Media
ABC 15JUN 2023
"The concern … has been that it hasn't been properly managed in the past and that is why the EPA has had to step in," director Wes Ford said.
Norske Skog, Salmon Tasmania, and TasWater all spruik the benefits of their waste materials being sent to composting facilities instead of landfill.
But when asked what they were doing to address concerns raised by the EPA, they all declined to be interviewed.
23MAR2023
“A man who runs a composting and waste management company in the Derwent Valley has faced court, charged with environmental pollution offences that allegedly caused mass fish deaths in the Plenty River.”
https://www.themercury.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-tasmania/derwent-valley-businessman-in-court-over-pollution-that-caused-mass-fish-deaths/news-story/606761d4278c14b176485e7c026e0850
13JAN2023
“A Tasmanian business owner has appeared in court for the first time after his company was charged with spilling waste material into the Plenty River, causing a significant fish kill.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-13/tasmanian-business-charged-over-environmental-pollution-plenty/1018524882023
2022
29SEP2020
“There were fish struggling for oxygen, whatever it was it was reducing the dissolved oxygen levels in the water and creating an issue for the fish.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-29/plenty-river-salmon-ponds-pollution-fish-kill/12708252
10OCT2020
“Creating a s**t farm 2.3km upstream from the ponds is not protecting it.”
https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/locals-want-an-immediate-stop-to-sewage-and-fish-waste-processing-on-the-plenty-river/news-story/30251024312f70c098e1d4fcfbb98676