Where to dump now ?

Just what sort of system do WA have when it comes to TOXIC WASTE, how do the government keep track in particularly, what's being stored and where? Do they have a Toxic Inventory, if so why isn't the necessary data available to the EPA as to what exactly was stored at Brookdale. Why hasn't it been cleaned up long before now..?


The inventory should have consisted of analysis, tables, charts, maps etc. A database containing detailed information on all industrial chemical waste, and what has been managed through disposal or other releases.

How could any responsible government consider placing an Eco-friendly residential development for 40,000 people less than 1 km away from a Noxious Chemicals, Sludge and Pathogens site? To date the DEC have spent $1.2 million just on site investigations at Brookdale, yet are still unable to detail the extent of the contamination.

The question remains, just how many waste sites already have homes, schools or parks constructed on them ? There is of course the NPI but they are only as good as the information they receive, it has been shown in the past that figures can be fudged. Where is the waste being stored now, it has to be going somewhere.

Sewage sludge provided to farmers free in 2005 revealed the lime treatment at the Brookdale facility failed, providing dangerously high pathogen levels. The FOI documents also revealed some unusual deliveries such as a tree oozing mercury.

The chemicals detected were known to cause a range of illnesses from cancer, liver and kidney problems.Why has it taken nearly 5 years to get no where, the then environmental minister that in his wisdom removed the CCC before they completed their project on waste sites.He also found it no longer necessary to monitor for lead, he may have thought he had all the answers. . so why not share them with the rest of the state? Esperance was a classic it's still on going, just who was being protected?