A proposed national management plan for PFAS chemicals contains 'ultra-conservative' standards that will cause more problems than they solve, according to the Australian Sustainable Business Group.
Germany is to ban the land application of biosolids because of PFAS concerns, but Australia has been slow to recognise the problem, according to the author of a national waste study.
A meeting of environment ministers today reviewed a draft PFAS national management plan, endorsed a tyres strategy, and gave industry until mid-2018 to complete a microbeads phase-out.