All of the mulch found to be contaminated has been supplied by the landscaping products manufacturer Greenlife Resource Recovery. Greenlife has said it “maintains that mulch leaving GRRF’s facility has tested negative for asbestos”.
That’s some construction-grade cope!
If it was one, or maybe 2 close parks then they could potentially get away with saying it was dumped they after the fact. but parks all over Sydney as well as fenced schools. GRRF must be busy cooking their sample testing log books ready for the audit.
ACT and Queensland now checking for asbestos now.
Clearly it is entering the supply chain somewhere. Someone is doing something dodgy. I hope the punishment fits the crime. They are interrupting schooling for hundreds and costing the government likely millions.
If it’s a slap on the wrist or a shoddy investigation, it would be awful for future confidence. Luckily they have noted that before with shoddy construction, that they need to protect confidence.
I wonder if this will lead to more unnecessary regulation rather than what would work better, fines or prison time for what clearly is already against the rules.
