Dardanup Environmental Action Group

Dardanup Environmental Action Group DEAG are committed to end landfill at Dardanup Waste Facility. The site is not amenable or compatible Dardanup landfill is:

1.

Although it is a Class 3 landfill it is still allowed to accept highly toxic refinery waste from Wren Oil - the worst form of concentrated heavy net sold and forever pollutants, and Tronox - containing soluble Uranium and Thorium which have both caused irreversible pollution in other locations. DEAG is concerned these wastes may in fact be “intractable waste” so should be sent to a Class 4 facilit

y. Are the facts being fudged by the waste being being diluted to satisfy existing license criteria?? Has there EVER been satisfactory testing and monitoring of both the Uranium and Thorium content both in site and in the aquifers immediately below the site, since both DWER and Minister for Health have told DEAG in 2021 that it is not their responsibility
2. Technically Enhanced Radioactive Titanium Refinery Tailings from Tronox are known to contain soluble radionuclides that pollute our aquifer water supply and cause cancer and are known to multiply exponentially within the first hundred years of storage. Existing aquifer testing regime does not include testing for Uranium or Thorium. Other states have shut down this industry apparently due to its toxic nature. DEAG claims this material should never be landfill waste. It should be recognised as Intractable Waste and stored at a site controlled by the rules of Mines Act, ARPANSA and the Radiological Council - the latter seem to be woefully ill equipped to manage such responsibility.
3. Directly on top of the major recharge point to the SW aquifer system used by thousands for mains water.
4. Teetering beside the longest major fault line in Australia
5. Overshadows prime irrigated agricultural land risking food security
6. So tall it’s used by sailors as a navigational-point ten miles out to sea. It is currently sixty times the size if the MCG, 115m above sea level, 70 to 80 m above the road so now it appears taller than the scarp - and it’s growing. Expansion plans are pushing for a 50% height increase.
7. At the entrance to a booming tourism hub
8. Has two schools 3km down wind - and yes they get the toxic dust
9. Shares two boundaries with no setbacks with a Conservation Park that is showing serious signs of stress including a stretch of dieback within metres of the sites leachate ponds - could they have leaked?
10. Has rivers on both sides which also feed aquifer system or farms.
11. Had multiple tip fires which could have compromised the liners and certainly threaten the entire area with toxic smoke and spread of catastrophic bush fire. DFES maintains that Cleanaways expansion plans pose an increased risk of bushfire and should not be approved.
12. The HDPE liners are proven to only last from zero to one hundred years. DEAG understands the liners on this site have a history of damage and tardy repairs. In other words they are probably already failing and already leaching a toxic cocktail into the aquifers

13/04/2026

How safe is this?
We do not want this type of facility in our community.
DUMP THE DUMP

Finally an outcome has been reached. Although a staggering price tag of 2 million dollars, which could have been better ...
14/11/2025

Finally an outcome has been reached. Although a staggering price tag of 2 million dollars, which could have been better spent establishing a better process in the first instance or to be spent sending it to an appropriate processing facility now rather than landfill, this is still a win for Dardanup as the PFAS contaminated materials can now be moved off bare unprotected dirt. Thank you to community members whom have raised the awareness and kept asking questions to finally reach a resolution

The City of Bunbury and Shire of Harvey agree to contribute up to $1 million each to remove contaminated organic waste that caused the closure of a regional three-bin waste system.

PFAS found in mammals
10/11/2025

PFAS found in mammals

We just don't realize the impacts our lifestyles are having on our wildlife.
Latest from CSIRO
Australia’s possums have highest PFAS levels in small mammals
November 3, 2025
Evrim Yazgin
News
Animals Biological Sciences Chemical Sciences Ecology

Scientists have shown for the first time that Australian marsupials are contaminated with “forever chemicals” which are known to cause significant health problems in other animals and humans.

PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are synthetic carbon-based molecules containing a lot of fluorine. They have been used in production of non-stick and heat-resistant materials, fire-fighting foams, waterproof clothing and cosmetics. And they are extremely difficult to break down.

The new study published in Science of the Total Environment journal reveals concentrations of PFAS in possums from the greater Melbourne area in Australia.

“All the possums we examined had been exposed to PFAS – we found 45 types of PFAS in their livers – and median levels were among the highest recorded in any small terrestrial mammal worldwide,” says lead researcher Ellis Mackay, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne.

“PFAS have been studied widely in aquatic animals, but we know very little about the health impacts of PFAS in terrestrial wildlife, and this is the first study to investigate PFAS levels in Australian marsupials,” Mackay adds.

“The possums in this study are sentinels warning us that broad PFAS contamination of Australian ecosystems and native species is highly probable.”

PFAS have been linked to serious health effects including cancer, developmental issues and immune system disruption.

“Globally, we are producing and using hundreds of thousands of synthetic chemicals including PFAS, with limited understanding of their long-term impacts,” says co-author Brad Clarke from the university’s Australian Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants.

“Building on this study, we are keen to investigate how different landscapes affect animals’ exposure to environmental contaminants, as well as examining the health impacts of exposure more closely.

“We are likely to see increasing health impacts from contamination of our ecosystems and food chains with synthetic chemicals, so tighter control of their production and use is essential.”

HELP HELP HELPThis is a photo of the FOGO material left by Bunbury Harvey Regional Council on bare dirt on Banksia Rd.Ac...
25/10/2025

HELP HELP HELP
This is a photo of the FOGO material left by Bunbury Harvey Regional Council on bare dirt on Banksia Rd.
According to DWER this FOGO material is contaminated with PFAS.
BHRC are currently non compliant with this storage and have been requested by the Shire of Dardanup to remove, however they have not.
We need your help to lobby DWER, Shire of Dardanup, City of Bunbury and your local member Jodie Hahns to get removed before our water is contaminated.

22/09/2025

Local Government Elections for WA are now open. You will have received your voting slips in the mail.
Ask your preferred candidate/s what their position is on the waste precinct, the landfill and FOGO storage at Banksia Rd Dardanup.
Do they know there are issues?
Do they understand the issues?
Are they going to be able to speak up in council to protect Dardanup?
Council will change with 6 positions up for the vote. Make sure your voice will be HEARD, don't leave it to the the HERD to protect our water and our community.

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