Ambitious goal to send zero waste to landfill in Warrnambool by 2040

Katrina Lovell
Updated November 5 2021 - 6:16pm, first published 4:00pm
Costly problem: A goal to send zero waste to landfill in Warrnambool by 2040 could become very costly, with the council finding itself in a catch-22 situation on rubbish.
Costly problem: A goal to send zero waste to landfill in Warrnambool by 2040 could become very costly, with the council finding itself in a catch-22 situation on rubbish.

Warrnambool has an ambitious plan to send no waste to landfill by 2040 but in a catch-22 situation, the city doesn't actually produce enough rubbish to set up a viable processing facility, a councillor says.

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Katrina Lovell

Katrina Lovell

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Katrina Lovell is a senior journalist at The Standard who covers council news and human interest stories.

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