14/08/2026
Do you know what happens to your waste when you hire a skip company, especially one that can operate without any charge for excess waste disposal? 320T of illegal dumping near our precious river system! πππ
Prestige Solutions - Yamba Skips & Recycling is in no way affiliated with Gardners Yamba Skip Bin Hire! All our waste is taken to EPA approved sites at Grafton Landfill, Resource Recovery Townsend or recycled accordingly.
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A skip-bin business owner has been ordered to remove more than 320 tonnes of rubbish it allegedly illegally dumped near a "sensitive waterway" in northern New South Wales.
Officers from the state's Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and NSW Police searched a property at Stockyard Creek, north of Grafton, in May as part of an investigation into pollution.
The EPA said in a statement that laboratory analysis of samples taken from the site showed asbestos and lead contamination in the refuse piles, which also included construction waste, synthetic turf, scrap metal and furniture.
"This behaviour shows a complete disregard for the environment and the Clarence Valley community," an EPA spokesperson said in a statement.
"The land is on a tributary of the Clarence River which is used for agriculture, swimming and fishing.
"[It is] an area of high ecological value, and dumping waste so close to a sensitive waterway is unacceptable."
The spokesperson said customers had paid the skip-bin company to responsibly dispose of their waste in a facility legally authorised to receive it.
"People hire skip-bin companies expecting their waste will be taken to the right place β not discarded on private land to avoid disposal costs," the EPA said.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority finds asbestos among rubbish allegedly dumped by a Clarence Valley skip-bin operator near a "sensitive waterway".