Why is our country proposing to export 6,000 of the 22,000 tonnes of hazardous hexachlorobenzene (HCB) waste for incineration to the Nyborg Incinerator in Denmark?The German German community and government have already rejected a previous application to import the toxic waste for incineration. If we continue to manufacture and utilize toxic materials and products then we must also undertake to dispose of them 'safly' in 'our own backyard'.
An independent assessment of Australia's technical capacity to dispose of the HCB wastes is needed and as we believe Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP Minister for the Environment has the technical capacity to manage it.
You can find more information on the National Toxic Network website here and there is also a sample letter if you would like to encourage our Minister for the Environment to observe the protocols of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes & their Disposal.