The NSW Environment Protection Authority warned about the pollution two years ago but has made no attempt to clean it up.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority is facing claims of mismanagement from its own investigators after it uncovered an alleged illegal waste dump containing asbestos.
The Environment Protection Authority was unable to provide a clear timeframe for when the remaining contamination would be removed.
The discovery of asbestos pieces in several parks across Melbourne has put the spotlight on the mulch and demolition industries.
A council in Melbourne’s west closed a playground after a resident found pieces of asbestos-containing material in mulch,along with other industrial waste.
There are 569 public schools under the Department of Education’s current site-specific asbestos management plans after contaminated was detected in soil.
Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne warns that asbestos-contaminated mulch at Rozelle Parklands will not be removed by February 29 as scheduled,threatening council events.
If we are to be free of this health scourge,all asbestos must be removed from our built environment and safely disposed of.
The NSW Environmental Protection Agency needs the necessary tools and powers to investigate and prosecute those who ignore the rules.
The site at the centre of the EPA’s asbestos mulch investigation was repeatedly contaminated with asbestos before the current company took over the facility.
Asbestos has now been found at 32 sites across Sydney in what is being described as “the biggest investigation the EPA has undertaken in decades”.