The new year did not get off to a great start for demolition and excavation company City Circle Recycling Pty Ltd which has been fined $1,923 by EPA Victoria.

 

Following reports of pollution, EPA officers inspected City Circle Recycling ‘s site in Jones Rd, Brooklyn on 2 January 2024 and found that sediment laden wastewater was being discharged into a stormwater pit.

 

“Contaminated stormwater can have impacts on our waterways. The only thing that should be going into the stormwater system is rain,” EPA West Metropolitan Region Acting Manager Arun Baskaran said.

 

“City Circle is a professional organisation and knows it has duties to protect the environment. Businesses must make sure their sites and operations don’t pollute waterways.

 

“Based on other similar incidents at this site the EPA has made a decision to issue an infringement in this instance”.