongoing on-site operations, transport and logistics.
Goulburn-Mulwaree mayor Nina Dillon said the project would be a SSD and therefore “not within council’s delegation for determination”.
However, she said council would make submissions “in line with the community (and council) concerns”.
According to the NSW Environment Protection Authority, Sydney is expecting to run out of landfill space by 2030.
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