By Deb Richards
The Sydney Morning Herald
Bev and Graham Hordern at home in Moss Vale. Over their shoulder is the site of what may become the nation’s largest plastic recycling facility. CREDIT:JAMES BRICKWOOD
“This will be life-changing,” says Mrs Hordern, who fears not just the loss of her lifestyle, but the health and safety impacts of the operation.
The $70 million plant proposed by the Australian registered company Plasrefine Recycling would have the capacity to process over 120,000 tonnes of mixed plastic – around 40 per cent of plastics now sent for recycling in Australia – from residential yellow bins in Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra and Melbourne each year.
To read the rest of the article, which includes comments from Let’s Get It Right candidate Sam Jones, head to the Sydney Morning Herald.