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Latest Verde Terra Development Application

Making a Submission to Central Coast Council An important Note before you get started It’s important to point out that anonymous submissions are not accepted. However, Council will remove your personal details before placing your submission on its website. Closing Date Your submission, whether online or in writing, must be received by Council by the closing date for public exhibition of the DA. Any late submissions will not be considered. The call for public submissions closes 14 March 2019 Please note that this is a different issue from the renewing of VT’s licence in the Land & Environment Court, and … Continue reading Latest Verde Terra Development Application

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Community’s Chance to Stop Mangrove Mountain Landfill

Making a Submission In making a submission you need to ask yourself one question – “Do I want to risk the water supply that will be consumed by me, my children and my grandchildren being contaminated by toxic pollutants in the future when I have a chance to put a stop to it now?” If you oppose the renewal of this licence and your answer is NO, then send a Submission to the EPA saying so. Email it to: MMLSubmissions@epa.nsw.gov.au OR mail a paper copy to: MML Submissions – Waste Branch, Environment Protection Authority, PO Box A290, Sydney South NSW 1232. … Continue reading Community’s Chance to Stop Mangrove Mountain Landfill

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Mountain Districts Association wins Prestigious Environment Award

The 2017 Nature Conservation Council Award for the most outstanding environment group has been won by the Mountain Districts Association. The Group Award is given annually to a Member Group of the Nature Conservation Council (NCC) that has demonstrated outstanding commitment and success in the conservation of the environment in NSW. In presenting the award Opposition Environment spokesperson Penny Sharpe spoke about the more than two year campaign waged by the Mountain Districts Association (MDA) to have the massive landfill at Central Mangrove closed and remediated. This campaign led to the dramatic Four Corners exposé of the waste industry aired … Continue reading Mountain Districts Association wins Prestigious Environment Award

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The Mountain Districts Association’s Investigations into Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

A lot has happened over the past 18 months and we would like to share it with you. Not only will you be surprised by the revelations, but you will see the extent of the EPA’s continuing negligence and misdirection in this matter. In this time we have turned full circle. Premier’s Submission Version 1 February 2016 In February 2016, following the delivery of a 163 page Submission to the then NSW Premier, the Hon Mike Baird, the NSW EPA went into damage control. It had obviously become apparent to them that they were faced with a serious challenge. The … Continue reading The Mountain Districts Association’s Investigations into Mangrove Mountain Landfill.

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Landfill Leachate by Marilyn Steiner

Leachate You may have heard the term ‘leachate’ in connection with landfills. It might help to understand what we mean by this term, and why we have serious concerns about where this substance is going in relation to the Mangrove Mountain Landfill at Central Mangrove. The nature of leachate Landfilled solid waste contains a variety of substances which when water passes through can be dissolved into the water. The solution percolates slowly to the base of the mound where it eventually leaches out. It is first black in colour and anoxic (depleted of oxygen, top picture), then brown or orange coloured (bottom picture) as … Continue reading Landfill Leachate by Marilyn Steiner