Carlton
River Catchment & Southern Beaches Conservation Society
Dump
the Toxic
Dump
P.O.
Box 92, Dodges Ferry, TASMANIA, 7177
MEDIA
RELEASE
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday 16th October
RESPONSE
TO YESTERDAY’S
MEDIA
RELEASE FROM TIM MORRIS
The
Carlton River Catchment & Southern Beaches Conservation Society
(CRCSBCS) welcome
the Tasmanian Greens announcement yesterday to refer the Joint
Authority, Southern
Waste Solutions (SWS) proposed hazardous materials waste cell
adjacent to the Carlton
River, to the House of Assembly Environment, Resources & Development Committee.
CRCSBCS
want to see the C-Cell project assessed through an overarching
state-wide policy
using the framework of the National Waste Policy 2009, the Tasmanian
Waste &
Resource Management Strategy 2009 and the draft Sustainable
Infrastructure Australia; Controlled
Waste Report 2008.
Shane
Humpherys, from CRCSBCS said "It is interesting to note that a
separate report commissioned
for the Southern Waste Strategy Authority (SWSA) in 2011 noted that
“the Copping
landfill authority has a financial interest in maximising revenue by
maximising waste
disposal to landfill. This is in opposition to the waste minimisation
responsibilities of SWSA
and the recommended guiding principles (Tasmanian Waste Resource
Management
Strategy 2009) ... ... ... this would have negative long term impacts
on waste minimisation
and management in the region.” "
All
of the above documents recognise landfill as the least desirable
option.
“Whilst
we recognise that the community consultation in relation to SWS'
proposal was flawed
and warrants further investigation, this of itself does not address
all of the community's
outstanding concerns in relation to the site of the project and its
potential environmental
and social impacts. Furthermore, the project directly undermines a
proper state-wide
strategy built on a recognised waste management hierarchy and undermines
investment in alternate management strategies.”
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MEDIA RELEASE ENDS—
For
further information, please contact:
Claire
Burnet on 0448 585 947
dumpthetoxicdump@gmail.com
