My name is Jan Scott and I am deeply opposed to a waste incinerator being built at Tarago. Approval of such an incinerator is not only environmentally damaging but also is a destructive way of dealing with a waste problem.
Such an incinerator will produce toxic air pollution which will affect both local residents, including children who are especially vulnerable, and the essential farming lands in that region giving rise to pollution entering the food chain.
Further, toxins risk leaching into the groundwater causing widespread damage to humans and the environment.
The chemicals produced by such waste incineration are very long-lasting and cause serious health effects such as cancer, respiratory problems, child development issues and many others.
Such incinerators have be refused elsewhere in New South Wales for exactly these reasons and should be rejected at Tarago.
No amount of restrictions contained in any approval are likely to be effective in preventing harm as Veolia has a track record of breaching the terms of their licence.
Incineration of waste is not an effective way to deal with it: it should be reduced and recycled. A must better use of the land would be built a recycling centre for products that cannot currently be recycled in Australia.
Energy from burning waste with toxic by-products cannot be considered green or renewable.
Please reject the application for approval of the proposed incinerator.
Thank you for reading this submission.

Hazardous to health of my family,pollution in water,damage to farm,if it's so safe build it in sydney

Received via post 7/12/22

I would like to object to the Tarago incinerator project. Waste from major cities should be dealt with in those cities and not shipped out to small towns.

Both Tarago and Canberra and surrounds value the clean air of the region and I and concerned about air pollution from this project.

Yours
Cassandra Proudfoot
Canberra