I oppose the Moorebank Recycling plant, because of the inherent health risks, damage to the environment, both noise and environment pollution issues, and general damage to our new way of life in the Georges Fair Estate.

Please see attached document for a further detailed opposition.

Name : Labiba Georgi
Project Application Number : 05_0157

I am writing this email to OBJECT to the proposed Moorebank Recycling facility.

My three children have asthma as do many children and older adults. I do not want any recycling plant processing building and construction material operating right at the end of my street as this is detrimental to human health. I believe that this recycling plant will bring with it many illnesses such as asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and development issues in children amongst other major illnesses.

The impacts of dust, noise and heavy vehicle traffic (324 movement per day) will be unbearable and is not the lifestyle that I anticipated when purchasing my land in Georges Fair in August 2012. I paid top dollar for my land and I will be spending a lot of money whilst building my dream home in Georges Fair.

I believe that their has been no formal Environmental Assessment submitted .
I spoke to Emma Barnet on 25/2/2013 from planning & infrastructure and asked if any environmental assessment was made on how this proposal would impact on both the environment and the surrounding RESIDENTIAL neighbourhood and I was told that no assessment was made yet. Emma's response was that the assessment would be done after exhibition of the proposal.

The details of the development sent last year to neighbours in George Fair show that the activities will not be carried out in an enclosed facility and will involve 324 heavy truck movements daily with 500,000 tonnes per annum of building and construction waste processing .

A recycling plant such as the one proposed with heavy industrial activity should be relocated to a suitable industrial zone. This heavy industrial activity appears totally incompatible with the residential, recreational and environmental land uses which now surround the development. In particular Council's efforts to reconnect the community to the river foreshore with the establishment of publicly owned bike paths and picnic areas along the foreshore will be dealt a severe blow as this heavy industrial type development will encroach right up to this public asset.


Kind Regards
Labiba Georgi

I strongly object to the proposal MP 05_0157 Moorebank waste facility for the following reasons:

1/ it would be a serious health risk for the public.
The unavoidable high concentration of airborne pollution in the area near the proposed recycling facility would be impossible to completely contain, and therefore, would inevitably be a major health hazard to both the local environment and the public. If it is true that the objectives of the Public Health Act 2010 include " to promote, protect and improve public health," then the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure should be protecting the residents of the areas that would be potentially affected by airborne pollution (such as Moorebank, Chipping Norton, Milperra, Hammondville, Wattle Grove, Voyager Point), by rejecting the application.

2/it would be a serious health risk to the environment.
The unavoidable high concentration of airborne pollution in the area would be a major hazard not just to the residents, but also the environment - with air-borne pollution created by the crushing of "materials" right alongside the Georges River, how is the river going to be protected from the pollution that will fall directly into it and be carried downstream and upstream?

3/it would cause substantial traffic congestion.
Newbridge road itself, and Brickmakers Drive turning onto Newbridge road and exiting Newbridge road is already congested enough in peak hour as it is. And this is before the residential development Georges Fair is completed. Once completed, the residential development will cause enough congestion as it is. Extra traffic brought about by at minimum an extra 324 trucks travelling on Newbridge rd and exiting on or near Brickmakers Drive would bring intersections between Brickmakers Drive, Governer Macquarie Drive and Newbridge Rd to a gridlock. Not to mention the traffic that will bank up at the intersections of Henry Lawson Drive and Newbridge Rd and Nuwarra Rd and Newbridge Rd. Furthermore, with the extra traffic that would be brought about by a recycling facility being specifically trucks, the potential for serious accidents on Brickmakers Drive between cars and trucks, pedestrians and trucks, and cyclists and trucks would be increased , and the traffic noise and traffic pollution in a residential area would be significantly increased.

4/ the data in parts of the Traffic and Parking Assessment submitted is already outdated.
The traffic Report on existing traffic conditions for Nuwarra Road south of Junction Road and Governor Macquarie drive north of Balanada Avenue used data from February 2011, surely that data should have no currency. But more importantly, the traffic report on existing traffic conditions for Brickmakers Drive north of Maddecks Avenue used data from October 2012 only weeks after the road was opened! The difference in traffic volume on Brickmakers Drive from October/November 2012 till March 2013 (only 4 months) has indubitably increased, and therefore the traffic report is seemingly insufficient.


Therefore, on the basis of public health risk, environmental health risk, traffic chaos, and outdated traffic volume data, I ask that the application be permanently rejected.

Moorebank Application 05_0157
I Oppose to the application of the Recycling Facility
It states operation times will be 7am -6pm however they will allow to load and unload from 6am, this will mean trucks will arrive around 5am to be first in line to load and unload 6 days a week.
This is an absolute nightmare, how can you even contemplate building this monstrosity, and life shattering facility in a suburban area.
We bought the land in Georges Fair hoping it would be a great family environment, we were lied to and decieved as they told us Brickmakers Drive will only have light traffic, and made no mention of this facility when they must of know full well that this was going to happen, all in the name of money otherwise no one would have bought
Say NO to this Facilty so we can go back to a stress free life
NO NO NO

Moorebank Waste Facility - A neighbourhood Nightmare

I am a little confused as to why a waste facility company finds it necessary to be based in a growing residential community?
The Liverpool area has an abundance of industrial sites that can cater for such proposals.
The truth of the matter is that there is no compatibility between what is proposed and what is currently there, it is that simple!
Please do the right thing..

Dear All

The proposed materials recycling facility at Moorebank is not acceptable.

When I purchased plot at Georges Fair from Investa, there was absolutely nothing on their (Georges Fair nor the Investa) website that described a proposed recycling plant capable of 324 (20 tonne) truck movements per day just meters from my street Maddecks Avenue. In fact there was nothing on Clarendon's website, the company that is building my home. In fact, there was nothing even on Liverpool City Council's website about a 500,000 tonne recycling facility to be built. What I was told by the land seller employed by Investa, at Georges Fair, was that the Benedict Sand Recycler was to be decommissioned and a Marina was to be built in its place nearby on the Georges River. The interested parties have known all along what would be happening and have duped all the residents.

Lack of communication to buyers/ residents on this matter only signifies the intention of deception in selling. You know why, because nobody would spend close to 700,000 dollars to be living near the biggest proposed recycling plant in Sydney? The honest answer must be "No".

Obviously this deal between the Recycler and State Government has been going on for decades.

My objection is described below:

1. Irrespective what the Recycler says: There is NO need for the project. It should be stopped by State Government and Local Government should rally on the support of their rate payers. There are many recycling facilities in Sydney's basin. It does not need another one with such environmental, health, aesthetic drawbacks. The project will employ only a handful of people when it is up and running yet operate 6 days per week in a family residential zoned community, devaluating property values, environmental damaging the Georges River and its flora and fauna, create great risk of injury to residents by the estimated 324 truck runs per day.
2. Visual Impact: It's a monster. Despite the trees. 30 meter high stack piles of bitumen, bricks, road base and other construction material with the real possibility of asbestos fibres. The sand piles currently can be seen from the Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool on the way down from Cowpasture Rd, along Elizabeth Drive heading into Liverpool. They look like icebergs. It's disgusting to know that our children are living here. The asbestos issue will land the Recycler in Court, and they'll get a small fine. But they won't care.
3. Air Quality: Real danger with the unknown particles throughout the air with open roof crushing occurring from 7am-630pm 6 days per week. What will we be breathing and wearing. It needs to be stopped.
4. Noise: The dirt, the smell, the trucks and the noise is only going to magnify 1000 per cent than what it is now. With 324 truck runs daily. Huge crushers to crunch the construction material into recyclable waste.
5. Traffic and transport is already pretty bad in the Georges fair estate. Brickmakers Drive we thought was built for the residents, only to find out now it was built for the trucks to access the recycling site. Residents have Brickmakers Drive or Maddocks Rd to exit onto Newbridge or Nuwarra Road respectively. Most of the houses are not even constructed as yet. The problem will become exponential once the recycling facility begins. The Brickmakers drive and the trucks will be considered a place of work for the Recycler endangering the residents with accidents. Claims will be made against the recycler. It should not be permissible to be a place of work for the Recycler.

You must understand, I would not have purchased and built in the Georges Fair estate if I had known that the Moorebank Recycler was even a chance of operating. I was advised that the Benedict Sand Yard would be decommissioned and a Marina built in its place, elevating the property value, making it a beautiful place to raise a young family so close to the heart of Liverpool.

It is a disgrace that we have all been deceived.

Dear All

The proposed materials recycling facility at Moorebank is not acceptable.

When I purchased plot at Georges Fair from Investa, there was absolutely nothing on their (Georges Fair nor the Investa) website that described a proposed recycling plant capable of 324 (20 tonne) truck movements per day just meters from my street Maddecks Avenue. In fact there was nothing on Clarendon's website, the company that is building my home. In fact, there was nothing even on Liverpool City Council's website about a 500,000 tonne recycling facility to be built. What I was told by the land seller employed by Investa, at Georges Fair, was that the Benedict Sand Recycler was to be decommissioned and a Marina was to be built in its place nearby on the Georges River. The interested parties have known all along what would be happening and have duped all the residents.

Lack of communication to buyers/ residents on this matter only signifies the intention of deception in selling. You know why, because nobody would spend close to 700,000 dollars to be living near the biggest proposed recycling plant in Sydney? The honest answer must be "No".

Obviously this deal between the Recycler and State Government has been going on for decades.

My objection is described below:

1. Irrespective what the Recycler says: There is NO need for the project. It should be stopped by State Government and Local Government should rally on the support of their rate payers. There are many recycling facilities in Sydney's basin. It does not need another one with such environmental, health, aesthetic drawbacks. The project will employ only a handful of people when it is up and running yet operate 6 days per week in a family residential zoned community, devaluating property values, environmental damaging the Georges River and its flora and fauna, create great risk of injury to residents by the estimated 324 truck runs per day.
2. Visual Impact: It's a monster. Despite the trees. 30 meter high stack piles of bitumen, bricks, road base and other construction material with the real possibility of asbestos fibres. The sand piles currently can be seen from the Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool on the way down from Cowpasture Rd, along Elizabeth Drive heading into Liverpool. They look like icebergs. It's disgusting to know that our children are living here. The asbestos issue will land the Recycler in Court, and they'll get a small fine. But they won't care.
3. Air Quality: Real danger with the unknown particles throughout the air with open roof crushing occurring from 7am-630pm 6 days per week. What will we be breathing and wearing. It needs to be stopped.
4. Noise: The dirt, the smell, the trucks and the noise is only going to magnify 1000 per cent than what it is now. With 324 truck runs daily. Huge crushers to crunch the construction material into recyclable waste.
5. Traffic and transport is already pretty bad in the Georges fair estate. Brickmakers Drive we thought was built for the residents, only to find out now it was built for the trucks to access the recycling site. Residents have Brickmakers Drive or Maddocks Rd to exit onto Newbridge or Nuwarra Road respectively. Most of the houses are not even constructed as yet. The problem will become exponential once the recycling facility begins. The Brickmakers drive and the trucks will be considered a place of work for the Recycler endangering the residents with accidents. Claims will be made against the recycler. It should not be permissible to be a place of work for the Recycler.

You must understand, I would not have purchased and built in the Georges Fair estate if I had known that the Moorebank Recycler was even a chance of operating. I was advised that the Benedict Sand Yard would be decommissioned and a Marina built in its place, elevating the property value, making it a beautiful place to raise a young family so close to the heart of Liverpool.

It is a disgrace that we have all been deceived.

i have just bought a block of land in georges fair to start a new life and a beautiful new suburb... no traffic no noise. This news has come to a complete SHOCK to me and my family!

whilst the list of issues are ENDLESS below are some

My objection is described below:

1. Irrespective what the Recycler says: There is NO need for the project. It should be stopped by State Government and Local Government should rally on the support of their rate payers. There are many recycling facilities in Sydney's basin. It does not need another one with such environmental, health, aesthetic drawbacks. The project will employ only a handful of people when it is up and running yet operate 6 days per week in a family residential zoned community, devaluating property values, environmental damaging the Georges River and its flora and fauna, create great risk of injury to residents by the estimated 324 truck runs per day.
2. Visual Impact: It's a monster. Despite the trees. 30 meter high stack piles of bitumen, bricks, road base and other construction material with the real possibility of asbestos fibres. The sand piles currently can be seen from the Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool on the way down from Cowpasture Rd, along Elizabeth Drive heading into Liverpool. They look like icebergs. It's disgusting to know that our children are living here. The asbestos issue will land the Recycler in Court, and they'll get a small fine. But they won't care.
3. Air Quality: Real danger with the unknown particles throughout the air with open roof crushing occurring from 7am-630pm 6 days per week. What will we be breathing and wearing. It needs to be stopped.
4. Noise: The noise when they built the round-about was horrendous on the corner of Brickmakers Drive and Christiansen Boulevard. The dirt, the smell, the trucks. It's only going to magnify 1000 per cent. With 324 truck runs daily. Huge crushers to crunch the construction material into recyclable waste.
5. Traffic and transport is already pretty bad in the Georges fair estate. Brickmakers Drive we thought was built for the residents, only to find out now it was built for the trucks to access the recycling site. Residents have Brickmakers Drive or Maddocks Rd to exit onto Newbridge or Nuwarra Road respectively. Half the houses are not even constructed as yet. The problem will become exponential once the recycling facility begins. The Brickmakers drive and the trucks will be considered a place of work for the Recycler endangering the residents with accidents. Claims will be made against the recycler. I want Brickmakers Drive closed for heavy truck vehicles. It should not be permissible to be a place of work for the Recycler.

You must understand, I would not have purchased and built in the Georges Fair estate if I had known that the Moorebank Recycler was even a chance of operating. I was advised by Jacki Ari, the Benedict Sand Yard would be decommissioned and a Marina built in its place, elevating the property value, making it a beautiful place to raise a young family so close to the heart of Liverpool.

It is a disgrace that we have all been deceived.

Local Government Councillors, Local Members for Parliament (Menai), the Premier, you all need to hang your heads in shame for allowing this debacle to carry on for 20 years and get to Environmental Assessment stage and you should stand up for the people that put you in your seat of power. Say "No" to the Moorebank Recycling Facility. It smells of corruption. Stop it being built for the objections I've raised

I strongly object to this project. It would severely impact on our quality of living and land value.

I have just bought land at Georges Fair Estate and will be building a new house there. We decided to live in Georges Fair because it's a nice area for us to raise our children because it is close to the river and next to bushland.

This development will increase traffic flow to the area, create noise and air pollution, obstruct the river views from our property and pollute the Georges River.

There are already so many industrial sites in the area. The Benedict sand and gravel recycling plant is right next to us. The Chipping Norton Industrial factories are accross the road and there's the proposal to build a intermodal in Moorebank as well. This will create a traffic nightmare in the area if this development goes ahead.

This development will turn a beautiful residential area into a dump. There is no place for a recycling plant in Moorebank.

I will leave you with this question, how would you feel if we built a recycling plant next you your home?

Dear All

The proposed materials recycling facility at Moorebank is not acceptable.

When I purchased plot at Georges Fair from Investa, there was absolutely nothing on their (Georges Fair nor the Investa) website that described a proposed recycling plant capable of 324 (20 tonne) truck movements per day just meters from my street Maddecks Avenue. In fact there was nothing on Clarendon's website, the company that is building my home. In fact, there was nothing even on Liverpool City Council's website about a 500,000 tonne recycling facility to be built. What I was told by the land seller employed by Investa, at Georges Fair, was that the Benedict Sand Recycler was to be decommissioned and a Marina was to be built in its place nearby on the Georges River. The interested parties have known all along what would be happening and have duped all the residents.

Lack of communication to buyers/ residents on this matter only signifies the intention of deception in selling. You know why, because nobody would spend close to 700,000 dollars to be living near the biggest proposed recycling plant in Sydney? The honest answer must be "No".

Obviously this deal between the Recycler and State Government has been going on for decades.

My objection is described below:

1. Irrespective what the Recycler says: There is NO need for the project. It should be stopped by State Government and Local Government should rally on the support of their rate payers. There are many recycling facilities in Sydney's basin. It does not need another one with such environmental, health, aesthetic drawbacks. The project will employ only a handful of people when it is up and running yet operate 6 days per week in a family residential zoned community, devaluating property values, environmental damaging the Georges River and its flora and fauna, create great risk of injury to residents by the estimated 324 truck runs per day.
2. Visual Impact: It's a monster. Despite the trees. 30 meter high stack piles of bitumen, bricks, road base and other construction material with the real possibility of asbestos fibres. The sand piles currently can be seen from the Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool on the way down from Cowpasture Rd, along Elizabeth Drive heading into Liverpool. They look like icebergs. It's disgusting to know that our children are living here. The asbestos issue will land the Recycler in Court, and they'll get a small fine. But they won't care.
3. Air Quality: Real danger with the unknown particles throughout the air with open roof crushing occurring from 7am-630pm 6 days per week. What will we be breathing and wearing. It needs to be stopped.
4. Noise: The dirt, the smell, the trucks and the noise is only going to magnify 1000 per cent than what it is now. With 324 truck runs daily. Huge crushers to crunch the construction material into recyclable waste.
5. Traffic and transport is already pretty bad in the Georges fair estate. Brickmakers Drive we thought was built for the residents, only to find out now it was built for the trucks to access the recycling site. Residents have Brickmakers Drive or Maddocks Rd to exit onto Newbridge or Nuwarra Road respectively. Most of the houses are not even constructed as yet. The problem will become exponential once the recycling facility begins. The Brickmakers drive and the trucks will be considered a place of work for the Recycler endangering the residents with accidents. Claims will be made against the recycler. It should not be permissible to be a place of work for the Recycler.

You must understand, I would not have purchased and built in the Georges Fair estate if I had known that the Moorebank Recycler was even a chance of operating. I was advised that the Benedict Sand Yard would be decommissioned and a Marina built in its place, elevating the property value, making it a beautiful place to raise a young family so close to the heart of Liverpool.

It is a disgrace that we have all been deceived.