A Queensland company has been fined for what has been described as one of the state’s worst cases of illegal asbestos dumping next to homes, rivers and wetlands south of Brisbane. Eagleby-based company Asbestos Demolition Specialists and its director Anthony Palmer pleaded guilty in court to several charges related to the repeated dumping of waste only 500m from homes. That dumping caused environmental harm to local waterways, according to experts.
issued the company with a direction notice which required it to immediately stop receiving and disposing of waste at the site, and to remove any onsite waste. In July 2021, said the company repeatedly failed to comply with the department’s statutory notices and, during follow-up site inspections throughout 2020, 2021 and 2022, environmental officers continued to observe old and new waste on site including asbestos. “As the environmental regulator, it is our role to implement and enforce legislation that protects the environment and safeguards our communities,”
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