Lake Macquarie Facts

Lake Macquarie Facts

Lake Macquarie Waste Fact File

Lake Macquarie LGA has 73,539 homes serviced. This represents a population of over 200,000 residents. Lake Macquarie City Council operates a large waste management centre at Wilton Road, Awaba processing an estimated 160,000 tonnes of waste each year.

Awaba Waste Management Centre

Lake Macquarie’s landfill is the Awaba Waste Disposal Site, located on Wilton Road, Awaba. It is estimated that this 3.4 million cubic metre landfill has approximately 40% capacity remaining and estimates suggest it will reach its full capacity in around 12 years. When this time arrives, the site will be rehabilitated and another waste disposal site will be used. In the meantime, Council will continue to work to reduce waste to landfill through initiatives such as domestic kerbside recycling.

Recycling

From July 2010 to June 2011 a total of 18642.65 tonnes of recycling packaging was recycled by Lake Macquarie residents. This is 821.36 tonnes more than the previous year.