Guyra landfill rehabilitation ‘a major win’

02nd Sep 2025

A $300,000 grant announced last month under Round 5 of the NSW EPA’s Landfill Consolidation and Environmental Improvement Program will support the long-term rehabilitation of the Guyra Waste Transfer Station, with an estimated project cost of $1.1 million.
The initiative aims to cap and close the landfill in line with the EPA’s Environmental Guidelines: Solid Waste Landfills (2016), eliminate exposed waste and leachate seeps, protect surface and groundwater, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve the transfer station layout and bushfire risk mitigation, and create future development opportunities at the site for community benefit.
Armidale Regional Council Mayor Sam Coupland said the grant is a major win for our region.
“It allows us to deliver a project that not only protects our environment but also enhances community safety and future land use,” he said.
“We’re grateful to the EPA for recognising the importance of this work and supporting our vision for a cleaner, more sustainable future.”
Looking back, ARC inherited the Guyra Waste Transfer Station in 2016 following the amalgamation of the former Guyra Shire and Armidale Dumaresq Councils. At the time, the site was already operating as a transfer station due to the landfill reaching capacity and was in a degraded environmental condition that did not reflect modern EPA standards.
As an initial action, ARC redirected waste from the Guyra landfill to Armidale’s landfill at Long Swamp Road to ensure continued service and environmental safety.
On 21 May 2018, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) issued a formal directive requiring ARC to bring the site into compliance with the EPA’s Environmental Guidelines: Solid Waste Landfills (2016).
In response to these inherited challenges, ARC took immediate steps to maintain operations and assess long-term remediation needs. As of today, the Guyra Waste Transfer Station remains operational and serves over 2,000 residents and processes around 140 transactions per week.

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