A billionaire property developer is facing charges for his alleged role in a crisis that saw dozens of Sydney parks, schools and hospitals closed due to asbestos-contaminated mulch.
A billionaire property developer who owns the Max Brenner chocolate cafe chain is facing charges brought by the NSW Environment Protection Authority in relation to the asbestos-in-mulch crisis that saw dozens of Sydney parks, schools and hospitals closed earlier this year. Arnold Vitocco, the director of VE Resource Recovery, is charged with an executive liability offence related to his company’s alleged breach of its environmental protection licence.
VE Resource Recovery holds the licence under which the Greenlife Resource Recovery Facility operates in Bringelly, on Sydney’s south-western fringe. Most of the contaminated mulch detected in Sydney in January and February this year was traced back to the Greenlife site. A total of 102 charges will be brought by the EPA in the NSW Land and Environment Court, all centred on the waste recovery plant on The Northern Road, Bringelly. “The prosecutions follow the largest investigation in the EPA’s history which was launched after bonded asbestos was discovered in mulch at Rozelle Parklands,” the agency said in a statement. “During the investigation over 300 sites were inspected, with 79 sites identified as having used contaminated mulch. All 79 sites have now been cleaned up by owners.”Credit:The charges relate to 26 of the 79 sites where asbestos was found to have been mingled with mulch. Two entities trading as Greenlife Resource Recovery Facility, Freescale Trading Pty Ltd and Runkorp Pty Ltd, face charges related to reuse of asbestos waste, breaching a resource recovery order and carrying out scheduled activities without a licence.The director of Freescale is Arnold Vitocco’s son Domenic and the director of Runkorp is businessman Adrian Runko. They are not facing charges.VE Resource Recovery has been charged with failing to carry out its activities competently and Arnold Vitocco, as director, is charged with an executive liability offence
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