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MacGyver

Here is another article

http://www.avonadvocate.com.au/story/11 ... l/?cs=1517

MacGyver

York is in an earthquake prone area which makes it a poor choice for a land fill site where the ground water can be polluted if sesmic activity occurs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_re ... f_landfill

SuperVeg

The problem is indeed if any "special" relationship exists between the company and the government.
Because it is quite possible that if the dump did cause pollution of someone's property, the government would protect the company from lawsuits.
This also removes the incentive of dump owning companies to not pollute in the future.
The beauty of regulations, they "seem" to be good on the surface, but more often than not actually protect the very groups that are supposedly regulated.

bythebrook

Sleepe wrote:

As far as I am aware there are still a few years left in the metro landfill sites. Some are cutting over to partial recycling, the main problem at the moment is unsorted (ie your green bins). Last I heard was when the current landfill sites are nearly full they will become transfer stations with a large commercially run recycling plant handling the waste (in the outer metro). You can expect a substantial hike in the costs for doing this.

Edit: Just read the second article. They are talking about the Cardup landfill site which is a restricted site not sure but I don't think it is under the control of a Council. Certainly been a few problems with that one.

Cardup is located in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale. It's been a bone of contention, now it's that the State Government / EPA are waving things through when the Shire want tighter controls. There are/have been problems with nearby water courses being affected - we are part of the Peel-Harvey catchment, so any nasties end up at Mandurah!

Also a problem with locals not being on mains water and relying on bores / rainwater tanks. Also the methane recovery system caught fire!

It would be a lot easier if people minimised the amount of rubbish, but on this forum it's probably preaching to the converted.

dr bee

dr bee wrote:

You can live in WA where we put all our recycling in a bin, only to find all the glass is smashed up and put in local land fill as it doesn't get recycled in WA and too expensive to transport to glass manufacturers in the east.

:upset:

Southwest times issued a retraction on this story. Bit happier, but thought I had heard the story a year or so before.

megapuddle

Unfortunately we as humans are filthy animals and all our crap has got to be buried somewhere.
There are better, less populated sites, like the old discarded mine sites in the Murchison which are now full of cyanide contaminated water and good for nothing. The question is, are you willing to go from annual garbage rates of $500 per year to rates of $1500 per year to get the garbage carted 600 km away.

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