Kimbriki News

E- Waste recycling collection at Kimbriki Sat 13 + Sun 14 March 9am-4pm
Planning a Local Waste Solution
Vegetation charge increase from Friday 1 January 2010
'Inside Waste' article 'Measured information vs guesstimation'
FREE DVD offer to schools
FREE Book offer to schools
Good Riddance

Planning a Local Waste Solution

Communities across Australia are trying to find more sustainable local solutions for waste disposal.

Here at Kimbriki, we are committed to securing a safe, environmentally friendly and sustainable way of managing domestic wastes generated in our region.

We would like to let you know about our plans to boost Kimbriki’s ability not only to recycle, but to also turn some domestic waste into usable, environmentally friendly products.

Our plan involves introducing three new processes to supplement the existing operations as outlined in the attached information sheet. These operations will be fully enclosed and housed within two new buildings on our site.

One building would house equipment which would allow us to mechanically sort large quantities of recyclable materials collected from kerbside recycling, such as glass, plastic and metal.

Another building would house technology which would help us turn organic waste such as lawn clippings and food scraps into compost as well as sorting recyclables and other products from mixed waste. 

We are currently asking the NSW Department of Planning to assess our proposal as a Part 3A Major Project.

We are a community owned business and are proud of our reputation as an environmental leader in waste management and resource recovery. Please find attached some preliminary information about our vision for Kimbriki.

If you have any further queries, please call Mark Winser on (02) 9486 3512.

Please find the information document 
documents/A4 6pp Kimbriki - Web.pdf  attached (3.8MB)

Vegetation Price Increase
from 1 January 2010

As from 1 January 2010 a price increase will apply for vegetation at Kimbriki. This price increase is as a result of increased processing charges for vegetation.

› The new prices will be as follows

Resident of Manly, Mosman, Warringah and Pittwater
– Vegetation 300kg to 400kg $55.00

Non resident – Vegetation under 300kg $33.00

Non resident – Vegetation 300 to 400kg $55.00

Weighbridge Charge – Vegetation $110.00 per tonne

Weighbridge Charge – Vegetation Logs $110.00 per tonne

› Unchanged

Resident free tipping

Free disposal of under 300kg of vegetation - no logs, no stumps, no palm trunks; is only available to residents of Manly, Mosman, Pittwater or Warringah Council. This must be transported by the resident – and proof of residency shown. Free resident vegetation loads may only be delivered in a car, station wagon, standard box trailer or ute.

Non-resident – Vegetation in a car or wagon $10

 

DVD offer to schools

1.5 million tonnes of recycling at Kimbriki!

The good news is that 1.5 million tonnes of materials have been recycled at Kimbriki since 1990. We’d like to spread the news and invite students from your school to visit Kimbriki and see for themselves.

A DVD about excursions to Kimbriki is now available. Any school wishing to make use of this offer can email to kimbriki@kimbriki.com or fax a request 9450 1301.

Kimbriki DVD – preview a great school excursion

Kimbriki Recycling and Waste Disposal Centre is the recycling and dry waste facility for the region, operated by Warringah Council; in collaboration with Manly, Mosman and Pittwater Councils.

A DVD has been made to encourage schools to see the value of a site tour of the recycling and waste disposal centre, and an Eco Garden Workshop, as a school excursion. TV personalities, such as Don Burke, visiting Kimbriki also feature. The DVD is available for all schools in the region.

The Kimbriki DVD is a great resource for teachers to prepare for a visit, use for a class recount or to watch instead of a visit. Sept 2005

See Eco Garden for more information

Book offer to schools
A free copy of the waste history book ‘Good Riddance’ is available to each high school in northern Sydney. Letters were sent. Any school still wishing to make use of this offer can email to kimbriki@kimbriki.com or fax a request 9450 1301. July 2005

1.5 million tonnes recycled
Click here to read the media release

Kimbriki wins Ministers award
Click here to read the media release

 

'Powering into the Future' page 1 August 2002 Waste Management and Environment Click on the image picture right to see a larger version of the first page of this article.
'Powering into the Future' page 2 August 2002 Waste Management and Environment Click on the image picture right to see a larger version of the second page of this article.

 

Good Riddance From pre-European times to the present, from plague to prosperity, through pollution, packaging and putrescible waste... Authors Pauline Curby and Virginia Macleod show that garbage is fascinating for what it reveals about how people live and how waste continues to shape our surroundings long after it has been thrown away.

Click here for book order form

A history of waste management in Manly, Mosman, Pittwater & Warringah
Beautiful locations such as Curl Curl Lagoon, Balmoral Beach, Careel Bay and North Steyne Beach were all used as rubbish dumps in earlier years and the book chronicles the 'bad old days' when waste disposal meant dumping rubbish so that it was 'out of sight and out of mind', often in environments such as these.

Good Riddance also looks at waste-disposal in earlier times, with case studies of the Aboriginal shell middens at Angophora Reserve at Avalon and Balmoral Reserve at Mosman.

Kimbriki, the jewel in the recycler's crown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The book includes a case study of Kimbriki Recycling & Waste Management Centre, managed by the Warringah, Manly, Mosman and Pittwater Joint Services Committee. Kimbriki is an excellent example of recycling in action – a place where the latest technology and environmental best practice are combined and it is inspiring to see what is being achieved there.

In 2002–2003 Kimbriki recorded its most successful recycling year with 74% of resources recovered from the waste stream of which 93% was recycled and moved off site.

Scavengers and Recyclers

A stuffed emu... a Donald Friend painting... an exotic tiger skin rug... just some of the treasures discovered by Mary Gibson, the renowned recycler who held the salvaging licence at Warringah’s tips for many years.

Some interesting extracts from the book

Attitudes to garbage services:

It is refreshing to find that thoughtfulness and consideration are still shown by at least one section of the serving community — the men operating the garbage service — who carry out their duties so quietly and carefully.
(letter to Warringah Council, 1952)

Garbos are a much abused race...
Mosman Mayor V.H. Parkinson (Mosman Daily July 1969)

As the truck moves off the garbage is simply scattered all over the street. I would achieve exactly the same result if I were to stand at my gate and throw my garbage
(letter to Warringah Council, 1969)

Not in my backyard -
the search for an Incinerator site:

Wanted at once, a complete site
Possessing such virtues as follows:
Level, but high, yet portion must lie
In low and convenient hollows
Far, far removed from sight and from smell
Of those who have votes at elections,
But close to the parts, from whence comes the carts,
With garbage and smellful collections.
(Mosman Daily 30 September 1932)

On the location of a garbage tip:

The public demands that the beaches shall not be used as garbage tips, nor shall open tips be authorised in residential areas...
(Mosman Daily 18 February 1923)

So beautiful is the tip in the eyes of the alderman that at Mosman they choose a lovely valley at Balmoral, so the garbage will have the advantage of the best views and the sea air.
(The Sun, 25 November 1926)