Recycle activities

Staff post their cards for recycling by Planet Ark in our collection box.

Recycling Waste

In our City West Water offices, we have an active in-house Eco Action Team who help us to recycle any paper and plastic and other daily waste we create. Even our raw fruit and vegetable scraps, teabags, and coffee granules are recycled in a worm farm.

Recycling Water

City West Water is committed to a State Government initiative to increase the amount of recycled water being used for industrial or commercial use to 20% by the year 2010.

As part of the Enviro Altona Project, we have been investigating the possibility of recycling wastewater at our Altona Treatment Plant. The State Government has recently announced an upgrade to the Altona plant which will support City West Water in achieving the 20% recycling rate by 2010. Tertiary treated wastewater may be used for irrigating golf courses, parks and sporting grounds in our licence area. It may also be used by commercial and industrial properties for equipment and process cleaning, as wash-down water or in cooling towers, reducing the amount of quality drinking water used for these purposes.

The solid waste from treated wastewater, called sludge or biosolids, can also be recycled. Properly treated and composted sludge is rich in nutrients and organic matter and can be used as a soil conditioner, which is subject to strict EPA guidelines.

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