Tamworth Regional Council is looking to put a green touch on Peel Street with the installation of recycling bins, while a reservoir demolition and plans for the future of the Effluent Waste Farm are also on the cards for Tuesday’s ordinary meeting.
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The plan to further clean up Peel Street is to install 24 purpose-designed recycling bins next to the already existing general waste bins between White and Bourke streets.
TRC is currently in negotiations with the manufacturer of the existing general waste bins to design and build the proposed recycling bins.
To purchase and install 24 new recycling bins will be a total estimated cost of $73,200, or $3,050 per bin
- TRC Council papers
The new bins would have a designated slot for containers, which would reduce the risk of injuries for people looking to scavenge the containers following the recent roll-out of the statewide Return and Earn Scheme, where residents can collect 10 cents per container.
It is estimated that the full cost of installing all 24 recycling bins would come to $73,200, or $3050 per bin, although it seems the real cost would be in servicing the bins, with three options being put on the table.
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Option one would see the bins emptied daily with an annual cost of just over $26,000, while options two and three would see the bins serviced four times a week, or three times a week, with an annual costs of $15,200, and $11,400 respectively.
Meanwhile, a 15 year plan has been put in place by contractors Tonkin Contracting for the Tamworth Effluent Reuse Farm, while annual soil testing has revealed vast improvements over the last 12 months.
The farm, on New Winton Rd, officially opened in October 2011, with the aim of using wastewater treated at the nearby Westdale wastewater treatment plant to irrigate stock feed crops rather than discharging it into the Peel River system.
The current crop management plan sees four years of lucerne growing for hay, followed by one year of oaten and wheaten, with one fallow season.
The 2016 soil report raised concerns over the levels of salinity, chloride, and sodium, although the 2017 report showed improvement across all three indicators following actions recommended by the contractors.
The meeting will also seek to improve the demolition of both the Panorama Road and Westdale Water reservoirs in accordance with TRC’s Water Supply Strategy.
