A Wollert recycling company has issued almost $40,000 in fines by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
Veolia Recycling and Recovery and Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) was fined for failing to use permissioned vehicles to transport hazardous waste.
The vehicles transported waste classed as reportable priority waste to sites in Wollert, Dandenong South and Brooklyn during October, but did not have permission to do so, according to the EPA.
Reportable priority waste can be extremely hazardous to human health and the environment, and is only allowed in a vehicle with appropriate EPA permission.
EPA compliance programs manager Zac Dornom said it was disappointing to see a large company like Veolia fail to obtain the appropriate permission before transporting reportable priority waste.
Under Victorian law, the operator has the right to have the infringement notice reviewed by a court.
