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.