Fill up on landfill

By Bridget Cook
THE community neighbouring the Taylors Road Landfill (TRL) in Lyndhurst are invited to take a ‘hands-on’ approach and have their say on the landfill.
Operators SITA Australia is inviting community groups, neighbours and individuals in the vicinity of TRL to participate in a new Community Reference Group (CRG) initiative.
SITA is seeking 18 community members representing residents and local businesses who will be responsible for expressing the views of the neighbourhood and assist SITA communicate information to the wider community.
The initiative will be launched at a community information meeting at the Lynbrook Primary School on Wednesday at 6.30pm.
Community members will be able to obtain information on the proposed CRG, including an information pack and Expression of Interest form to apply for membership of the group.
State general manager Daniel Fyfe said SITA wanted to maintain and improve the interaction with its neighbours in a consultative forum.
“We encourage the community to continue to provide input on a wide range of resource recovery, sustainability and corporate citizenship topics,” he said.
“The value of community engagement is recognised as an integral component of SITA’s activities, and we consider our neighbours to be key partners in our operations.”
Membership of the CRG will be based on principles of cross-sectional representation to ensure the full spectrum of neighbourhood concerns and interests are included, and balanced from social, environmental and economic perspectives.
For more information on the TRL CRG initiative or community information session call SITA’s Stakeholder Engagement Unit on 0459 980 600 or visit sita.com.au.