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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox and Catie McLeod

Former NSW Coalition government was warned recycled soil products posed ‘unacceptable risks’

Composite image of a skip full of building waste and a sign warning of danger from asbestos
The NSW government was warned that potentially contaminated soil products posed an unacceptable risk to public. Composite: Getty Images/EPA/The Guardian

The New South Wales environment watchdog warned the former Coalition state government that a widely used recycled landscaping product posed “potential unacceptable risks to the environment and the community”.

Guardian Australia revealed in January that the Environment Protection Authority had known for more than a decade that producers of soil fill made from construction and demolition waste – known as recovered fines – were failing to comply with rules to limit the spread of contaminants.

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