Collectively investigating the SMRC's RRRC Waste Composting Facility Odour
Quote From DEC's Media Statement - 30 March 2012 Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has been given 10 weeks to shut down its waste treatment operations at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre in Canning Vale. A new licence issued by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) gives
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23 March 2012 SMRC'S COMPOSTING PLANT MUST BE SHUT DOWN NOW Members of Parliament Dr Mike Nahan (Riverton) and Joe Francis (Jandakot) met with the Premier, Colin Barnett, and the Minister for the Environment on Thursday 22 March 2012 at Parliament and demanded that the Southern Metropolitan Re
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IMPORTANT! SICK OF BEING EXPOSED TO THE SMRC RRRC WCF ODOUR EMISSIONS? TAKE ACTION NOW! Long suffering residents have stated how distressed they are at the thought of the SMRC being allowed to continue to operate exposing them and their families to the SMRC’s RRRC WCF emissions. The SMRC’s
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Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton and Mr Joe Francis, the Member for Jandakot said the community should be concerned at the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s proposal to establish a pyrolysis/gasification plant at its Canning Vale premises. “No community consultation has been
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Go here for the original proposed SMRC's licence amendments. There have been no conditions removed and the additional conditions and minor amendment are highlighted in yellow. The second is the most recent amended SMRC licence. Released over the past weeks. The first mentioned licence under "
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“The Department of Enviornment and Conservation (DEC) has placed new rules on how the Regional Resource Recover Centre (RRRC) Waste Composting Facility (WCF) Runs... See full story from Canning Examiner below... New Rules For Waste
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Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton and Mr Joe Francis, the Member for Jandakot cautiously welcomed the Department of Environment and Conservation’s decision to subject the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s (SMRC) Canning Vale waste facility to tougher odour emission conditions und
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“DEC acknowledges that SMRC has done a lot of work to reduce odours in recent years, but there is still room for improvement,” Mr Sands said. “Accordingly, stringent new odour conditions are proposed for inclusion in the licence. “These clear, enforceable licence conditions place th
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Dr Mike Nahan, Member for Riverton said the recent discovery of errors with the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s audited Annual Report had highlighted the SMRC’s cavalier attitude to its corporate responsibilities. “It has come to light that there are errors in the SMRC’s cert
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Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton said it is disgraceful that the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council gave its Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Councillors huge increases in salary, meeting fees and allowances in 2008-09 – a period when the SMRC performed poorl
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“SMRC deputy chairman Clive Robartson, who is seeking re-election to Melville’s Bull Creek-Leeming ward, told the Herald this week the organisation continued to play down the smells despite knowing the odour-eating filters weren’t working properly. He says the SMRC didn’t speak out earli
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Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton said the end game was nigh for the SMRC’s composting plant in Bannister Road, Canning Vale. “It will be closed, not just for odour pollution but because of excessive costs,” said Dr Nahan. Dr Nahan said the SMRC plant was modeled on a similar plant in
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Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton, said it is time to start over with the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s waste processing facility. “The fire that destroyed the SMCR’s materials recycling plant this morning was a tragedy. The plant was losing money in the current environment
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Report 16 Standing Committee On Environment And Public Affairs Municipal Waste Management In Western Australia. Finding 8: The Committee finds that the community’s concerns regarding odour issues at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre in Canning Vale were legitimate. Finding 12: The Commit
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Dr Mike Nahan and Joe Francis, the Members for Riverton and Jandakot, have called for heads to roll at the South Metropolitan Regional Council. Dr Nahan and Mr Francis believe the SMRC has been polluting - much to the local community’s disgust - for more than six years. The SMRC’s Regional Re
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The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has issued an Environmental Protection Notice to the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) for its waste facility in Canning Vale. Full DEC press release here: http://www.cmcoag.com/downloads/SMRC_EPN_DEC_MS_FINAL_230209-1.pdf
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The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has stipulated that significant amendments be made to an odour abatement plan submitted by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC)...The SMRC's Canning Vale Regional Resource Recovery Centre is a recycling and composting facility that ha
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The Department of Environment and Conservation Findings have been released! The results from the "Odour Survey" are finally here! Note: The following documents have been included on the CMCOAG.com site for you to read or download. Quoted from the DEC Website: ------------------------------------
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Talk of another facility being built south of here for which the residents and politicians have stated their concerns. Second Waste Plant Sparks Odour Fears Plant Plan On Nose Plan is a Reason to Yell Out
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I have personally smelt the stench and appreciate what you are suffering. The SMRC’s Composting Facility at Canning Vale has a long record of failing to meet acceptable standards of odour control. This must stop. The plant has been closed twice over the past two years by the Department of
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Why are the councils so protective of the RRRC Waste Composting Facility? It is an insult that the SMRC are the best vehicle for waste management. They say they wish to develop alternative technologies...HANG ON!, is this implying that the current set up is deficient? See Withdrawal Bid Halted
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The SMRC and the RRRC Waste Composting Facility seem to have lost credibility with the local community. They appear to have no support due to their handling of the resident's odour complaints. This email dated 2008 from the Greenhouse Challenge Plus program stating the following pretty much sums
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For 5 years the residents of this area have suffered from a disgusting, noxious odour produced by the Waste Composting Facility (WCF) at the Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) in Canning Vale. As a result many residents are suffering serious health issues. I stand against the foul, noxious,
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The composting operation of the RRRC is not performing satisfactorily in terms of odour emissions, costs and impost on ratepayers and recycling goals. It needs to be either improved dramatically, moved or phased out altogether. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), the state
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Bottom line Labor have had five years to stop the pollution and address the communities concerns and they have failed. They are continuing to do so with the withholding of DEC's May survey results. Liberals are not committed to composting in Canning Vale or elsewhere and will actively expose it'
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"As I have said before to other people in your area, I believe that you have every right to be extremely angry about that plant being built next to you. My strong position is that if they can't make the smell go away, they need to shut it down. It just isn't fair to the people who have live
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"Tony, residents have complained of similar symptoms when experiencing the odour including: blood noses, severe skin irritation, burning and running eyes and nose, throat irritation, migraines and headaches... and their pets also suffering from terrible skin and inhalant allergies. Residents fee
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The SMRC’s Composting facility at Canning Vale has a long track record of failing to meet acceptable standards of odour control. This must stop. The plant has been closed twice over the past two years by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) for serious breaches of the odour
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The SMRC’s Composting facility at Canning Vale has a long track record of failing to meet acceptable standards of odour control. This must stop. The plant has been closed twice over the past two years by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) for serious breaches of the odour
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In a Public document from the Minister for Environment, David Templeman (dated 12 September 2007) it states: “Odour Compliance Regulation” Under section 49 of the Environmental Protection Act, it is an offence to cause or allow an unreasonable emission of odour. Unreasonable odours are d
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