00:02Six years of community opposition and still no end to the fight. More than 500 Mossvale
00:08residents returned to the site today. Last year the recycling company's proposal to
00:13build a factory here was rejected by planning authorities. Now the company's appeal has
00:18reached the Land and Environment Court.
00:20Exhausting. It has been exhausting six years and for the entire community.
00:24Repoly wants to process up to 120,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste a year.
00:30It's confident it can now meet environment requirements,
00:33moving one building further away from neighbouring homes and changing its wastewater plans.
00:37No, they didn't go far enough to mitigate the overall concerns about the siting of this project,
00:43the interface with the residential and other sensitive land uses.
00:47Among the neighbours is the Garvin Institute,
00:48which is concerned about the potential impact of vibrations on its mouse breeding facility.
00:55Eight locals were given the chance to address the court.
00:58We know that both our physical and mental health depends on the environment that we live in and
01:04we've seen the effects of how this proposal is already impacting our community.
01:09One resident voiced concerns about a nearby child care centre.
01:20Repoly declined an interview but says the project will help Australia recycle more of its plastic waste,
01:26turning it into useful products and supporting local manufacturing.
01:30The hearing will continue for another two weeks.
