Good morning. Independent testing of recycled soil fill products from NSW landscape and garden supplies stores – carried out for Guardian Australia – has revealed that two of four samples would not meet legislated thresholds and one contained asbestos. The test results have prompted the NSW environment regulator to express concern about the “poor product and levels of non-compliance we are seeing in the industry”.
In Papua New Guinea emergency workers have given up hope of finding more survivors as UN officials say the likely death toll of a massive landslide has exceeded 670.
