Who We Are

The North West Resource Recovery & Recycling (NWRRR)

Who we are

North West Resource Recovery and Recycling (NWRRR), is a project of the Cradle Coast Waste Management Group (CCWMG). This group seeks to improve waste management and resource recovery from a regional perspective, providing efficiencies and economies of scale and providing specialty waste reduction services in the North-West of Tasmania. 

The CCWMG currently represents nine local  councils including: 

  • Central Coast

  • Circular Head

  • Devonport City

  • King Island

  • Latrobe

  • Kentish

  • Waratah-Wynyard

  • West Coast

Dulverton Regional Waste Management Authority (DWM), co-ordinates and provides project management support and waste expertise to the CCWMG.

The NWRRR FOGO and recycling project is a collaboration of Central Coast, Devonport, Latrobe, Kentish and Waratah-Wynard Councils in 2024 with Burnie and Circular Head Councils planning to subsequently join the program.

North West Resource Recovery & Recycling is supported by the Tasmanian Government, through the Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board.

FOGO

RECYCLING

LANDFILL

What we do and why

The NWRRR project is about increasing resource recovery through improved recycling and organics collections in the North-West region. 

The Tasmanian Government introduced a landfill waste levy in 2022 as a long-term approach to improving waste management and resource recovery in Tasmania. This means that the cost of sending waste to landfill is increasing – from July 2024 it costs Councils almost $45 per tonne and by July 2026 this is expected to increase to more than $70 per tonne in state tax. 

You can read more about the landfill levy HERE. 

Research shows that Tasmanians generate over 900,000 tonnes of waste each year. So to save money and protect the environment we need to make sure we reuse, recycle or avoid as much of this waste as possible.

The NWRRR is working to make this happen for the North-West region over the coming years. Starting in 2024, the project will deliver a regional contract for food and garden organics (FOGO) collection and treatment, promoting proper sorting and diversion of organic materials.

The project will also deliver education to increase the amount of recycling collected and reduce contamination in the material collected.

Further activity will be announced as it becomes formalised.

The North West Resource Recovery and Recycling FOGO YouTube Channel is here

Council Collection Schedules