Sunshine Coast, QLD incorporates an automated waste collection system into Maroochydore City Centre

Sunshine Coast, QLD Automated Waste Collection System

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The council invested in 6.5 kilometers of subterranean pipes originating in businesses and street-level bins. Recyclables and waste are moved via vacuum suction to a processing facility just outside of the city centre. This system is the first of its type operated by an Australian local government. Council officials anticipate reductions in littering, waste vehicle emissions, and landfill costs especially as the system expands into other districts.

Waste Management Automation Recycling

Sunshine Coast, QLD

Regional council in Queensland

Australia

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Australian-first waste technology now live on the Sunshine Coast

Australia's first underground automated waste collection system for a CBD is live and was officially opened today (8 June 2021) in the new Maroochydore City Centre on the Sunshine Coast.

Australian-first waste technology now live - Council

Australia’s first underground automated waste collection system in a CBD officially opened on 8 June 2021 in the Maroochydore City Centre on the Sunshine Coast. Waste and recyclables from buildings and public bins in the new Maroochydore City Centre will be moved by vacuum pressure at up to 70kmh through a 6.5km network of underground pipes to a control centre […]

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