• Transpacific Waste Management has an application before Council to expand its New Chum Dump (between Collingwood Park and Riverview) site from 50,000 tonnes a year to 1.9 million tonnes by 2021
• This includes building materials, asbestos, contaminated soil, prohibited waste, toxic chemicals, waste and pollution, potentially seeping into the aquifers, creeks and Brisbane River.
• Vehicle movements will be in the proximity of 800 truck loads of rubbish a day
• This will be the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Dump - Of Queensland’s 4 Million Tonnes of waste, 2.5M will be dumped here
• The application was made on the 29/07/2011and no effort was made to notify residents directly by the Council or State member at that stage. State Government Legislation allows for the expansion
• In NSW, Tasmania, the EU or USA this would be illegal – as too close to residents homes due to potential health risks
• This expansion means that the largest landfill site in the Southern Hemisphere, containing some of the most dangerous and toxic chemicals and substances in the country, will be 200m from residents' homes and very close to four schools: St Peter Claver , Woodlinks SS, Collingwood Park SS and Riverview SS.
• Beyond the long term health risks, you can expect your property prices to plummet to all time lows
• No environmental health scan has been commissioned to study impact on local wildlife
• Even if the Ipswich Council vote against the application, Transpacific Waste can apply to the court for this to be over-turned
• The State Government will receive $3Billion in waste levies from the expansion
• Ipswich will receive 0.001% of this
4. On your Doorstep
Ipswich
1.9 million tonnes of
Toxic Waste by 2021
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5. THE SUPER DUMP
Ipswich
• This expansion means that the largest landfill site in the
Southern Hemisphere, containing some of the most
dangerous and toxic chemicals and substances in the country,
will be 200m from residents' homes and very close to four
schools: St Peter Claver , Woodlinks SS, Collingwood Park SS
and Riverview SS and multiple Pre-Schools
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6. DUMP ON IPSWICH
Ipswich
• In NSW, Tasmania, the EU or USA this would be
illegal – as too close to residents homes due to
potential health risks
• State Government Legislation allows for the
expansion
• Even if the Ipswich Council vote against the
application, Transpacific Waste can apply to the
court for this to be over-turned
• The State Government will receive $3Billion in
waste levies from the expansion
• Ipswich will receive 0.001% of this
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7. Cover-Up
Ipswich
• 25 February - public meeting in Redbank Plaza
- councillors and four candidates for
Bundamba declared they were against the
expansion from 50,000 tonnes.
• 17 February – Councillors had already
approved an initial expansion from
50,000 tonnes to 200,000 tonnes
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8. The Existing Dump
Ipswich
• Transpacific Waste Management received
approval from Ipswich City Council (17/2/12)
to expand its New Chum Dump (between
Collingwood Park and Riverview) site from
50,000 tonnes a year to 200,000 tonnes.
• This includes building materials, asbestos,
contaminated soil, prohibited waste, toxic
chemicals, waste and pollution
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9. Ipswich
• The new application was made on the
29/07/2011and no effort was made to notify
residents directly by the Council or State
member at that stage.
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10. Applications
Ipswich
• 1962/2011 – Operational Works to ‘Officially’
grow dump (Cell 5) to 200,000 tonne capacity
– Area: 79.28 Ha - Approved
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12. Applications
Ipswich
• 08/06/2010– MCU 3735 / 2010
• Special Industry Service/Trades Use (Extension to Landfill
Activities) ERA - 8(3)(a), 21, 33, 53, 58, 60(1)(d) & 62
Applicant: Wolter Consulting Group
• Status – Referral Stage
DA Plans Lodged -
• DERM Extension: 23 March 2011
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16. Applications
Ipswich
• 29 July 2011 – MCU 4250 / 2011
• Special Industry and Service/Trades Use (Extension to Landfill
Activities) ERA - 8(3)(a), 21, 33, 60(1)(d) & 62
Applicant: Wolter Consulting Group
• Public Notices – 7 February 2011
• Consultant 8/2/12 Memo:
3 Signs erected. “ It is my view that it would highly
unlikely that members of public would view sign”
• Notification period Ended – 29 February 2011
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17. Visable?
Ipswich
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19. COMING TO YOUR
NEIGHBOURHOOD Ipswich
• Vehicle movements will be in the proximity of
800 truck loads of rubbish a day
• Southern Hemisphere’s largest Dump - Of
Queensland’s 4 Million Tonnes of waste, 2.5M
will be dumped here
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21. Your Environment
Ipswich
• No environmental health scan has been
commissioned to study impact
• Long term impact on health
• Loss of urban bushland
• Loss of Australian Wildlife and Flora
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22. Your Home
Ipswich
Beyond the long term health risks, you can expect your
property prices to plummet to all time lows
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23. STOP IT NOW
Ipswich
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25. ACTION GROUP
Ipswich
• Establish Action Group
• Form Committee
• Seek Legal Support
• Seek Environment Support
• Define Action Plan
• Lobby Government
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26. SUPPORT ACTION
Ipswich
• Show your opposition to a huge toxic dump expansion
between Collingwood Park and Riverview.
• The toxic substances from this dump could effect a
much wider area of Ipswich and the effects could last
for centuries. Don’t allow a situation to occur where
you and your children could be exposed to large
quantities of lethal substances such as asbestos,
arsenic, PCBs, organochlorines and other chemical,
industrial and medical waste.
• Support your community in this fight because to date
none of the major political parties have done anything
to stop this project from going ahead
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27. Toxic Ipswich
Future Home of the
Southern Hemisphere’s
Largest Toxic Dump
28. Ipswich
REPRESENTATIONS
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