Please find the attachment which outlines a number of objections, several comments and a few of suggestions.

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

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.

Negative impact on the local community

I strongly object to this being built at this site, it is not the place for this to be built. The proposed site is very close to homes and farms and would require access where there aren’t proper roads to support this. It is the wrong place for this

The increased road traffic on already poorly maintained roads in addition to the increased air pollution from particulates released pose an unnecessary & unjustifiable health risk to members of the public

I am a local Moss Vale resident, having moved to Moss Vale from Sydney with my partner in late 2021. My partner and I have long wished to live in the Highlands, having spent considerable leisure time in the area over the last couple of years, and whilst visiting and supporting my partner's sister's small business in Bowral. We were originally drawn to the Highlands because of the tranquil, rural environment, the quiet, safe neighbourhoods and the warm, welcoming community, features which we've come to cherish since calling the Highlands our home. The proposed plastic recycling facility in such close proximity to residential communities is incongruent with these Highlands values and would severely and irreversibly effect the fabric of the Highlands.

My professional background is as a Renewable Energy Engineer, having spent much of my tertiary education and early career focused on renewable, 'green' initiatives, waste reduction and recycling. Whilst I fully support plastic processing, recycling and reuse, the proposed site for such an operation, particular given its scale and intensity, is entirely unsuitable on a host of fronts. An operation of the proposed scale requires significant supporting infrastructure and site access, which doesn't suit the residential landscape in which the proposed site is situated.

The proponent has provided inconsistent and misleading information pertaining to site access, claiming that a purpose-built road will be used to support site operations, despite having received none of the required consents. They have also claimed that they will (in the case that a purpose-built road cannot be secured) utilise the existing public roads, despite the associated roads not being rated for the types of trucks and throughput required to support the proposed operation.

The operation of this facility would have a significant negative impact on the surrounding residential and agricultural communities. The visual impact of this facility would be severe, the mitigation of which (as outlined by the proponent) would offer very little to no remediation. The plastic recycling process is very water-intensive, and will add significant strain onto the existing water supply, an issue which the proposal does not adequately address. Furthermore, the site is expected to produce more than 16,000 litres of contaminated waste every day, which would put the already strained local sewage system at considerable risk. In addition to the aforementioned water and waste concerns, the proponent has also failed to adequately address noise, air quality, vibration and traffic implications of the proposed site. The submitted documentation is woefully inadequate and misleading, with very little evidence to suggest that these fundamental aspects of industrial planning and site design have been taken into account.

It would be a travesty if this proposal were to be approved. An industrial operation of this scale and intensity in the midst of residential neighbourhoods, in a region renowned for it's quiet, serene landscapes would represent a complete failure of the planning system.

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.