The Wanless Recycling Park is a proposed resource recovery and recycling precinct at Ebenezer, about 12km southwest of Ipswich CBD in Queensland.
Wanless plans to construct and operate an innovative resource recovery hub that will continue to evolve as new technologies emerge. The company’s vision is to transform this degraded site into a productive precinct that generates employment and training opportunities for the local community. This is a model they have tried and tested at Sydney Recycling Park , where up to 80% of waste is now diverted from landfill.
With recycling and resource recovery and reuse at the forefront of its operations, Wanless Recycling Park will accept waste from businesses and areas where it knows it can recover the most recyclable material. This will include household, commercial and industrial, and demolition and construction waste. The integrated facility will also include a landfill element for residual waste.
The Current Development Application
Development approval has been granted by the State Government for the use of part of the Ebenezer site for a recycling facility to receive and process up to 1,000,000 tonnes per annum:- Material Change of Use (MCU) for a Waste Activity Use and Special Industry (Waste Transfer and Resource Recovery); and
- Reconfiguration of a Lot (RoL) for a Boundary Realignment.
Resource Recovery Facility
- Access will be via Champions Way.
- Redesign of the access from Champions Way to maintain the existing flow of water during flood events external to the site
- Identification of strategies to be considered in relation to traffic management during events at the Motorsports Precinct
- Construction of facilities to commence in 2025.
- Commencement of operations at the site to commence in 2026.
- Detailed updates relating to the receipt of materials at the site will be provided in the coming months.
Working with the community
Wanless has been engaging with stakeholder groups and interested residents to provide preliminary information on the proposal. This will also help Wanless consider community interests about the proposed development.
Pre-lodgement Community Sessions (now completed)
Drop-in community information sessions were held on 5 and 7 December 2019. Representatives from Wanless and key consultants were available to discuss the proposed development. The information boards used at the sessions can be found here .*
Public Notification (current)
Now that Wanless Recycling Park has responded to all the requests for additional information, the development application moves into the public notification period of the assessment. The application will commence public notification on 14 th May 2020 and the closing date for submissions is 5 th June 2020 . During this stage, local residents and members of the Ipswich community can submit feedback on the proposal directly to Council for consideration in their decision-making process. Wanless invites the community to provide feedback directly to Council to be considered.
During the current climate with social distancing restrictions of COVID-19, unfortunately there will not be an opportunity to hold additional community information sessions during the public notification period. We encourage community members to contact us with any queries about the application via the email below.
Newsletters
To keep the community updated on the development application, a series of newsletters have been published and distributed within the local community. The newsletters can be found via the below hyperlinks:
Newsletter 1 – December 2019
Newsletter 2 – January 2020
Newsletter 3 – May 2020
Newsletter 4 – August 2020
Newsletter 5 – November 2020
We welcome feedback from the community about this proposed development. Please direct your comments to [email protected].
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