Asbestos Waste Headed to West Belconnen, Australia

December 10, 2014- In Australia, up to 150,000 tons of contaminated material from more than 1,000 Mr. Fluffy asbestos homes will be disposed of at the West Belconnen Resource Management Centre in the next five years, despite concerns the capacity of the tip may delay action.

Starting in early 2015, Mr. Fluffy homes bought and demolished by the government will be dumped inside the West Belconnen tip, about 1.2 km from the nearest suburb, Macgregor.

But Worksafe ACT commissioner Mark McCabe said the ability of the tip to store, process and dispose those homes could be a determining factor in how quickly the government's $1 billion buy-back and demolition program can be completed.

"It remains to be seen what the actual capacity of West Belconnen center is and that's going to be one of the key factors in how quickly this program can be rolled out," he said.

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