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Recycler Suez says herbicides in contaminated compost came from Melbourne council waste
Recycling giant Suez says the powerful herbicides that contaminated a batch of compost produced at its Melbourne facility late last year, killing hundreds of home vegetable gardens, came from council green waste.
Key points:
- California banned similar herbicides from urban and commercial use in 2001
- The contaminated compost falls within Australian standards
- An environmental scientist says the standards are inadequate
“Feedstock obtained from municipal sources contained traces of the agricultural herbicides dicamba, 2,4-D, MCPA, triclopyr and picloram,” a Suez spokesperson told the ABC.
“These are herbicides that would not normally be expected to be found and are therefore not ones for which testing is required.
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