Date of offence
17 December 2021
Type of offence
1. Receive industrial waste without authorisation at Kilsyth on 17 December 2021, contrary to s.134(2).
Background of offence

Planet Safe Timber Pty Ltd, a sawmilling company trading as ‘CCA Pine’ in Kilsyth, were found guilty of unlawfully receiving construction and demolition waste on or around 17 December 2021. Some asbestos was confirmed at the site. The Authority issued an EAN requiring that the site be cleaned up, which Planet Safe complied with near the end of April 2022. It cost Planet Safe in excess of $1,600,000 to remove the approximately 8,100m3 of waste. Planet Safe entered an early guilty plea, and was otherwise of ‘good character’.

Date of court hearing
24 January 2024
Date of court order
24 January 2024
Court magistrate
M L Smith
Court location
Ringwood
Proceeding number
P11694581

Court orders made

Without conviction, fined $20,000

Section 330 Adverse Publicity Order requiring notice to be published in both a local newspaper and state-wide newspaper.

Ordered to pay EPA's costs of $2,760.00.

Reviewed 13 February 2024