Raymond Terrace Resource Recovery Park

Raymond Terrace ARRT Facility

Port Stephens Council was the first council in New South Wales to adopt an advanced resource recovery process to process its domestic mixed solid waste (MSW), issuing a 20 year contract in 1998. Veolia’s Raymond Terrace ARRT Facility in New South Wales, processes up to 40,000 tonnes of residential mixed solid waste each year.

Waste to the facility is supplied by Port Stephens Council under a 20-year contract which commenced in 1998. Port Stephens Council, motivated by diminishing landfill capacity in the region and the desire to manage the region’s waste in a more environmentally sustainable manner, was the first council in New South Wales to adopt an advanced resource recovery process to process its domestic waste.

This facility uses identical technology to that used in our Cairns ARRT Facility in Northern Queensland. Two 60-metre-long drum composters, followed by refining equipment, are used to separate the organic component from the non-organic material in the MSW. This is composted, further refined, producing high quality soil conditioners for use in landscaping, land rehabilitation, turf growing and broadacre agriculture.

As the first council in New South Wales to adopt an advanced resource recovery process for its domestic waste, Port Stephens Council has achieved an ongoing high-level diversion of recyclable materials from landfill.

The desire to manage the region's waste in a more environmentally sustainable manner has seen the facility deliver a number of benefits to the region including:

• Approximately 50% of the region's domestic and commercial waste diverted from landfill;
• The recovery of steel, which is sold into the recycling industry, reducing the use of energy and virgin materials to product new steel;
• The facility's composted organic products are used locally, closing the loop on organics in the region by returning organic material and nutrients to the soil it originated from; and
• Waste rejected from the process is largely inorganic, so apart from breaking down physically over many years, it produces fewer environmental issues that the disposal of organic material. Organic waste disposed of directly to landfill creates two major by-products; methane, a greenhouse gas with 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide; and leachate, or contaminated water, that must be managed during the life of the landfill and for many years beyond. Processing of the waste using ARRT technology avoids these issues by removing the organic component before it is landfilled.

Visit Raymond Terrace
Guided tours of the Raymond Terrace ARRT Facility can be arranged by contacting the Port Stephens Council Waste Services Department.

Rehab-ARRT Compost

• High quality source of organic matter
• Increases water holding capacity of sandy soils
• Improves structure in clay soils
• Refined to minus 8mm
• Promotes crop growth
• Manufactured to the General Exemption for Organic Derived from Mixed Waste

Pasture-ARRT Compost

• High quality source of organic matter
• Increases water holding capacity of sandy soils
• Improves structure in clay soils
• Refined to minus 8mm
• Promotes pasture growth
• Manufactured to the General Exemption for Organic Outputs Derived from Mixed Waste

Rehab-ARRT Compost

• High quality source of organic matter
• Increases water holding capacity of sandy soils
• Improves structure in clay soils
• Refined to minus 8mm
• Promotes crop growth
• Manufactured to the General Exemption for Organic Derived from Mixed Waste

Raymond Terrace ARRT policy

Site not open to public

Accepted waste types:

• Biosolids
• Garden vegetation
• Lead acid batteries
• Mixed putrescible
• Non putrescible
• Tyres
• Wood waste

Newline Road Engineered Landfill - smart cells®

The Newline Road Landfill is located in Raymond Terrace, NSW and accepts dry waste from commercial customers and local councils.

It is licensed (under Environment Protection Licence 7628) and has the operational capacity to accept up to 200,000 tonnes of waste each year.

The highly-engineered landfill is designed to provide all-weather access to a range of vehicles, from small trucks to heavy vehicles making bulk deliveries of waste.

Newline Road Landfill policy

Site not open to public

Accepted waste types:

• Asbestos - Asbestos is only accepted between the hours of 7:00am - 3:00pm Monday to Friday and 8:00am - 2:00pm on Saturday  
• Non putrescible
• Virgin Excavated Natural Material

Environment and Safety

At Veolia we take our responsibility to the safety of people and the environment seriously.
All visitors to Veolia facilities must observe site safety requirements, including wearing enclosed footwear at all times.

Veolia Environment Report Hotline

Veolia has a dedicated Environment Report Hotline for anyone living, or working, near one of our facilities in New South Wales and Victoria.

The hotline has been set up to receive feedback on environmental matters which are sometimes associated with recycling and waste management facilities – like odours, noise, dust and mud tracking.

This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your call will always be answered by a real person - not just an automated message - who will enter your feedback and forward it immediately to the staff at the facility. This allows us to take immediate action to determine the cause of any concerns you may have, and gives us the best chance of rectifying the situation quickly.
A Veolia employee will endeavour to contact you within 24 hours with feedback on your report.

To provide your feedback, please call:
NSW/VIC - 1800 ENV REP (1800 368 737)