By Nick McLaren
ABC News
Southern Highlands residents are intensifying their campaign against a proposed large plastic recycling plant as more details emerge about its operations.
Plans show the $70 million facility near Moss Vale would involve the construction of acres of buildings that would operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, close to residential homes.
An online petition to parliament has attracted more than 3,400 signatures with local Sam Jones one of many speaking out.
“It’s a massively over-scale proposal for a country town of 7,000 people,” he said.
“We are part of a bigger district, sure, but it’s the scale of this thing, it’s going to sit on six acres of sheds, up to five storeys in height, again, on agricultural land.”
Mr Jones said the zoning was simply wrong for such a large facility.
“The only other type of organisation this big, or not even this big, is in Melbourne next to a railway station near the airport.
“The only thing [this plan] has got going for it is the Hume Highway,” he said.
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