❓ A parliamentary question regarding the benefits of an $800,000 state grant for a farm compost demonstration project in Canning Vale. The Minister details the project's aims to improve soil, reduce chemical fertilizer use, improve water retention, and recycle municipal waste.
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Will the minister please detail to the House the benefits that will derive from the $800 000 state grant to the farm compost demonstration project in Canning Vale? She and I participated in its opening recently, along with representatives of the five local government authorities of Canning, Melville, Fremantle, East Fremantle and Cockburn. Dr J.M. EDWARDS
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I thank the member for the question. He shows a commendable interest in compost and, no, we did not sample it. I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. He shows a commendable interest in compost and, no, we did not sample it. I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
I thank the member for the question. He shows a commendable interest in compost and, no, we did not sample it. I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for the question. He shows a commendable interest in compost and, no, we did not sample it. I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
I thank the member for the question. He shows a commendable interest in compost and, no, we did not sample it. I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
I was delighted to be invited to launch the Southern Metropolitan Regional Councils’ farm compost demonstration project. Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Mr B.K. Masters: Did you get any good mushrooms? Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS: Good comment! This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
This is a very good project and I was delighted to be in the company of the member for Riverton to inspect and launch it. The SMRC has invested $40 million in this major process that it is conducting on a site at Canning Vale. The process, which is powered by methane from nearby landfill, takes municipal waste, feeds it into digesters and produces compost. There is a difficulty in getting a proper market for the compost, so the State Government, through the Waste Management Board, has put in a sum of $800 000 to the farm compost demonstration project, which is part of this whole project. Essentially, in the first stage, compost that is produced at the plant will be delivered free to 50 farmers and its use evaluated. At the moment, fewer than five per cent of farmers compost as part of their farming activities. Compost will therefore be a great addition to their soils. However, we also believe that, as a result of the use of compost, they will cut down their use of chemical fertilisers, there will be better water retention properties and 85 per cent of the municipal waste collected will be recycled. This is a very good outcome for the environment and it is a good outcome for waste management. Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Mr M.F. Board: The metropolitan area could do with a similar scheme for the leakage into the river. I think it is a good thing for you to follow through in the metropolitan area. Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS: That is right; it is a very good outcome from all points of view. I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
I have also been informed by the Minister for Energy that this proposal is under consideration as one of the greenhouse abatement strategies as part of Western Power’s earth friendly power scheme. If members want to contribute in a monetary way to good compost, they can put their money there and help everyone.
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