Australia Toxic Dump to close
There is concern around the globe about exposure to Vinyl Chloride. Here is an article from Australia about a toxic dump closing. One of the big concerns in that dump appears to be an ongoing vinyl chloride leak. A leak that was leaching into water supplies.
THE controversial Tullamarine toxic dump was set to close yesterday — and may never reopen.The dump will remain closed while the Environment Protection Authority assesses the site to determine whether it has reached its capacity.
Even if the site does reopen it will close its gates permanently no later than August this year — more than a year earlier than the previous September 2009 deadline.
Members of the Terminate Tullamarine Toxic Dump Action Group, who have led a hard-fought battle to close the dump for more than two years, declared victory last week.
“If we hadn’t been vigilant ... who knows what they would have been capable of,” TTTDAG spokeswoman Kaylene Wilson said.
“The fact that we’re here, making noise, keeping them accountable to everything they’re doing — I think it’s just all got a bit too hard for them.”
The closure of the Western Ave site came after Transpacific Cleanaway told the EPA the landfill would reach its capacity much earlier than expected.
Last week Star reported the EPA had ordered Cleanaway to relocate 15,000 cubic metres of contaminated soil to a designated landfill area.
Source: Star News
