In the small New South Wales southern tablelands town of Tarago, residents say they are familiar with two things: the smell of hydrogen sulphide, known as “rotten egg gas”, and the sight of dirty wastewater leaking out the back of trucks.
Around 10km from the town centre sits the Woodlawn eco-precinct, the site of a former mine that has been used by Veolia Environmental Services for waste management and gas-capture landfill for more than 20 years.
