Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility

Not the right site! The project in question is less than 3km from our town centre, and a mere 250 metres from established residential properties (a daycare included amongst these residential properties)! The residential streets (particularly Beaconsfield Road) have the potential to be severely affected by traffic flow with an estimated up to 100 trucks to be using said roads daily, impacting residents by way of road safety, noise pollution, road damage, vibrations, traffic noise, and vehicle emissions.

Pollutants: There is risk of our air and water quality being affected by the project which will be placed within the Sydney water catchment area, and air pollution produced by the plant has the potential to affect not just Moss Vale, but all of the Wingecarribee area.

Property values: If this project goes ahead, there is no doubt that properties surrounding the site will drop in value dramatically. For many of us, our homes are our nest egg and/or retirement plan, and this has the potential to severely affect the value of our properties in the future.

Contaminated waste disposal: the contaminated waste produced by the proposed project has been earmarked for disposal at both Bowral tip or Anderson's waste, neither of which to my knowledge are licensed to take on this kind of material. The nearest licensed station to my knowledge is Lucas Heights in Sydney.

The rural and residential areas of Moss Vale are beautiful and peaceful, and the site for this project is visible from public roads which will have a major impact on what draws so many to the Southern Highlands, turning Moss Vale from a beautiful rural town into an unsightly industrial area.

Our property borders this proposed development site.
After spending 4 years seeking the perfect rural lifestyle property in the southern highlands, we bought our property (54-56 Bulwer Road, Moss Vale) in 2016. As a family we have been enjoying the amazing rural landscape, bird life and general environment to raise our 2 young sons. We also have planted a vineyard (2 acres of Pinot Noir) and have wishes for this to be a multi-generational project to enhance to quality of fine wine being produced in the southern highlands region. My 6 and 3 year old sons are already spending most weekends with me in the vineyard; learning work ethic, enjoying the fresh outdoor environment and building a connection to a long-held family tradition. To say that this proposed development will significantly impact all aspects of the above is an understatement. I would not allow my children to spend time outside - within a few hundred metres of the proposed 6 hectares of buildings; given the significant impacts to the air and water environments. There have been dozens of studies surrounding micro plastics and the impact on human health and by nature of the proposed transport of waste plastic into this micro environment multiple times daily (let alone the pollution impacts from the proposed recycling facility itself) the environment for humans and wildlife will be severely impacted. Additionally, in growing grapes for wine production - with the porous nature of the grapes; the risks associated with any form of altered Air quality, in the proximity we are in, are severe. All vineyards and wine businesses (as well as many other primary producers) in the wider Southern Highlands region will be affected.
Everything about this proposal just does t make any sense in the proposed location.
We have rare bird species (red tailed and yellow tailed cockatoos as a few examples) visit our property regularly; in addition to a number of other wildlife species.
The data provided for this proposed developments’ water usage and subsequent pressures on the local sewer systems are also of major concern.
Having recently heard about a reputable global recycling company submitting a proposal for a similarly large scale plastics recycling facility (in Parkes, NSW) it simply amplifies and solidifies all rational reasons for why this proposed recycling facility should not be approved. Best regards, Michael Kean

I object to the location of the proposed site of this development. It would be situated between three towns, Moss Vale , Burradoo and Berrima. It is going to be situated in a major residential area which will impact on safety and lifestyle of residents. There is no infrastructure in place to cope with this facility, nor can it be adequately met by using this site.
Traffic impacts are of major concern . Access to the site not been established and alternative route is not suitable. Lackey and Beaconsfield Roads are not designed for heavy traffic and would take trucks past residential houses 24/7. This is not acceptable. Beaconsfield Road has too narrow an access to accommodate trucks. The local bus company has always had difficulties entering the street from Lackey road.Also a school, preschool are located on this road. Safety is an issue. My adult son with a disability uses these roads currently independently . This will be unable to happen if development uses this site. Many young people with a disability access /live in Moss Vale and traffic will impact on their safety and ability to live more independently. The proposed road to be built will run right beside a research facility.

Noise, light, vibration, traffic, road conditions and fire safety/management have not been adequately addressed in the application. I feel these factors cannot be satisfactorily be solved when using this site.
The scale of the proposed buildings are not in keeping with the area. And concern s are about an unsightly monstrosity will be build. No amount of landscaping will be able to solve this. Though this area has been inadvertently addressed in the application.
Also the environmental and safety records for this company are also questionable and should not be allowed to build in such a population location.

The application in it's entirety has large gaps and inconsistencies that have not been adequately addressed. I feel these cannot be fixed and so the company is using avoidance to get the facility approved on an inappropriate site. I feel this should not be allowed to go ahead on this site.

The project is in a bad location too close to major water courses that flow into Sydney’s water supply. It’s access is in the wrong place via roads that are unsuitable for truck movements. It is the wrong place for a project of this nature and will cause major damage to the environment and the Wingecarribee river

This proposed factory is a ludicrous idea. Here are the reasons:
1. The noise, pollution, vibration from the trucks entering and exiting the site, plus from the machinery used to shred and powder the plastic waste, is detrimental to the Garvan Institute which is a few metres from the proposal. This Institute breeds experimental mice and is the only supplier of such mice in Australia. It employs a lot of locals and will not be able to continue to operate should this plastic factory go ahead. The Garvan Institute does not damage the environment, nor cause any ill effect to locals or the area.
2. Microplastics are becoming a massive global issue. This will be the largest factory of its kind in Australia, and its located a few hundred metres from homes. The toxicity to residents in our area and to grazing land and waterways is unthinkable. The three largest schools in our region are in the pathway of the winds blowing straight across from the proposed factory. Very definitely the wrong location !
3. This region is a huge tourist area. The amount of dollars that flow into our community through the tourism industry is significant. Many are employed in tourist benefited businesses. The intended site of the factory is in one of the most picturesque spots in our area. Having worked in the tourism industry for 30 years, I cannot understand why our council or government body would choose to destroy the highly lucrative tourism industry with its high employment ratio, for the sake of heavy industry which employs very few due to its highly automated nature. These types of builds need to be situated in unattractive regions where there is not a resident population or other established industries (such as agricultural, tourism, etc) to suffer from the effects.
4. It is now established fact that recycling plastic waste is more detrimental to our environment than putting it in landfill. Plastics can only be recycled a few times before they end up in landfill anyway. In addition to this, the technology proposed to be used by Plasrefine has a lifespan of 10 years. This is simply not an adequate benefit for the damage that this factory will do to our residents, our grazing lands, our agricultural industries such as wineries, olive groves, production of local honey, etc, and our tourism industry.
5. The owner is a Chinese national with experience in toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde production. He was prosecuted in Beijing for polluting. I object to an owner with no experience in recycling, setting up this factory on the banks of the Wingecarribee River which supplies water to 4 million Sydneysiders. I object on the basis that he is inexperienced and could present a possible threat to National security.

That this proposal ever got off the ground at all is ridiculous. It's the wrong location, the wrong industry, the wrong owner.

I like this project, it is very good for the enviroment.
I hope everyone supports this project, without this factory, more and more plastic waste will go to landfill.
We should use less plastic and use more recyclable things, keep a low carbon life style.

As a rural community, Moss Vale and Bowral are small communities which are surrounded by rural pastureland. The relatively small population are mostly sustained by rural projects and people who have moved here for peace, solitude and the quiet rural life. There are also areas of protected natural forest in the area (the Southern Highlands Shale Forest and Woodland) which are very fragile and need to be sustained. The roads in the area are NOT suitable for large amounts of traffic. Tourism is another of the most viable financial intakes in the area and NO-ONE coming to the area wants to be confronted by the heavy truck traffic, odours and environmental destruction caused by this project, let alone the local population who DO NOT want heavy traffic, nor the smells and industrial outlook, for which reason I left the city in the first place. This environment is extremely fragile I am vehemently OPPOSED to this development in every way.

I object to the project. Please see attached letter for details.

Please see attached letter in objection to the proposed Plasrefine Facility at Moss Vale.

I Danuta Hulajko, resident of Moss Vale object to the proposed development SSD—9409987
2.1 Does SEPP 33 Apply? (Hazardous and Offensive Development Application Guidelines Applying SEPP 33)
This section provides advice to consent authorities on deciding whether SEPP 33 applies to a proposal and how to apply the new definitions the policy introduces. Consent authorities should firstly consider whether the proposed use falls within the definition of ‘industry’ adopted by the planning instrument which applies or whether it is a ‘storage establishment’. Once a proposal is identified as an industry or storage establishment, consent authorities need to consider: • Does the proposal require development consent or approval under Part 3A or Part 4 of the EP&A Act? • Is the proposal ‘potentially hazardous industry’? • Is the proposal ‘potentially offensive industry’? Note: For the purposes of SEPP 33, a hazardous storage establishment is included in the definition of potentially hazardous industry. Similarly, an offensive storage establishment is included in the definition of potentially offensive industry. This means that a storage development is considered ‘industry’ for the purposes of applying the SEPP 33 tests, even if the development is non-industrial. An example may be a storage facility associated with the reticulation of LPG within a housing development. SEPP 33 will apply if a proposal for an industrial development requires consent, and it is either potentially hazardous industry or potentially offensive industry (or both). Figure 1 indicates the procedure for determining if SEPP 33 applies, while Figure 2 outlines the associated assessment process for a typical Part 4 local development. Question 2.1 what supporting information should I seek in order to determined
Base on the requirements of the SEPP 33 the proposed development is potentially hazardous in nature as it involves plastics and polymers for reprocessing. While the plastic products prior to recycling or final products may not be hazardous and toxic there are some stages in the reprocessing of each of those plastics are hazardous and toxic as discussed below.
Section 7.5.1 of the EIS
This section lists 6 types of plastics and polymers which will be crushed ( powder will be in the) , melted at a high temperature and molded into new plastic products. I cannot find anywhere in the EIS how the proponent is going to address this. The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSD) for each of those plastic is discussed below. Two of plastic proposed for recycling are potentially explosive in the powder form. Other byproducts like plastic sludge is deadly to the enviromement ( water, wildlife, humans , soil) and cannot be disposed just anywhere like in Bowral waste facility as GHD report suggests. The GHD Project Manager David Gamble could not answer any of my questions nor the Director of Plasrefine, Nanxi Zheng from China present at last week meeting with the community in Exeter.
To my knowledge Mrs. Zheng and her uncle in China (investor) do not have the expertise in plastic recycling at all.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Bottles
Hazards of this product may be associated with its processing: spilled pellets create a slipping hazard. Molten plastic can cause severe thermal burns. Fumes produced during the thermal processing of polymer melt may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation. Treat in the same way as other thermal burns and wood smoke inhalation.

https://www.polisanhellas.com/pdf/Doc_PetResins_MSDS_PoliPET_PolisanHellas_2017.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3LApoJLLjZYZX7zxB53GS-uSB2XD-Lss-4hq_T0XPPxm-26IEjdGcCbMY
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) bottles
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) In case of fire – • Extinguishing Media: Extinguish preferably with foam, carbon dioxide or dry chemical. • Fire Fighting Protective Equipment: A self-contained breathing apparatus and suitable protective clothing should be worn in fire conditions. • Hazardous Decomposition Product(s): Combustion or thermal decomposition will evolve irritant vapours. • Can melt and burn in a fire. Molten material tends to flow or drip and will propagate fire. See Physical Hazard Information. For more information, request the relevant Material Data Safety Sheet from RIL
That is very reassuring: “propagates fire...”

https://www.ril.com/DownloadFiles/Polymers/assessment/pra_relene_pe_hdp.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1SYiJSCl4SmPMO_Id5QOG4gvBSJ16Oj4nU3Jr8ZLrNFiNJPwIB8EEeuWY
Polypropylene (PP)
PP bottles, this is a real gem" Dust may form explosive mixtures with air"
Will accumulates static charges that may cause an electric spark (ignition source). and more horror precautions. You need to read it yourself. Sort of like dynamite to me.
“6.2 Environmental precautions
Gather pellets and powder thoroughly to avoid birds or fishes taking from draining water. Do not allow product to reach sewage system or water bodies. Inform respective authorities in case product reaches water, sewage system or soil
General information: Do not allow to enter into ground-water, surface water or drains.
Measures to prevent fire: Prevent from fire around handling area Measures to prevent aerosol and dust generation: maintain good housekeeping standards to prevent accumulation of dust. To avoid dust explosion resulting from the existence of powder, electrostatics eliminators and grounding should be fixed to such equipment as air transferring pipes, bag filters and hoppers. Use electrically conductive filters for bag filters”
Toxicological effects: - Acute toxicity (oral): Lack of data. - Acute toxicity (dermal): Lack of data. - Acute toxicity (inhalative): Lack of data. - Skin corrosion/irritation: Lack of data. May cause irritations
Eye damage/irritation: Lack of data. May cause irritations. - Sensitisation to the respiratory tract: Lack of data. Not to be expected - Skin sensitisation: Lack of data. Not to be expected - Germ cell mutagenicity/Genotoxicity: Lack of data. Not to be expected - Carcinogenicity: Lack of data. Not to be expected - Reproductive toxicity: Lack of data. Not to be expected - Effects on or via lactation: Lack of data. - Specific target organ toxicity (single exposure): Lack of data. - Dusts: Irritating to eyes, respiratory system and skin. - Specific target organ toxicity (repeated exposure): Lack of data.
Other information Styrene: - Harmful if inhaled. Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure. - lung damages - May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways. - Causes serious eye irritation. Causes skin irritation. Acrylonitrile: - Toxic by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. - May cause cancer. Suspected of damaging the unborn child. - Causes skin irritation. May cause an allergic skin reaction. Causes serious eye - damage. 1,3-Butadiene: - May cause cancer. May cause genetic defects. Symptoms - Dust:Can cause skin, eye and respiratory tract irritation. - The melted product can cause severe burns. - Thermal treatment, Processing: - Irritating to eyes, respiratory system and skin. - In case of ingestion: Swallowing may cause gastrointestinal irritation and pain of guts.
12.3 Bioaccumulative potential To avoid bioaccumulation plastics should not be disposed in the sea or in other water environments.
12.5 Other adverse effects: General information: Do not allow to enter into ground-water, surface water or drains.

Low density polyethylene (LDPE) films
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION: Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and aldehydes
Exposure to CO2 can produce a variety of health effects. These may include headaches, dizziness, restlessness, a tingling or pins or needles feeling, difficulty breathing, sweating, tiredness, increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, coma, asphyxia, and convulsions.
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs when carbon monoxide builds up in your bloodstream. When too much carbon monoxide is in the air, your body replaces the oxygen in your red blood cells with carbon monoxide. This can lead to serious tissue damage, or even death.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by burning gasoline, wood, propane, charcoal or other fuel. Improperly ventilated appliances and engines, particularly in a tightly sealed or enclosed space, may allow carbon monoxide to accumulate to dangerous levels.
Uplasticized polyvibyl chloride (UPVC) pipes

Environmental precautions: Cautions should be exerted not to affect the environment resulting from release to rivers etc. Never discharge to the environment.
Melting point Softens at >75 0 C.
Fire Incompatibility Oxidising agents. Hydrogen peroxide, ozone, oxygen, potassium nitrate, and nitric acid are all oxidizing agents. All of the halogens are oxidizing agents (e.g., chlorine, bromine, fluorine Oxidizer as a Dangerous Material
Because an oxidizer may contribute to combustion, it may be classified as a dangerous material. The hazard symbol for an oxidizer is a circle with flames on top of it.

Storage Store in appropriate areas (outside or in warehouse) in accordance with site safety requirements. Do not store with oxidising agents.


https://www.redwoodplastics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/LDPE-2012.pdf

LEP 2010 and the Proposed Southern Highlands Innovation Park DCP

The subject land and the adjoining land has been rezoned in 1981 from Rural to General Industrial. Since then the Wingecarribbe Council has not prepared a draft of this DCPP Plasrefine is potentially toxic and hazardous industry there not General Industry under the definition of the Wingecarribee Council LEP 2010. If approved it will generate a precedence of heavy /hazardous industry immediately adjacent to residential (R2) and Enviromental Living(E4) Primary Production Small Lots ( RU4).
Therefore the proposed development is incompatible with the adjacent zoning and land use.

My reasons for objecting to the recycling facility are:

o Research studies show local populations living close to these facilities suffer from serious health conditions, respiratory diseases, skin rashes and eye disorders, not to mention the potential cancers caused by plastic resin compounds.
o There is no doubt that this kind of waste industry is highly toxic to the local community and the environment due to Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds emitted during the process of turning plastic waste into flakes and pellets and products.
o Plasrefine Pty Ltd is a company registered in Australia, with 100% Chinese interests.
o The Factory is proposed to be located within 150m of homes.
o The site has 2 incompatible zones, Environmental Living and an under sized General Industrial portion.
o The site has highly sensitive environmental areas (Koala Habitat), and a category 2 riparian waterway that flows directly into the Wingecarribee River, the Drinking water Catchment!
o 5 acres (2 x 10,000sqms) of buildings in a highly visible area.
o Is close to 2 schools and an Early Childhood Centre.
o Proposed to function 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
o estimated 160-200 heavy vehicle truck movements and 280 light vehicle movements per day using the local residential Moss Vale road Network, (Light vehicles over 3 shifts in the 24 hour period).
o Trucks to deliver waste Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, causing more gridlock on our already choked roads.
o Proposed to take 120,000 tonne per year of dirty plastic waste from Sydney / Canberra / Wollongong.
o Wash / heat / shred / pellet and melt then make more plastic products, greenwashed by the term RECYCLING.
o Proposing to use 20,000L of our drinking water every day to wash plastic waste.
o Proposing to pump 10,000L of contaminated water into our already overloaded sewage system.
o Prevailing westerly winds will potentially blow smell and dust and Micro Plastics over Burradoo and Bowral.
o Will directly impact the highly sensitive Garvan site where a road extension will be forced.
o Will directly impact home prices in Moss Vale.

This development will increase the amount of heavy vehicles coming into our area - we are still a small country town and don't have the infrastructure to support what should be in a industrial area with the correct infrastructure.
The water and air quality will also be affected which is bad for health, enviornment and defeats the purpose of recycling when it causes so much damage to the environment.
I honestly do not want to be watching chimneys blowing out toxic waster from my residential street whilst we are breathing the toxic fumes.

I, Maree Gail Baxter wish to add an attachment as my submission.

We don't want a toxic plastic waste facility dumping dangerous materials and impacting the environment. This poses a very real danger to the community at large.

The proposal is not in keeping with the character of the district and is not bringing economic benefit to the rate paying public.
Instead it will create heavy vehicle road damage, traffic congestion, influx of out of district road users at times when local commuter volumes are already at capacity. The employment opportunities do not meet the high growth sectors that young people are training for in the local education centers and small businesses. The project will impede the growth of of local tourism, farm to plate boutiques experiences, and day trippers dining that have developed naturally in Moss Vale. The council should be supporting local initiatives that follow the successful growth path demonstrated in existing entrepreneurship which capitalises on natural attractions, bespoke home-wares, arts crafts and clothing shopping niche opportunities leveraging the unique assets of small town living with proximity to Sydney.
I am appalled at the waste of council resources for this project when there should be focus on enabling local creative business ideas to thrive and grow. If this project goes ahead then The council does not understand what value the community places on local innovation. We give local ideas for new small business start ups our complete support. The proposed plant is not a priority and detracts from the business offering that we have worked hard to establish.

I object on all the following bases to this project:
1. Environmental concerns.
a. Airborne volatile organic compound emissions leading to increased incidence of cancer (confirmed link with employees and nearby residents in a number of equivalent facilities internationally), also suspected association of said volatiles with Autism Spectrum Disorders and ADHD.
b. Inability of these facilities to contain plastic particles including microparticles within the facility boundaries leading to irreversible contamination of adjacent waterways (within the Sydney catchment area).
c. Inability of these facilities to contain refuse - gross material leading to increases in litter.
2. Traffic. The increased volume of large trucks in Moss Vale and surrounding areas will have a significantly negative impact on traffic flows and costs of road maintenance. Inadequate access and major ongoing disruption to an already congested town.
3. Company and company officers are not fit and proper persons. Controlling individual has previously been charged with breaches of environmental laws in relation to the operation of similar facilities in China - country of origin.
4. Incorrect Zoning. The proposed location utilises Zoning established by a previous Council, many members of which were Councillors in the Wingecarribee Shire Council recently sacked by the NSW State Government for dysfunction and incompetence. The Zoning in this area should be reviewed as it is now incompatible with residential land releases in nearby areas.
The location is within the town boundaries and is too close to residential areas, schools, critical waterways and farmland.
Will Mathews
4 Suttor Rd Moss Vale

PREFACE. We need recycling in Australia, but THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT SITE.
CONSULTATION. GHD representing Plasrefine have been misleading to our community from the get go. They have continually altered plans on the run during the consultation process. Some plans (traffic) have/are wrong. Statements regarding their consultation process & agreements with WSC (LOCAL COUNCIL) are blatant lies. This was made clear at a community meeting held by WSC on the 17/3/22 where council confirmed there has been only 3 face to face meeting with GHD, NOT several & council confirmed @ no time have council said they support this proposal. As GHD & Plasrefine representatives have claimed.
MAJOR IMPACTS. 1.SAFETY. Proposal has the potential to impact local residents,childrens bus routes,day care centre with anticipated heavy vehicle haulage through residential streets.
2. ENVIRONMENTAL. Visual- The shear size of this thing. Some 6 hectares in size, 5 storeys in height, to receive 100000 tonnes of waste by road through residential streets. NOISE- 24 HR operation, 3 kms from town centre of Moss Vale & only 250mts from local housing. 3. Water & Air Quality- development risks contamination of local water catchments & risk potable drinking water. 4.SOCIAL IMPACTS- No social impact study has been instigated despite requests from WSC or affected groups. 5.FIRE RISKS- The shear size & type of developent would require, in case of fire a response that could not be adequatley met by local authorities as was the case in the building fire in our adjacent town of Bowral. I could write oh so much more but not really being computer savvy i'm giving myself a headache. Thankyou for reading my submission. Regards Christopher Tetley , on behalf of my family who have been residents of Moss Vale for 60yrs .

My reasons for objecting to the recycling facility are:

o Research studies show local populations living close to these facilities suffer from serious health conditions, respiratory diseases, skin rashes and eye disorders, not to mention the potential cancers caused by plastic resin compounds.
o There is no doubt that this kind of waste industry is highly toxic to the local community and the environment due to Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds emitted during the process of turning plastic waste into flakes and pellets and products.
o Plasrefine Pty Ltd is a company registered in Australia, with 100% Chinese interests.
o The Factory is proposed to be located within 150m of homes.
o The site has 2 incompatible zones, Environmental Living and an under sized General Industrial portion.
o The site has highly sensitive environmental areas (Koala Habitat), and a category 2 riparian waterway that flows directly into the Wingecarribee River, the Drinking water Catchment!
o 5 acres (2 x 10,000sqms) of buildings in a highly visible area.
o Is close to 2 schools and an Early Childhood Centre.
o Proposed to function 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
o estimated 160-200 heavy vehicle truck movements and 280 light vehicle movements per day using the local residential Moss Vale road Network, (Light vehicles over 3 shifts in the 24 hour period).
o Trucks to deliver waste Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, causing more gridlock on our already choked roads.
o Proposed to take 120,000 tonne per year of dirty plastic waste from Sydney / Canberra / Wollongong.
o Wash / heat / shred / pellet and melt then make more plastic products, greenwashed by the term RECYCLING.
o Proposing to use 20,000L of our drinking water every day to wash plastic waste.
o Proposing to pump 10,000L of contaminated water into our already overloaded sewage system.
o Prevailing westerly winds will potentially blow smell and dust and Micro Plastics over Burradoo and Bowral.
o Will directly impact the highly sensitive Garvan site where a road extension will be forced.
o Will directly impact home prices in Moss Vale.

This is the wrong site. Major concerns re truck & car staff traffic on residential roads, water usage from our local water supply. We had the severe fires in 2020 & they will come again sadly. Impact on our water & air quality. Children’s safely on the proposed access roads - it’s incomprehensible that these roads are even part of the submission. The southern highlands is a well known tourist destination as even a day trip so this traffic & smell would seriously impact the future for our region. We have a great variety of small businesses including cafes, vineyards, art galleries, beautiful shops. The livelihoods of these businesses cannot be put in jeopardy. They all survived Covid restrictions so no way do they deserve any more threats. People come here for the country getaway.
If Plasrefine is approved we can say goodbye to our future as a tourist destination. If they are allowed in more will follow as the land is there and just waiting for the next big business.
I totally agree that we need to recycle & repurpose plastic but the bottom line is This Is Not The Right Site. Thanks Anna

Approval of this project would be disastrous on many levels. Even China has banned these toxic practices and we all know how their government deprives individuals of human rights without a care for an individual's needs. This is indicative enough as to how deleterious this proposal would be not only to our health and safety, but that of our beautiful, relatively pristine Southern Highlands environment.

I will definitely be spreading spread the word and do what I can to conscientiously object to such a ill-conceived proposal.