View News - Sunshine Coast / The first stage of underground pipes for Maroochydore’s high-tech automated waste collection system are being installed. Representatives from system designer and manufacturer Envac, visiting from South Korea, are overseeing the installation with project teams from Sunshine Coast Council, SunCentral and lead contractor Shadforths. The waste system is the first of its kind for an Australian CBD and will be installed in stages over the coming decade to make the 53-hectare Maroochydore City Centre one of the cleanest and greenest in the country. Rather than using wheelie bins, waste will be transported from commercial buildings and apartments at up to 70kmh through a 6.5km system of underground vacuum pipes located beneath the new city centre.