By CASEY NEILL
DANDENONG will become home to a new state-of-the-art green waste recycling facility.
City of Greater Dandenong councillors approved plans for the organics processing plant in Hammond Road at their 9 June meeting.
Council planning, design and amenity director Jody Bosman said it would complement the established industrial area and that it had Environment Protection Authority (EPA) support.
The plant is set to process 120,000 tonnes of green organics, street sweepings, seaweed and food organics each year from six councils – Casey, Kingston, Frankston, Monash, Greater Dandenong and Cardinia.
The developer said the plant’s technology was the “most environmentally sustainable available… which allows water and energy conservation and beneficial use of materials”.
It is fully-enclosed with an air treatment system that will process all air collected within the buildings and tunnels.
The air will be treated with a scrubber and then biofilter.
The plant will divert organic material from landfill – reducing greenhouse gas emissions – and create an end product that can assist in soil enhancement.
