Cobargo tip's asbestos landfill plans dismay residents: 'Salt in the wounds'

Albert  McKnight
Updated February 17 2020 - 3:38pm, first published 3:30pm
The severely fire-impacted Cobargo Waste Transfer Station will be transformed into an engineered landfill site to take asbestos and construction and demolition waste from fire affected properties. Picture: BVSC
The severely fire-impacted Cobargo Waste Transfer Station will be transformed into an engineered landfill site to take asbestos and construction and demolition waste from fire affected properties. Picture: BVSC

Cobargo residents were left worried and dismayed after council announced plans to turn the town's tip into a landfill that accepted asbestos, with many feeling a lack of information on the issue was unacceptable.

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Albert  McKnight

Albert McKnight

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Journalist at Bega District News.

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