Girraween Waste Recycling Transfer Facility

Please find attached EES comments

EPA unable to provide Conditions of Approval due to lack of information provided.

To whom it may concern,
I am writing to lodge my support for the proposed application. We are a large primary producer within NSW growing and processing poultry at multiple sites within the Greater Sydney region.
Due to the current drought conditions we are being put under a huge amount of pressure not only in the cost of feed pricing but also in various other inputs within our business. One significant increase in cost we are incurring is the sourcing of available bedding material on which to grow our birds. The impact of the drought means suitable bedding materials are becoming harder to source or are simply not available. This means other products are being pulled into regions that would normally use items such as rice hulls as a bedding material, these are a bi-product of rice production and are currently not available due to limited water. Also chopped straw can be used but again due to lack of water crops are often unable to be planted and any straw that is produced is being baled for forage. This is therefore not a viable option even in the regions where these crops are grown.
Some examples of bedding in this region include hardwood shavings and pine sawdust. One suitable and readily available option would be items such as shredded timber products and mulches etc. This is a good sustainable and viable option and also has the benefits in terms of being a recycled product. The demand on these products and the current number of suppliers is unable to meet the current demand from within Sydney, let alone the demand that is coming from producers in other regions of NSW. To give you an idea of the extent of the demand we need somewhere in the region of 87,356 m3 of bedding material as a minimum in order to meet our compliance and welfare requirements.
Therefore we are in support of the application of the recycling facility and hope to discuss options with the company if successful to help both parties find viable solutions to assist with our business with the above supply issues.

Regards

David Parrott
Farming Manager

no comments are offered by Blacktown Council for this proposal in Cumberland council thankyou

I object to the Waste Recycling Facility proposal. If there is to be up to 220,000 tonnes of Waster per year being processed, as proposed, this will impact on businesses near the Facility, there will be an increase in traffic with the Waste coming in and out, significant increase in noise and disturbance, and could potentially attract vermin. This will impact on property values (and devalue properties near the Facility) and also make it difficult to lease to tenants.

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