SURVEILLANCE cameras will be installed at Plum Pudding Reserve, south of Wagga, as part of the latest crackdown on illegal dumping.
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Workers from Riverina Crane Services were on scene yesterday afternoon to remove piles of rubbish in the area, adjacent to Wagga-Holbrook Road.
At least two piles were taped off earlier this week due to the potential presence of asbestos and Riverina Local Land Services is waiting for sample test results to determine if the rubbish was contaminated.
All rubbish was loaded into the back of a semi-trailer and taken away to be sorted.
Acting manager of land services Mark Leary said a report about the dumps published in The Daily Advertiser yesterday prompted an offer of assistance from the Environmental Protection Authority.
The assistance will be used to clean up asbestos-ridden debris at Kohlhagen's travelling stock reserve - and another site at Tumut - under the "Orphan Waste Clean-up Program".
Mr Leary said surveillance cameras would be installed at Plum Pudding Reserve to combat illegal activity.
"We're trying to stop people dumping," Mr Leary said.
"Now we've invested (time and money) in the clean-up, we want to keep it that way and surveillance will help."
Two large piles of building and household material - including lounge room furniture, mattresses, carpet and timber - were photographed by the Advertiser on Wednesday.
The rubbish was just metres from the road on the Wagga side of Coloboralli Creek.
Another pile was located on the opposite side of the creek.
Meanwhile, the gates at Kohlhagen's travelling stock reserve remain padlocked after an illegal rubbish dump - believed to be riddled with asbestos - was found there.
According to initial visual inspections, the rubbish at the Old Narrandera Road stock reserve was highly likely to contain asbestos.