The clean-up of asbestos at Rozelle Parklands in Sydney’s inner west has begun. The area has been closed since early this month after asbestos was found in garden mulch used in landscaping.
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00:00 Workers here at Roselle Parklands are preparing to begin the onerous task of removing asbestos-ridden
00:07 mulch after the park had to be closed two weeks ago.
00:11 The clean-up process was set to officially start today, but so far the trucks and excavators
00:15 here are sitting rather idle.
00:18 There's also no bins or anywhere else for the toxic material to be disposed into.
00:22 The workers here will have their work cut out for them, with the Environment Protection
00:25 Authority suspecting there's more than 10 tonnes of contaminated mulch that needs clearing.
00:31 And it won't be an easy job.
00:32 It's expected that most of this park will stay closed until April, with some sections
00:36 gradually opening from March.
00:38 A total of 17 samples have come back positive for bonded asbestos, a discovery which was
00:44 first made after a child took home some mulch.
00:48 Transport for NSW has admitted that this process has been rather frustrating and remedial work
00:53 will be difficult.
00:54 The contractor CPB Joint Venture, who built this park, has been urged by authority to
00:59 have the toxic mulch removed by the 29th of February.
01:03 And if they're found to be at fault by the EPA, the company will have to foot the bill.
01:07 Investigations into the asbestos-plagued mulch are ongoing, but we are assured that its replacement
01:13 won't be supplied from the same source.
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