Asbestos
Asbestos Registers
Council maintains a system of asbestos registers for all Council owned and leased buildings. Council's asbestos register program covers the identification of suspect materials through inspection, testing of suspect materials, creation of registers, maintenance of registers and re-inspection on an annual basis in all buildings. Where a building contains asbestos, a register must be displayed and suspect materials must be labelled. Council is committed to raising awareness about asbestos issues with all groups/organisations using Council's buildings. Council will assist these groups to identify the asbestos products in the building and facilitate the safe handling procedures for asbestos. Asbestos registers have identified the location, the extent and type of asbestos contained within all buildings on Council property.
Asbestos Removal
Asbestos must be disposed of at a facility that is licensed to accept it. The District Council of Robe owned and operated Waste Transfer Station at this stage is not a licensed facility and thus does not accept any hazardous material of this kind.
For further disposal information, please refer to EPA Guidelines regarding asbestos.