Councils put on notice as 10 parks examined for asbestos contamination

Councils across Victoria will be warned by the environmental regulator to crack down on potential asbestos contamination in mulch after asbestos was discovered in a number of parks across Melbourne last week.

“We think the mulch producers are an unlikely source for this contamination,” he said. But he said the regulator continued to probe the supply chain of the contaminated mulch. During an update into the Victorian investigation, Pendrigh said contaminated materials had been found in six council-run parks, including five in Hobsons Bay, and one in Pascoe Vale South inside the Merri-bek City Council catchment in the inner north of Melbourne.

He said the regulator was examining three potential ways the mulch may have been contaminated. The first scenario was that the mulch was contaminated when it arrived at the site, either through contamination via the mulch producer, or the supply pathway. Pressed on ABC radio about whether all the contaminated mulch had come from the same supplier, Tyler said the council was still determining its origins, despite testing beginning last week.

The council has until April 22 to hand over a list of suppliers used to source mulch and all its contractors and subcontractors since July 2021, as well as “all reports dating back to the same period from council, its staff, contractors and the general public in regard to asbestos containing materials found in mulch at or around Hobsons Bay City Council infrastructure”.

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