North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:07): (848) My question today is to the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, and it relates to crumb rubber, which is used on synthetic sporting fields across my electorate, including in Eltham, for example. These become tiny bits of rubbish that manage to travel many metres from their respective sporting pitch and not only make a mess of their local environment but also end up in our waterways. In fact there have actually been studies that have found that crumb rubber can impact on our aquatic environment and even enter the food chain; I am visualising a little fish choking on one of these – you get the picture. What are you doing to ensure that crumb rubber from sporting grounds in the north-east of Melbourne is not contributing to the pollution of our waterways?