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Community & Business

12 June, 2021

Mareeba landfill set to close

THE landfill at the Mareeba Transfer Station will cease operating at the end of the year as the contract comes to an end and Mareeba Shire Council (MSC) has chosen not to extend the lease.

By Rhys Thomas

THE landfill at the Mareeba Transfer Station will cease operating at the end of the year as the contract comes to an end and Mareeba Shire Council (MSC) has chosen not to extend the lease. 

This means that mass amounts of waste will no longer be buried at the Mareeba Transfer Station and will instead be shipped to the Advanced Resource Recovery Facility in Cairns, with the excess going to the Springmount Waste Management Facility. 

A MSC spokesperson has stated that this decision will not have an impact on locals as the transfer station will continue to operate as usual. 

“The existing waste cell will be capped, with Council’s general waste to continue being delivered to the Advanced Resource Recovery Facility,” they said. 

"There will be no impact on Mareeba Shire residents.

“Council will continue to operate the Mareeba waste facility as a transfer station.”

This also means that the rubbish that is continually shipped up from Cairns will now also have to be deposited at the Springmount Waste Management Facility.  

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