LBin System Awards and Finalist postions

Gunnedah Waste Management Facility

Gunnedah waste management facility originally had customers depositing right on their landfill face in close proximity to operating heavy machinery with no real supervision for public deposition. Having typically untrained members of the public is a real safety issue, especially regarding proximity to operating heavy machinery as well as unsupervised deposition of hazardous materials, re-use recoverables and resale items, going against the sites epa requirments/ landfill compliancy

With all this in mind, Gunnedah decided to implement the LBin system. They went with the sheltabay that gave them a safe, covered drop-off point for a 1oth of the cost compared ot the large civil Waste Transfer station they were planning to build.

This LBin system, despite the reduced cost, solved all their problems, no more public on their landfill, no machine proximity issues and clear open-faced bins that allowed for inspection, interception (of hazardous waste) and an increase of re-use, recoverables/resale items.

Hawkesbury Waste Management Facility

Hawkesbury originally had its customers going up a windy hill to dispose of their rubbish at their landfill face. Having the public on their landfill face brought issues regarding public proximity to machinery, problem waste deposition on the landfill, and generally just having uninitiated members of the public on the landfill face.

Hawkesbury went with the simplisest most cost-effective solution of the LBin system. What they did was choose a spot on their site, have it levelled adn compact and put the lbin system down on that, no civil works or roadworks, just a simple cost-effective solution that made their site safer, cleaner, and more accessible and allowed them to meet their EPA obligations

Canning Public Waste Transfer Station

This Award was given for our WA Canning waste transfer station. Canning previously had customers throwing rubbish over a ledge into a pit where a front-end loader would push all the waste to the side. This system had issues, especially with safety, including risks such as unsteady handrails, fall-from-height risks, and machinery proximity issues. hsi system also created compliance issues with waste streams, as after waste is deposited by untrained members of the public, it has been accepted at the site, whether this is prohibited/hazardous material, resource recoverables or even if it is valuable items for resale/ re-use recoverables that are destroyed from the fall/machinery.

The LBin system solved all of these issues. For safety, there was no longer any fall from heights, no edge protection and heavy machinery is clearly separated from public areas.

The open-faced LBin allowed for inspection of all waste deposited, allowing for interception of hazardous waste as well as greater resource recovery /resale items, resulting in  400% increase in reuseand  recyclables over its first 6 months of operation

Canning Public/Commercial Waste Transfer Station

Best Solution to work health and safety risk > 200 Employees.

This Award was given to our Canning site in WA for its massive improvements to its Work Health and Safety risks at the site, both to the public and workers on site. Previously, at Canning, their routine was to have customers reverse up to a ledge and throw their rubbish off the ledge into a flat floor pit. Then, as the public was throwing waste, a loader would come across and push all the rubbish to the side adjacent to the cars in the bays. For each of these bays, there was a metal barrier to stop people from falling into the pit, however this edge protection was unstable, with people often stepping on this bar for support, which would sway when stood on

This process created multiple issues, including: fall from heights risks, improper edge protection, people standing on unstable barriers above a fall risk, and when machinery was operating, risks regarding waste flicking back up at customers.

Canning implemented the LBin system that remedied all these WHS concerns garnerning support and award accreditation for their improvements in safety at site.