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Mulch believed to be contaminated with asbestos found at a Melbourne playground (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looks like it's not just Sydney that has a problem with lazy disposal of building rubble. Only buy from reputable suppliers peeps.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Am I missing something, here? Is this all about a single piece of asbestos found by a dude in one playground? That isn't enough to rustle my jimmy's, yet. That could be anything - It could even have been introduced by a member of the public similar to the strawberry thing.

This is a bit different to several asbestos pieces across dozens of sites in Sydney.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It raised concerns over free mulch being advertised on popular online marketplaces and said it was recently contacted by a Heathmont resident who received free mulch last year that included building rubble, including asbestos.

Above quote shows that there's a problem here too with contaminated mulch. And taking into account the traditional rivalry between Melb and Syd, it appears that we have a problem too. Just not as big a problem - yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That one sounds like a dodgy builder was just scraping mulch and whatever into the truck before dumping it on someone. That case is legitimately bad.

I have gone to a random yard to pick up free mulch, though. It's a bit different when you go yourself. You're hardly going to load it if it looks contaminated with rubble.