Waste boss blasts scare tactics

UNOFFICIAL: One of the signs warning about water quality due to the Copping C Cell waste facility. Picture: KIM EISZELE

PROPONENTS of the proposed Copping C Cell waste facility east of Hobart have asked that signs making claims about it be removed from local beaches.

Signs have been placed close to the water in the Dodges Ferry and Carlton Beach areas in recent days claiming it may contain heavy metals.

The signs say the presence of any heavy metals would be "due to a controlled release of stormwater from the Copping landfill site during recent high rainfall".

Southern Waste Solutions chief executive Christine Bell said the signs appeared to be another attempt at scare tactics to thwart the Copping C Cell plan.

"I can't see they have got any thing to gain by it," she said.

"It is just another in a string of stunts based on incorrect information.

"It strikes me as counter-productive."

Ms Bell said she had contacted Sorell Council to have the signs removed.

Mayor Kerry Vincent could not be contacted for comment yesterday.

Southern Waste Solutions, a joint authority for the Sorell, Kingborough, Clarence and Tasman councils, has been granted Environmental Protection Authority and development approval to build a 300,000m³ Category C landfill cell at Copping.

The cell, the first of its type in Tasmania, will take hazardous materials from places like Antarctica and the old railyards site on the Hobart waterfront.

The plan has angered residents, who say the project has been rushed through without adequate consideration of the environmental impacts and alternatives.

Ms Bell said yesterday a detailed plan would be drawn up in January in preparation for construction of the facility by about the middle of next year.

matthew.smith@news.com.au

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