167
Recent studies describing the effects of heat waves on roads include:
x
Impacts and Adaptation Response of Infrastructure and Communities to Heatwaves: Southern
Australian Experience of 2009 (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, 2010)
x
Road Transport Sensitivities to Weather and Climate Change in Australia: A review of climate change
effects (Rowland, Davey, Freeman, and Wishart, 2007)
Further investigation into the social and economic risks associated with heatwaves impacts on road and
other transport infrastructure is recommended for Stage two of the WARCCAP project.
10.4. Waste Facilities
There are 100 business operations in the Study Area that are licensed to carry out prescribed activities in
relation to waste. These activities include materials recovery, oil recycling, waste incineration (including
incineration), plastic recycling, and container deposit recycling depots.
There are two Council-owned waste transfer facilities in the Study Area.
Table 10.6
provides a summary of key public and private operations that carry out waste management
activities for the general public.
Figure 10.3
shows the location of these activities across the Study Area.
Table 10.6: Selection of Prescribed Waste Activities located in Study Area
Waste Activity
Number
Landfills
0
Closed Landfills
3
Council Transfer Stations
2
Private Resource Recovery
11
Hazardous Waste
6
Materials Recovery Facilities
6
Transfer Station
4
Source: Zero Waste SA 2012
Potential climate change impacts upon waste infrastructure include:
x
Potential increase in volumes of waste, e.g. building and construction waste associated with
adaptation or replacement of unsuitable buildings.
x
Capacity of waste management system to accommodate spikes in volumes (construction/demolition
and other waste streams) associated with widespread natural disaster.
x
Increased impacts from odour, dust, vermin This may arise from changes in waste stream (e.g.
potential increases in putrescible wastes) or changes in local climatic conditions (e.g. changes in wind
circulation from urban heat island effect)
x
Seawater inundation (occasional and ongoing).
