❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the mixing of City of Stirling's household waste with sewage sludge by Atlas Group Pty Ltd and its disposal location. The response confirms a limited trial in 1998 and disposal at a Calingiri composting facility.
AnsweredQoN 458Legislative Council
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I refer to the concern about the use of sewage sludge and the way it is disposed of on farms. (1) Has the City of Stirling’s household waste as treated by the Atlas Group Pty Ltd ever been mixed with sewage sludge? (2) If yes, where was the mixed material taken to be used or disposed of? Hon KATE DOUST
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On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(1) Has the City of Stirling’s household waste as treated by the Atlas Group Pty Ltd ever been mixed with sewage sludge? (2) If yes, where was the mixed material taken to be used or disposed of? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(2) If yes, where was the mixed material taken to be used or disposed of? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(1) Has the City of Stirling’s household waste as treated by the Atlas Group Pty Ltd ever been mixed with sewage sludge? (2) If yes, where was the mixed material taken to be used or disposed of? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(2) If yes, where was the mixed material taken to be used or disposed of? Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
On behalf of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(1) Yes; household waste was mixed with sewage sludge during a 1998 limited trial of an aerobic digester, which was subsequently decommissioned. (2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
(2) The mixed material was taken to a composting facility at Calingiri owned by the Atlas Group.
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