Residents vow to fight 'bioreactor' plan

A meeting of angry Sunshine Coast residents last night formed an action committee to fight a Maroochy Shire plan to establish a human waste 'bioreactor' in bushland near their homes, at Kulangoor, north of Nambour.

The residents of communities surrounding the site for the reactor have been angered because there has been no consultation on the plan, which they say will damage pristine rainforest and impact on their homes.

Fiona Cameron-Roberts says it is unbelievable that council could press ahead with such a plan without at least discussing it with those it will affect.

"How did council get to the point of passing a unanimous vote on a proposal of this magnitude without consulting any environmental bodies, Main Roads, the railway, or any local residents who are all going to be majorly affected by this and be so adamant that it's going to happen ... without informing the experts who inform you on what impact it's going to have," she said.

The Member for the south-east Queensland state seat of Nicklin, Peter Wellington, says he will convey residents' concerns about the proposed bioreactor landfill site to Local Government Minister Andrew Fraser next week.

He says the residents are rightly concerned about the plan, but also about council's failure to consult.

"Some of the people are concerned about the process the Maroochy Shire Council has adopted, the secrecy the Maroochy Shire Council has adopted and they have real concerns about the very site," he said.