Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility

I strongly object to the above application as this proposal is not suitable for this site.
This type of heavy industry is not allowed under our local DCP and our Wingecarribee Shire Council does not support this proposal.
This type of heavy industry is not appropriate for the Southern Highlands as we rely on predominantly agricultural and tourism based industries. This facility would have a severe impact on those industries. The social and financial impacts would be unjust if this facility was granted approval.
We do not have the infrastructure to support such a facility and nor do we have the capacity to further upgrade to support this facility.
There is a lack of detail in this proposal and with no corporate history of experience in Plastics Recycling further adds to the reasons why this application is not suitable for this site.
The site is based in an environmentally sensitive area and is located in the Sydney water catchment area.
In summary this proposal does not have merit and is not suitable for this site.

This proposal between a creek and a river, in a floodplain, on riparian land, represents unintelligent planning. Sydneysiders would end up drinking their own plastic nanoparticle waste. The Warragamba Catchment supplies 80% of water to Sydney and Wollongong (also Goulburn in times of drought). Polluting the water source from the top down because the land was cheap, will create a generational biohazard and a disaster for SydneyWater. Clean water is the basis of living organisms, which requires us all to be its protectors.
It would be anathema to be seduced by the idea of recycling, and to evade the latest research, the science is known, plastic nanoparticles are able to pass the blood brain barrier and cause “Scientifically-proven health effects include causing cancer or changing hormone activity (known as endocrine disruption), which can lead to reproductive, growth, and cognitive impairment. Many of the toxic chemical additives have several other known health impacts, persist in the environment, and bioaccumulate in exposed organisms. Research also revealed that microplastics can harm our health, and act as vessels for pathogens to enter our system, increasing the spread of diseases.” (Geneva Environment Network). There is no such thing as a closed system with petrochemical plastic, as toxic chemicals are added at each stage of the “recycling” process.

RE: Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility Amended Application (SSD-9409987)

I am making a submission in opposition to the above mentioned State Significant Development by Plasrefine Recycling Pty Ltd.

I live in Moss Vale and am extremely concerned about this proposed development at 74-76 Beaconsfield Rd Moss Vale going ahead. The environmental impacts of this development will be soul destroying to our wonderful town.

There is an extreme lack of details regarding this facility, such as
1. That they will give greater details once the submission is approved, but those details are important to determining the viability of the development,
2. The smell will be atrocious from the experience of other such facilities;
3. There have been fires in other plastics recycling facilities across Australia and they have not completed NSW Fire and Rescue's request to demonstrate how they will manage on site,
4. It will also be running 24 hours a day, seven days a week within 150m of a residential area and a sensitive industry and the noise levels have not been adequately addressed.
5. Road safety will also be impacted, especially with the amount of trucks(up to 340 vehicle movements per day!) but our road infrastructure is currently inadequate and could become worse with these truck movements.
6. The proposed facility will also only be 150 metres from local residences and only 30 metres from the Garvan Medical Research facility, which does vital work in our town into research across our country and the world.

Not to mention the lack of corporate history with Plasrefine! The operators admit to no experience in plastic recycling previously. I have concerns about the lack of detail about how the emissions containing microplastics will be contained, which if and when released could have detrimental effects on the health of our residents who live so close by. I could go on!

PLEASE NOTE: I have no objection to the publication of my name, but DO NOT CONSENT to the publication of my address. I have not made any reportable political donations within the last two years and accept the Department's disclaimer and declaration.

Yours sincerely,

Antony Dubber