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Maggots, bees move into Sydney's Barangaroo 'farm'

Maggots, bees move into Sydney's Barangaroo 'farm'

A cutting edge system of waste management, water recycling and solar rooftops has turned Barangaroo South into the country's first carbon-neutral suburb.

The maggots that work their magic at the Barangaroo insect farm. Nick Moir

Millions of maggots in the basement and native bees on the rooftop are the latest residents to move in to Sydney's mixed-use harbourside precinct of Barangaroo.

They join the 23,000 workers and hundreds of apartment dwellers as part of a raft of sustainability measures introduced by property developer Lendlease.

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Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
Ingrid Fuary-WagnerExplainer editorIngrid Fuary-Wagner was The Australian Financial Review’s explainer editor.

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