This weekend, Community Environment Monitoring member Wendy Bacon published an opinion piece about the Guardian Australia investigative series: The Dirt Files. The best way to follow the issue is to read the key articles and the opinion piece. What follows is some more background and discussion. It’s important to understand that the Guardian’s recent investigation… Continue reading When will NSW Government act on contaminated soil fill?
Tag: Bingo Industries
Bingo finally accepts guilt for odours that damaged health of Western Sydney residents.
On June 2, a Bingo Industries subsidiary Dial-a-Dump (EC) Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to allowing odours to escape from its landfill premises into surrounding suburbs. This is an offence under Section 129 of the NSW Environmental Operations Act. Between March and June 2021, Bingo allowed emissions of a rotten egg gas (hydrogen sulphide) to escape… Continue reading Bingo finally accepts guilt for odours that damaged health of Western Sydney residents.
Environment Protection Authority v Bingo’s Dial-a-Dump landfill at Eastern Creek
Criminal Action finally underway In May 2022, the NSW Environment Protection Authority began criminal proceedings against Bingo Industries’ subsidiary Dial-a-Dump Pty Ltd that operates a huge landfill at Eastern Creek. The Land and Environment Court proceedings finally got under way on September 16. The official name of the case is 2022/00135414 Environment Protection Authority v… Continue reading Environment Protection Authority v Bingo’s Dial-a-Dump landfill at Eastern Creek