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Veolia’s proposal to change the way they will manage the hazardous waste ash produced by an incinerator heighten the risks for environmental pollution. The waste ash is highly toxic, containing forever chemicals like dioxins and furans, PFAS, and heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium and lead. If the waste ash is dumped into landfill (likely mixed with cement first), this risks the acidic leachate in the landfill eroding any ‘stabilising’ compound the ash is mixed with and releasing the toxic materials into the landfill. That leachate now contaminated with toxic chemicals can then seep into groundwater and into local waterways or be sprayed into the air by Veolia’s leachate evaporators on their leachate evaporation dams.

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Burn 380,000 tonnes per year of municipal, commercial, industrial, construction and demolition waste from Sydney containing plastic, metals and types;

Remember, Veolia’s staff and consultants are paid to convince you this proposal is a good idea – they are not there to provide independent analysis or advice, or accurately record your objections and concerns.  They are focused on delivering a project that will earn their company millions of dollars in profits over the next 25 years at the expense of the surrounding community.

We would like to show our respects and acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Gundungurra Pejar, and Ngambri people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Land which will be impacted by this project, and to their Elders past, present and emerging.

We're working with other community organisations, councils and other local areas impacted by the government's WTE Infrastructure Plan to coordinate a community response to Veolia's proposal.

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In July 2024, Veolia announced they want to change the way they dispose of air pollution control residue (APCr) – the 15,200 tonnes of highly toxic ‘fly ash’ full of dioxins, furans, PFAS, lead, mercury and arsenic that would be produced every year. Instead of disposing of it in the encapsulation cell Veolia has been telling us for years would provide safety to the local environment, soil and water table, they now want to dump it in the landfill on site using methods they are still “investigating”.

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providing the community with research, information and the resources to see and understand the risks associated with Veolia's proposed incinerator;

Veolia proposes to build a waste-to-energy incinerator at their existing Woodlawn Bioreactor landfill site in the Goulburn Mulwaree NSW council region near Tarago.

create highly toxic fly ash that then needs to be transported and stored in containment cells for generations to come (See source​ 9);

will increase the already dangerous numbers of trucks on Tarago's narrow and poorly maintained rural roads (See source 11);

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CATTI is a community-led organisation opposing Veolia's proposal to build a waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerator near Tarago, in the NSW Southern Tablelands.

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This is a company that claims to be an expert in incineration, yet they are still scrambling to find a way to meet safety and environmental conditions set by government.

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METAL Our metal can withstand temperatures of -40C to 80C and complies with two steel manufacturing standards AS/NZSS 1365 and AS 1397. The 0.6mm thick material holds up well in windy conditions and is well suited to the outdoors. All metal signs come with rounded corners and four corner mounting holes. Lifespan: 5 – 8 years

Veolia was recently fined $30,000 by the NSW EPA for an ‘entirely preventable’ environmental pollution offence. A blocked drain at their Tarago site resulted in leachate (contaminated water) pooling up across composting pads. Residents of Tarago will note that the timing of this offence coincided with a period of horrendous odour from the Woodlawn site. The EPA states that this event was a source of potential odour in their damning summary of Veolia’s non-action. You can read the EPA media release here:  View EPA Media Release

We also want the EPA and NSW Government to deny Veolia's proposal for a waste incinerator at Tarago and thereby acknowledge that the health, homes and livelihoods of rural residents and their children matter just as much the health, homes and livelihoods of people living in Sydney's urban areas.

For a more in-depth look at the research on the health, safety and environmental risks of WTE incineration, take a look at our Research page.

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And if you live further afield, contact your local member with the same message – that there is no place for an incinerator in Tarago or anywhere in the Southern Tablelands!

do not form part of a sustainable waste management plan for the future - they are more climate polluting per unit of energy than coal, oil and gas (See source 4) ;

Veolia has a terrible environmental record at Woodlawn and they have already had a number of EPA penalty notices for pollution offences such as groundwater contamination and improper leachate management. Additionally, as Veolia plans to also transport the waste offsite, there are any number of ways in which this could result in a spill at local towns and farms and into waterways.

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pollute the surrounding air, waterways and land with dangerous toxins such as mercury, lead and persistent environmental pollutants such as dioxins (See source 1);

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put dangerous toxins into the human food chain (See source 3). Tarago and the surrounding region is a big agricultural producer of lamb, beef, chicken, wine, and other human food and livestock feed;

Veolia now required to video monitor waste transfer in Tarago Following an incredible campaign of surveillance by local residents, the NSW EPA has issued Veolia with a prevention notice requiring them to conduct video surveillance of their waste containers arriving and departing by train in Tarago. This follows a raft of EPA fines and prevention notices over the past few years, and numerous reports from the community about leaking containers. The community report that triggered the latest requirements was for cracks in a container roof. The EPA then investigated to discover multiple cracked containers. Well done to the resident who triggered this latest investigation!​​​

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Veolia has struggled to control leachate (contaminated water) at their existing Tarago landfill site in recent years, and the EPA has instructed them to improve their leachate management following several pollution incidences over the past few years. As a result, Veolia needs to build more leachate storage dams (to store millions of megalitres of leachate), and they will no longer have room onsite to build the encapsulation cell where they previously planned to store hazardous waste ash byproducts (APCr / flyash).

The more people who register their opposition to the development, the better chance we have that our community will be taken seriously and our concerns actioned. We need you to register your opposition to Veolia's proposal.

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We want Veolia to halt plans for an incinerator and focus on improving its current operations so that they no longer adversely affect the town. While residents still need to make regular reports to the EPA about issues with the Woodlawn Precinct operations, Veolia has no social licence to propose further development (See source 10). We want to see a sustainable and future-focussed waste management plan and a community-friendly alternative to a WTE incinerator.

Veolia are holding a number of ‘community engagement’ events on the major amendments, despite having no detail to share and having NOT yet finished any studies to determine the safety of what they are proposing. If you happen to attend any of these events, ensure you view any information provided by Veolia and their paid experts with the scepticism deserved for a world-class environmental polluter with a track record of providing false and misleading information to the community.

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We want to provide our much-loved future generations with a healthy life using safe, sustainable and best-practice waste management.

Veolia has stated they now propose to ‘stabilise’ this hazardous material and dump it straight into the existing Woodlawn landfill in Tarago. To add additional concerns, Veolia’s new plans also propose transporting this hazardous material through our towns and alongside our homes and farms to alternative waste disposal sites in Sydney and Queensland when necessary (e.g. when doing facility maintenance), or if the EPA does not approve them to use the landfill as a dump. The Sydney waste facility they propose to use will close within the next decade, so if the incinerator is approved, for a considerable period of its operation hazardous waste material will need to be transported to Queensland!

will increase the amount of garbage arriving in Tarago, and intensify odour problems the town experiences from the current Veolia operations (See source​ 11);

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Email or write to your local and federal MP letting them know you oppose the incinerator development. Feel free to include some of the information and references available on this site. It's very important to ask that your correspondence also be forwarded to the Minister for an answer to your questions.

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in rural areas encourages an "out-of-sight, out-of-mind" approach to the management of Sydney's waste problems (See source​ 7);

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CATTI stands for preserving the clean environment of Tarago and the Southern Tablelands and managing waste in a more sustainable manner through reuse, genuine recycling and transition to a truly circular economy.

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For more information on the risks and health impacts of waste-to-energy incineration explore our Frequently Asked Questions page.

pose serious health risks for nearby residents and anyone drinking water from the surrounding water catchment or food produced nearby (See source 2);

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The NSW Government can easily recognise the complete lack of social license for this proposal and the damage it would do to the region's health, environment and economy.  A quick and easy amendment to existing regulations could see them ban incinerators in the Southern Tablelands in the same way they have been banned in Sydney and across most of the state.

If you see them out and about, raise it with them in person – push them for more than just a statement of their personal opposition.​​​

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Veolia has misled the Goulburn Mulwaree community about previous developments, cannot manage the odour and emissions from its current operations, and has demonstrated a lack of concern for community wellbeing (See source 10);

Veolia has had more than three years to get this proposal right, yet they are now making further changes on the run and claiming they won’t be able to provide the details and respond to the 619 objections lodged against the project until late 2024 or early 2025!

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Yes, and it just demonstrates the ludicrousy of this incinerator proposal. It’s not a green solution. It creates huge volumes of toxic waste byproduct, the pollution risks of that toxic byproduct need to be managed for decades to come, and to do that they need to transport the waste to another State because there are insufficient NSW waste facilities to manage this hazardous material. You can read more about Veolia’s proposed amendment to the project on the Department of Planning’s Major Projects Portal (amendments dropdown) at: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/woodlawn-advanced-energy-recovery-centre

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The fight against Veolia’s proposal to burn Sydney’s waste in the Southern Tablelands is a long way from over.  We are currently waiting for Veolia’s response to the resounding 619 objections (98.7% of all submissions) against the proposal during the public exhibition period in December 2022.  While we in the community were given only 6 weeks to wade through and respond to the 3,000 of page complicated and technical Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Veolia and their consultants appear to have as much time as they like to respond to our submissions in order to progress their application with the NSW Department of Planning.

NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) fines and interventions have not effectively improved odour and emissions for Tarago and surrounding residents and EPA oversight of a WTE incinerator is likely to be similarly ineffective (See source 10);

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POLYPROPOLENE – POLY (PLASTIC) Our polypropylene material is highly recommended for outdoor use. It is UV stable and resists fading and cracking outdoors for three to five years. Enduring temperatures of -40C to 160C, this polypropylene is fully recyclable and is an environmentally responsible alternative to PVC. Not only is the poly we use in our signs made from over 50% recycled material, it is also certified as Carbon Neutral. All signs are 1.4mm thick with rounded corners and four corner mounting holes. Lifespan: 3 – 5 years

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