This incinerator should be placed well away from residential areas where the health of our children, families and elderly will be placed at risk.
The air quality in the Penrith area is already affected due to the mountains and placing the incinerator here too will only increase our health concerns.
Warragamba Dam and Prospect reservoir being so close by will see our water quality effected.

This will be unsafe and dangerous to our health and to our children.

I object to the 'Energy from waste facility' being developed, which is basically a waste incinerator being marketed as a 'Green energy facility', for the following reasons:
1). "The proposed Facility may release substances to atmosphere which have the potential to harm human health."
We have so much open space in our country, why does it have to be placed so close to residential areas? (ONLY 1KM FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS)!! But these "are low density residential housing areas, characterised by single and two(2) storey dwelling houses with private open space. Combined with local public recreation and open space areas" so less people to poison I guess?? This is appalling! Our children shouldn't have to be locked up inside their house to protect them from harmful emissions. We already have a waste facility close to area that emits aweful odours, and have increased pollution from increased trucks in the area from the business parK development. (GIVE US A BREAK!!).
2). "Treated flue gases will be emitted to the atmosphere via two (2) separate twin-flue standalone stacks, located to the south of the Flue Gas Treatment Areas. The proposed stacks are 100 metres high. The potential effect of the stacks on visual amenity is considered to be negligible for most locations".
This is approximately the height of a 30 storey building, and this is considered to have a low visual effect?? How many other 30 storey buildings are in the area, or are allowed to be built in the area?? This will be an eyesore.
This facility should definitely not be built in our area.

I object to the 'Energy from waste facility' being developed, which is basically a waste incinerator being marketed as a 'Green energy facility', for the following reasons:
1). "The proposed Facility may release substances to atmosphere which have the potential to harm human health."
We have so much open space in our country, why does it have to be placed so close to residential areas? (ONLY 1KM FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS)!! But these "are low density residential housing areas, characterised by single and two(2) storey dwelling houses with private open space. Combined with local public recreation and open space areas" so less people to poison I guess?? This is appalling! Our children shouldn't have to be locked up inside their house to protect them from harmful emissions. We already have a waste facility close to area that emits aweful odours, and have increased pollution from increased trucks in the area from the business park development. (GIVE US A BREAK!!).
2). "Treated flue gases will be emitted to the atmosphere via two (2) separate twin-flue standalone stacks, located to the south of the Flue Gas Treatment Areas. The proposed stacks are 100 metres high. The potential effect of the stacks on visual amenity is considered to be negligible for most locations".
This is approximately the height of a 30 storey building, and this is considered to have a low visual effect?? How many other 30 storey buildings are in the area, or are allowed to be built in the area?? This will be an eyesore.

This facility should definitely not be built in our area.

I oppose plans to build an Energy from Waste plant at Eastern Creek.

There are still significant information shortfalls in the EIS, including the source of the waste and the inability of the applicant to guarantee procedures and processes that satisfactorily demonstrate how all industrial waste will be appropriately sorted.

They are still to guarantee that their predictions of low emissions are valid and achievable.

The incinerator proposal fails to comply with the area's zoning requirements and is therefore prohibited.

It will have a significant impact on critically endangered ecological communities.

Furthermore the location and design of the Energy from Waste plant fails to encourage a high standard of development.

I object to any approval of an energy from waste / incinerator in Blacktown.
Western Sydney already suffers from Sydney's worst air quality - you only have to look at the EPA monitoring to see that.
There is an airport proposed for western Sydney which will SIGNIFICANTLY further reduce the air quality of that part of the region.
The government should not be adding another air pollution source into an already compromised area.
If you want to have an incinerator put it out of the Sydney air shed.
I OBJECT to any approval of this proposal.

The Next Generation Energy from Waste Facility, Eastern Creek - I object to this.

As per the submission by the NSW Health Western Sydney Local Health District I am extremely concerned about the potential impact of the proposed incinerator on local population health. The incinerator would greatly increase pollutants in the air as well as increase the level of pollutants in the environment, leading to contamination of food and drinking water. The proposed incinerator would therefore adversely impact on the local Prospect Reservoir which is a major catchment for Sydney's drinking water. Air quality would also be affected by a number of pollutants from the incinerator, for example acid gases, dioxins and toxic metals. Dioxin is known to be a highly toxic compound which may cause cancer and neurological damage, and disrupt reproductive systems, thyroid systems, respiratory systems, etc. (Zafar, 2008). The Asthma Foundation NSW pointed out in their 2006 submission for the "Inquiry into and report on the health impacts of air pollution in the Sydney Basin" that air pollutants such as airborne particles, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and ozone are common triggers for asthma and contribute to increased hospitalisations and mortality for people with asthma. The location of the proposed incinerator is close to highly populated and expanding residential areas and therefore there would be a significant impact on the health of those residing in Western Sydney. Western Sydney is already well known as an area of poor air quality owing to the geography of the land, being at the base of the Blue Mountains with air pollutants collecting in this area. Therefore any further air pollution from an incinerator would be significant for the health of this local population. It is also worth noting that respiratory illness such as asthma is already prevalent in Western Sydney as a result of the poor air quality and therefore health costs to the population and the government would be exacerbated by the proposed incinerator.

As stated by Sharma et al (2013), incinerators release a wide variety of pollutants depending on the composition of the waste, which leads to health deterioration and environmental degradation. These significant pollutants emitted include particulate matter, metals, acid gases, oxides of nitrogen, and sulphur, as well as countless other substances of unknown toxicity. The process of waste incineration poses a significant threat to public health and the environment. The major impact on health is a higher incidence of cancer and respiratory symptoms. Other potential effects are congenital abnormalities, hormonal defects, and increase in sex ratio. The effect on the environment includes global warming, acidification, photochemical ozone or smog formation and human and animal toxicity. Thus, there is a need to develop and use more environmentally friendly technologies (Sharma et al, 2013).

In light of the recent UN summit for climate change I would have thought that Australia would be making more effort to investigate alternative options which have less environmental impacts to address its population needs. The Australian government is saying they want to reduce our ecological footprint however by developments such as the proposed incinerator they would be adversely impacting air quality, environment, health of the population, etc.

Sharma R, Sharma V, Sharma M, Sharma R (2013) The impact of incinerators on human health and environment. In Reviews on Environmental Health, 2013; 28(1):67-72. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23612530

Zafar, S (2008) NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF INCINERATION-BASED WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGY. In Alternative Energy News. http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/negative-impacts-waste-to-energy/

I object to the World's Largest Incinerator being built in the heart of Western Sydney by a company whose CEO has a reputation for infringements with the EPA.

This is near where I lived, not only will it be a health hazzard, but also will bring the value of our property down. Everything bad is happening to Western Sydney already eg. trains are super packed, even though we bring so much taxes to NSW!!!

It's time the NSW Gov does something to improve Western Sydney, not worsen it.

I understand that this would help with cutting down waste and landfill but why put it in such a populated area. What sort of life are we going to leave for our future generations. We need to start looking after this earth or they will have nothing.

25th February 2017

For the attention of NSW Government, Department of Planning and Environment.

Dear Sir / Madam,

I strongly oppose to the propose plan to develop a large incinerator facility (energy from waste plant) at Eastern Creek by the Next Generation company, application number: SSD 6236, location: Honeycomb Drive, Eastern Creek, NSW.

The facility to be built is a large incinerator plant which will affect the community in the vastly surrounding area. My objections based on the following grounds:
1. There are still gaps in the EIS that I have significant concerns about, including the source of the waste and the inability of the applicant to guarantee procedures and processes that satisfactorily demonstrate how all waste will be satisfactorily sorted.
2. What measures will be in place to ensure hazardous materials from being concealed in the waste stream and are not mixed in with the third party waste.
3. The EIS has not verified that the predicted emissions are valid and achievable.
4. The proposal fails to meet the objectives of the IN1 zone and is therefore prohibited.
5. The proposal will have a significant impact on critically endangered ecological communities.
6. The proposal as submitted fails to promote biological diversity.
7. The location and design of the EFW plant fails to encourage a high standard of development.
8. The following issues have not been addressed satisfactorily:
The validity of the proposal as a solution to waste disposal.
Waste management issues, including validity of the waste sources, inadequate sorting processes, incineration of material that can be recycled, lack of accountability to resource recovery rates and a plan for ash processing.
Air quality concerns, including lack of detail on actual pollutants, clarity on emission limits and odour assessments and how these will be monitored.
Human health concerns, including the accuracy of the assessment and whether it is valid and achievable, and whether it has been reviewed and assessed as satisfactory by NSW Health.
Noise concerns, including gaps in the acousticassessment.
Soil, water and drainage concerns for the site, including lack of detail to support some of the activities proposed, lack of flood modelling, salinity and stormwater treatment concerns.
Plume rise assessment concerns and the potential impacts on aviation airspace. Confirmation the technology is appropriate to the Australian setting.
Concerns about the EPA's licensing fees and its ability to regulate and monitor the plant, its ability to make the operator accountable if it does not meet the predicted emission levels, and requirements to upgrade as technology improves.
The appropriateness of the proponent and operator to hold an environmental protection licence.
A lack of commitment by the proponent to:
ISO 14001 environmental certification
A community liaison group
A visitor information centre
Funding local community improvements and enhancement
Community forums and holding an annual open day
Payment of a host fee.
Significant biodiversity concerns, including the destruction of River-flat Eucalyptus Forest, placing it at risk of extinction in the local area.
Lack of conservation management to preserve artefacts found on the site and ongoing conservation management.
Concerns with road designs.
Visual impact of the site and the applicant's minimalist approach to Council's repeated concerns about design.
The possibility of the incinerator residual plume pollution affecting the health of greater Sydney city region as its close proximity location to the Sydney Prospect Water Resevoir.