Watch what you burn off: EPA

AS the weather cools and conditions for burn offs in regional areas improve, EPA Victoria is alerting the agricultural sector in particular, not to mix their prunings and felled timber with other forms of waste. “We issued several reminders last year after receiving reports of farms, orchards and vineyards mixing their legitimate burn off materials with waste like treated timbers, plastics and other common farm waste that should have gone to a licensed landfill or recycling facility,” EPA regional operations director Martha-Rose Loughnane said. “Disposal of waste by burning is illegal. "Common farm waste, like treated pine posts, agricultural plastics, hessian, concrete, metal, waste tyres and mattresses, must be disposed of lawfully and at a place that is licensed to accept it." EPA has a handy guide available from its website on farm waste management – visit epa.vic.gov.au/about-epa/publications/iwrg641-1. “Everyone has a duty to protect the environment," Ms Loughnane said. Learn what can and can’t be burnt from EPA’s farm waste guide to avoid being a nuisance to your neighbours, causing a hazard to the environment or getting a fine from EPA. You can report pollution to EPA’s 24 hour pollution hotline at 1300 372 842 or online at epa.vic.gov.au/report-pollution.

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