Council Survey Stats on the RRRC WCF Odour

November 2007:
Council Survey Stats on the Odour

"95% stated it was unacceptable and impinged on their amenities at home"

You have asked about the Survey that the City of Canning carried out earlier this year, as some of you were interviewed, out of 228 random residents within a 0.4 and 1.6 km radius of the RRRC Waste Composting Facility.

It was carried out during the day - it was in Leeming - so many folk weren't home, occupants of approximately one house in every five were interviewed.

Here's a small snippet of some very interesting results...

0.4 - 0.8km the facility
72% stated they had experienced the odour recently
83% stated the odour was strong
94% stated it was unacceptable and impinged on their amenities at home

1.2 - 1.6km facility
73% stated they had experienced the odour recently
71% stated the odour was strong
95% stated it was unacceptable and impinged on their amenities at home

Yet, we're still experiencing the odour even after a further $2.4 million bucks has been spent on repairs.

The full run down is here:
http://www.canning.wa.gov.au/Shared/Meetings/ag30January2007P.htm

CMCOAG and the Air Monitoring Bucket Brigade

CMCOAG Update
Canning Melville Community Odour Action Group
Communities Take Action On Air Quality!

Hi there

Some of the members of the CMCOAG attended
and completed the National Bucket Brigade Training
over the weekend.

And have been trained in accordance with the
US EPA Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Program.
http://www.cmcoag.com/downloads/bbcertforsitesmall.gif

Also...

Community Environment Groups launch
AIR CARE AUSTRALIA – An initiative of the
Australian National Bucket Brigade.

Read the full press release here:
http://www.cmcoag.com/downloads/ACA-Bucket-Brigade.pdf

Kind regards
CMCOAG
http://www.cmcoag.com/

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How to report the RRRC's Waste Composting Facility Chemical Filled Odour

REPORT THIS CHEMICAL FILLED ODOUR IMMEDIATELY! ! !

Phone the DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
DAYTIME: 6250 8089
AFTER HOURS: 1300 784 782

OR to... LOG THE ODOUR ONLINE click here!

"Do this ON EVERY OCCASSION THAT YOU EXPERIENCE THE ODOUR! "

To report the odour - Be Accurate - Include Time of Day or Night - Climate Conditions (Calm, Windy, Hot)- and if possible the Direction the wind is coming from.

Canning Melville Community Odour Action Group (CMCOAG)

CMCOAG: SMRC RRRC Waste Composting Facility Odour

The CMCOAG was formed by concerned residents who are suffering from the Odour coming From the SMRC's RRRC Waste Composting Facility.

The SMRC - Southern Metropolitan Regional Council - have spent $70 million on a plant that continues to emit a chemical filled odour. Residents, especially in Leeming and Willetton, experience this odour on an ongoing basis.

The CMCOAG have received many complaints in regards to the odour and it's affects of residents health.

Some of the symptoms include:

blood noses
severe migraines
chest pains and breathing difficulty
dizzy spells
rashes
burning eyes
cagging and coughing
pets are suffering from allergies including skin and breathing problems

Residents are not able to enjoy their homes:

Not being able to sleep for days on end due to the odour in their homes - which makes them cough and gag (with some experiencing many of the above symptoms nearly everytime the odour occurs)

Not being able to use their back yards
Not being able to walk the dogs or exercise outdoors
Not able to have visitors over - as no one wants to come to their homes

The SMRC continue to claim that they are saving green house gases however this is highly questionable:
a. a large majority of their waste goes to landfill anyway
b. their power bills are massive - according to the SMRC’S own figures for November 2OO6 the power bill alone for the Waste Composting Facility was $156,956!
c. and obviously the compounds within the odour that is being emitted into our suburbs is hardly environmentally friendly