A street sweeper employed to remove dust from the street outside of 341- 351 Francis Street, Yarraville did more to relocate it than remove it.
EPA Victoria has issued a $1,923 fine against All Industries Solutions PTY Ltd after video evidence showed one of their street-sweeping machines causing pollution rather than preventing it in December last year.
Standard procedure is for the vehicle operator to wet the road surface before sweeping up the dirt for collection.
But video clearly shows the dust being collected by the street level brooms, and then simply being blown out the back of the container leaving a cloud of dust to settle back in the street.
A spokesperons said that EPA has consistently warned the construction industry that, in summer in particular, they must control their dust issues.
“Everyone has to act to protect the environment and following a simple procedure would have saved All Industries Solutions the fine.”
Meanwhile, the new year did not get off to a great start for demolition and excavation company City Circle Recycling Pty Ltd which has been fined $1,923 by EPA Victoria.
Following reports of pollution, EPA officers inspected City Circle Recycling’s site in Jones Rd, Brooklyn, on January 2, and found that sediment laden wastewater was being discharged into a stormwater pit.
EPA West Metropolitan Region acting manager Arun Baskaran said,“Contaminated stormwater can have impacts on our waterways.
“The only thing that should be going into the stormwater system is rain”.
“City Circle is a professional organisation and knows it has duties to protect the environment. Businesses must make sure their sites and operations don’t pollute waterways,” Mr Baskaran continued.
“Based on other similar incidents at this site the EPA has made a decision to issue an infringement in this instance”.
