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.

“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.

“We continue to work at…