Current Stage
Assessment Completed
Proposal Details
Client: Southern Waste Solutions
Premises: Copping Landfill
Activity: Resource recovery - the production of compost
Class of Assessment: 2A
Important Dates
Assessment Commenced: 25/6/2025
Case for Assessment Opened for Public Comment: 1/4/2026
Case for Assessment Closed for Public Comment: 21/4/2026
Assessment Completed: 2/6/2026
The Proposal
Southern Waste Solutions are proposing to establish a short term (approximately 3 years) composting facility. Fully located within the footprint of the existing Copping landfill site, up to 15,000 tonnes per annum of Council Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) is proposed to be composted in open windrows. The facility will utilise the existing landfill leachate treatment system and the resultant compost will be utilised for the rehabilitation of the existing landfill.
The proponent has lodged a Permit
Application with a supporting Environmental Effects Report (EER) to Sorell Council.
The application was referred to
the Board of the Environment Protection
Authority (the Board) for assessment under
the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act
1994 (EMPCA).
Notice of Intent
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Landfill, Copping Interim Composting Project - NOI (PDF 783Kb)
Environmental Effects Report Guidelines
EER Guidelines have been prepared by the Board to assist the proponent to prepare a case for assessment. Based on the information contained in the Notice of Intent, the guidelines identify the key issues which are expected to be relevant to the assessment of the proposal.
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Interim Composting Project, Copping Landfill - EER Guidelines (PDF 390Kb)
Public
Exhibition of Documentation
A copy of the permit application
and all plans and other documentation submitted with the permit application
(including the EER) were made available for public inspection. The public consultation period has now closed.
Environmental Effects
Report
The purpose of the EER is to provide a source of
information upon which interested individuals, groups, government agencies and
the Board may consider the environmental impacts of the proposal.
The EER was prepared by the proponent on the basis of the
Project Specific Guidelines for preparation of an EER which were provided by the Board.
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Interim Composting Project, Copping Landfill - EER (PDF 10Mb)
Environmental
Assessment Report and EPA Decision
The environmental assessment report (EAR) has
now been completed and can be viewed below. The report contains the permit
conditions required by the Board to be included in the land use permit, if a
permit is granted, by Council.
Southern Waste Solutions, Copping Interim Composting Project, Copping Landfill - EAR (PDF 3Mb)