Cleanaway's Melbourne Regional Landfill, Ravenhall Victoria

Highlights

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  Purpose-built for large-scale landfill management

  Cleanaway’s largest national asset, covering over 200 hectares.

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  Part of the waste management solution for Victoria’s growing waste

  Processing over 2 million tonnes of waste  per annum.

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  Strategic western corridor location

  Servicing commercial, industrial and municipal waste management.

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  Turning waste into energy

  Powering Victorian homes with renewable electricity generated from landfill by-products.

Cleanaway's Melbourne Regional Landfill

Our community engagement principles are founded on the belief that sustainability starts at a local level. By building respectful partnerships and through supporting our local community, we help ensure our sites are places where people, the environment and business can thrive – together.

We play an active role at a grassroots level through local sponsorships, donations and grants, strategic social procurement and impactful partnerships.

These efforts provide waste management community support and promote waste education and community involvement. It’s all part of building meaningful relationships and trust, to make a sustainable future possible together. Here are just some of the purposeful ways we work with our local communities.

What we process

Cleanaway’s Melbourne Regional Landfill accepts non-hazardous residual waste from a variety of sectors, including:

All waste received is tracked, weighed and inspected to ensure compliance with EPA Victoria regulations and Cleanaway's acceptance criteria. The facility also provides a deep burial disposal solution for secure and biosecurity waste.

Accepted waste

Cleanaway's Melbourne Regional Landfill accepts the following waste types (note that charges may apply). 
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How it works

1. Incoming waste loads are managed using a weighbridge to ensure waste meets licence requirements and to confirm that the weight of each load adheres to customer contracts.

2. 'Cells' divide modern landfills, so that sites are managed in sections to ensure materials are properly separated, covered and landfill gas and leachate are managed.

3. These cells are highly engineered areas, designed with advanced composite material liners to minimise the change of any waste or contaminated materials escaping the confines of the cell.

4. Within each cell are leachate and landfill gas collection systems that capture these by-products of waste decomposition – helping to reduce our impact on the environment.

5. Collected landfill gas is cleaned and then used by Cleanaway and third parties to generate renewable electricity or renewable gas.

Essential infrastructure. Real local value

Melbourne Regional Landfill (MRL) serves 21 of Melbourne's 26 metropolitan councils – safely managing the residual waste that can't yet be recycled or composted and turning it into something more.

MRL continues to add value to the community:

• A regional solution and locally delivered. Councils across metropolitan Melbourne, including Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Burnside and surrounding communities, rely on MRL to manage waste close to where it's generated, reducing truck movements and transport emissions.
• Waste in and energy out. MRL converts waste by-products (biogas) into energy, powering homes and businesses in the surrounding region.
• Local jobs and local investment. MRL supports employment, regional supply chains and contributes rates revenue to Council, which are tangible returns for the communities that host it.
• Managed safely and operated responsibly. The work of managing waste can be inherently hazardous, which is why safety isn't an afterthought at MRL, it's the foundation. Rigorous standards protect our workforce and give surrounding communities confidence in how the facility is run.
• Community benefit, by design. We believe host communities should see real value. Cleanaway remains committed to supporting its local community and local not-for profits to deliver meaningful outcomes for the surrounding area.

Beyond the facility

More than a landfill, Cleanaway’s Melbourne Regional Landfill (MRL) is a critical part of Victoria’s sustainable waste future.