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From the lens CMCOAG - SMRC RRRC's Waste Composting Facility Odour.

  • cmcoag Jun 18, 2009 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Even though the RRRC WCF has had more publicity due to it's noxious emissions, ongoing operational failures and contaminated end product, the councils have invested so much into it they appear to choose to turn their backs on the residents. These long suffering residents are stating they are experiencing the following when exposed to the RRRC WCF odour - often for those for which the facility was built so close too, can be almost every day.

    Blood noses
    Extreme chest pain when breathing
    Elevated heart rate
    Dizzy spells
    Severe migraines and headaches
    Rashes under our eyes and on face
    Skin burning on your face and peeling
    Eyes and nose burning and running
    Coughing, choking and gagging
    Feeling nauseous
    Sore glands on the sides of the neck
  • SemperFidelis Sep 16, 2007 @ 8:23 pm | delete
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  • cmcoag Aug 26, 2007 @ 12:11 am | delete
    Wasn't the commonwealth Department of the Environment and Heritage is investigating the SMRC to determine whether the SMRC has breached the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 by supporting unsorted household waste without a permit?
    http://www.cmcoag.com/downloads/Environment and Heritage is investigating the SMRC.pdf
  • cmcoag May 29, 2007 @ 5:25 am | delete
    Environment Shadow Minister Steve Thomas said the net result of the closure and reopening of the RRRC's WCF was the same as leaving it open, except thousands of tonnes of waste went into landfill, causing increased greenhouse gas emissions. The power bill (Nov 2006) alone for the WCF was $156,956!
  • cmcoag May 29, 2007 @ 5:16 am | delete
    We know that the SMRC are testing different chemicals in the composting process. The most serious issue would be if they try to use a masking agent to disguise the stinking odour. The last thing we need is for the residents to be treated as guinea pigs while they experiment with the air we breathe.
  • cmcoag May 29, 2007 @ 4:49 am | delete
    I near the RRRC's Waste Composting Facility. Spending days on end choking, gagging, extreme chest pain the skin on your face burning and peeling, your eyes and inside of your throat feeling like it's on fire, dizzy spells, migraines... - for the majority of 4 years... this is appalling.
  • cmcoag May 29, 2007 @ 4:44 am | delete
    Residents were told by the SMRC at a public meeting June 2006 - between residents and the SMRC - that the odour was our fault because it was our rubbish.
  • cmcoag May 29, 2007 @ 4:41 am | delete
    Every council represented in the SMRC receives a copy of the odour logs sent via CMCOAG.com. They also go to DEC, Health Dept and other government ministers. We've received emails from very concerned council members represented in the SMRC who are very upset at the suffering that it going on.
  • cmcoag May 29, 2007 @ 4:11 am | delete
    I was disgusted at Doug Thompson recommending those suffering from the chemical filled odour should call the SMRC Hotline. Residents HAVE on many occasions only to be told by Chuck Ellise that there was no odour - even though DEC officers had driven to the RRRC WFC and confirmed it.

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REPORT THIS CHEMICAL FILLED ODOUR IMMEDIATELY! ! ! Phone the DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT DAYTIME: 6250 8089 AFTER HOURS: 1300 784 782 OR to... LOG THE ODOUR... more »

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