Improving landfill compact rates with Carlson Machine Guidance

The Summerhill Waste Management Centre (SWMC) has available air space in excess of 14,000,000 m3, an approved tonnage limit of 364,000 tonnes per annum and no time limit on existing development consent.  SWMC will be able to operate until all available air space is exhausted. Located in Wallsend, west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Summerhill Landfill has operated since 1996. The 264-hectare site, located on the site of an old colliery, receives around 190,000 tonnes of waste of which 60,000 tonnes per annum of general solid waste is from Commercial & Industrial (C&I) sources. In 2011, the City of Newcastle endorsed a Development Application for the Stage Two Development of the Summerhill Landfill Waste Management site. This application