The Inner South Canberra Community Council is hosting the meeting to address concerns about the proposed facility, to be built by Capital Recycling Solutions in Fyshwick.

Community concerns are expected to centre on an aspect of the proposal that would see a large proportion of the rubbish intake burnt to generate electricity.

Wednesday's meeting will include a presentation by former Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie, who is the project director for Capital Recycling Solutions.

"We were invited by the southside community councils, they are hosting the meeting, and we are grateful for the opportunity to make a presentation and to be available to answer people's questions," Mr McKenzie said.

"We are there to listen and that's an important part of the EIS process that's just begun".

It will also hear from senior officials at the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate as well as featuring a question and answer session.

The Inner South Canberra Community Council's website highlights residents' concerns about the facility in a section titled, "What we would like to know".

"Incinerating the garbage that is currently buried as landfill would undoubtedly dramatically reduce the tonnage and even more the volume of material that is to be buried," the website reads.

"Whether incineration of this material would produce less overall greenhouse gas warming compared with burying the material… is a matter for expert advice.

"The suggestion that the potential delivery of waste by rail to the facility would reduce road traffic seems to be unlikely."

The $200 million factory would be built at Ipswich Street in Fyshwick, where the nearby rail would be used to import rubbish and export recyclables by train.

It would be a 50:50 joint venture with electricity retailer ActewAGL, and would seek a feed-in tariff from the government for the electricity produced.

Trucks carrying rubbish to the existing dump at Mugga Lane would be diverted to Fyshwick instead, where they would enter via Ipswich Street, dump their loads under negative pressure indoors, and leave via Lithgow Street.

Mugga Lane accepted about 300,000 tonnes of rubbish a year, and Mr McKenzie has previously said 90 per cent of that could be diverted to Fyshwick.

Of the 270,000 tonnes a year that came in, he expected about 20 per cent would be recyclable, leaving more than 200,000 tonnes to be burned for energy.

It would produce up to 30 megawatts of electricity, sufficient to power 28,000 homes, and is being touted as a "green solution" that would put Canberra at the forefront of waste management.

It would not take asbestos, contaminated soil or clinical waste.

The plan comes just months after Foy was knocked back in its bid for a factory at Hume that would convert plastics to diesel and petrol.

Mr McKenzie has said the two proposals were completely different, with the Fyshwick plant sending recyclable plastics to recycling, and producing electricity rather than fuel.

The factory would operate seven days a week, producing power around the clock, and employ 60 full-time staff.

The Inner South Canberra Community Club will host the public discussion at the Harmonie German Club on Wednesday, 23 August.

It will begin at 7pm and is open to all Canberra residents with an interest in the proposal.