Friday, November 28, 2008

DEC confirms odours being emitted from the SMRC's RRRC WCF unreasonably impacting on the community

Quote from DEC's (Department of Environment and Conservation)Press Release in regards to the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council's Regional Resource Recovery Centre Waste Composting Facility in Canning Vale...

After receiving ongoing community complaints about odours being emitted from the facility, DEC conducted an investigation which included extensive air quality testing and an independent market survey of 265 households and businesses within a 1.2km radius of the facility.

DEC Deputy Director General Robert Atkins said the results from the air quality tests and survey confirmed odours were being emitted from the facility and they were unreasonably impacting on the community.

Monday, June 30, 2008

"Possible action against the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council under Section 182 of the Health Act"?

Canning Council Meeting June 24th, 2008 and "possible action taken under Section 182 of the Health Act"

Please attend the next council meeting on:

Tuesday 24th June, 2008
City of Canning Council Chambers,
George Street,
Cannington at 6:00pm

To support the councillors to who are listening and do care about the residents suffering from the RRRC WCF noxious odour. Why should odour affected residents attend City of Canning council meetings?

Here's three reasons why...

1."Possible action against the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council under Section 182 of the Health Act"

2. "That City of Canning give notice of its intentionto withdraw from the “regional Resource Recovery Centre Project of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council” and the “Establishment Agreement of the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council” under clause 8.10 of the Establishment Agreement."

3. "to take immediate steps to carry out “Dissolution of Southern Metropolitan Regional Council” as per Section 3.63(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1995."

For the full rundown on the above - go here:
http://www.cmcoag.com/downloads/June%202008%20Newsletter%20Attachments%20City%20of%20Canning.pdf

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

April 2008
In regards to RRRC Waste Composting Facility

Of the total amount of rubbish delivered to the facility 44% is sent to landfill, 38% is turned into compost, and 18% is moisture lost through the process. (as stated in the City of Canning Council minutes dated 25th March 2008) The compost - which is not salable due to it's impurities - is carted away and used in Landfill. So 82% ends up in landfill anyway! Keep in mind that the RRRC Waste Composting Facility receives the rubbish placed in the GREEN WHEELIE BINS, not the yellow topped bins. It's the RRRC Waste Composting Facility that emits the odour.

Residents are Sick of the RRRC WCF odour!

April 2008
115 ODOUR LOGS FROM MARCH 2008 - 12 April 2008

Your valued efforts of reporting the odour is certainly making folk sit up and recognise that residents are fed up with having this noxious odour forced upon them. Here's the TOTAL of Odour logs made via the CMCOAG online form:

March 2008: 87 odour logs!
Leeming
Willetton
Canning Vale

April 1 - April 12 2008: 28 odour logs
Leeming
Willetton

AND this doesn't include all the phone calls made to the Emergency Pollution Response number!