Full list: Every confirmed asbestos site in Sydney mulch crisis

The contaminated mulch crisis gripping Sydney continues to expand as more sites tainted by asbestos are identified. See the full list of asbestos sites here.

The contaminated mulch crisis gripping Sydney continues to expand as more sites tainted by asbestos are identified.

Schools, hospitals, shopping centres and public parks have all been identified as contaminated sites since asbestos was first detected at Rozelle Parklands on January 10.

Asbestos is a naturally-occurring fibrous material used widely in construction in Australia up until it was phased out in the 1980s due to the discovery of chronic health issues caused by its use.

Mulch used in landscaping at each site has since been traced to manufacturer Greenlife Resource Facility.

The state’s Environmental Protection Authority said the contaminated mulch was not available to the general public, but onsold through “multiple layers of distribution” to building companies and landscapers.

This is the comprehensive list of every confirmed asbestos site and those under investigation by authorities.

Asbestos has been found at multiple sites across the city. Picture: Tim Hunter

PARKS

-Rozelle Parklands was the first site where asbestos was discovered in mulch on January 10.

-Regatta Park at Emu Plains was closed after asbestos-contaminated mulch was discovered in a publicly accessible area on January 25.

-Victoria Park in Glebe, Belmore Park in Haymarket, and Harmony Park in Surry Hills are listed as contaminated sites on February 12.

-A Transport for NSW park at Wiley Park was confirmed as a contaminated site on February 16.

-Contaminated material was found at Trinity Drive Reserve, in Cambridge Gardens, on January 16.

-Confirmed find in Munn Park, Millers Point on February 17.

- North Rosebery Park returned a positive result on February 20.

- Bicentennial Park 1 in Glebe was found to contain friable and bonded asbestos on February 20.

SCHOOLS

-Liverpool West Public School becomes the first school to record use of contaminated mulch on February 11, resulting in total closure of the facility before all staff and 700 students are relocated to the newly-opened Gulyangarri Public School while remediation work – expected to take weeks – begins.

-Allambie Heights Public Schoolconfirmed find after testing on February 16.

-Mulch used at Penrith Christian School in Orchard Hills and St Luke’s Catholic College in Marsden Park was found to have traces of bonded asbestos on February 17.

-Domremy College in Five Dock was listed as a confirmed site for traces of asbestos on February 19.

HOSPITALS

-Contaminated mulch is found at Campbelltown Hospital on February 9.

-St John of God Hospital in North Richmond was listed by the EPA as a contaminated site on February 16.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

-Asbestos was found at Metro sites at Dulwich Hill, Canterbury and Campsie on January 24.

-Asbestos was found around the Hurlstone Park Metro services building at Railway Street, Hurlstone Park on February 1.

-Contaminated mulch was detected at Wiley Park Station behind platforms and around the Wiley Park Metro service on February 2.

-Asbestos was found on February 6 at Belmore Station next to the car park on Tobruk Ave, at the Belmore Metro services building, and at Punchbowl Station – in the rail corridor, in landscaped areas near the station entry, and at the Punchbowl Metro services building.

-Parramatta Light Rail project, Telopea, recorded a single positive trace of low-risk asbestos on February 14.

OTHER

-The Prospect Highway Upgrade was found to also be contaminated with asbestos on February 3.

-Nowra Bridge Upgrade became the first site outside Sydney to record contamination when officials fenced off two garden beds within the project site after bonded asbestos fragments were found within recycled garden mulch on February 6.

-Asbestos was detected at the Industrie warehouse, Bankstown, on February 14

-Woolworths at Kellyville was the first supermarket to be listed as a contaminated site on February 16.

- Asbestos found at two new residential estates under construction in Sydney’s southwest, confirmed by EPA on February 17.

-Three sites that returned positive results are not being identified for privacy reasons. those three sites were announced on February 19.

-Aldi Supermarket in Cobbitty was confirmed as an affected site on February 19.

-Areas at Riverstone Sports Centre was found to also be contaminated with asbestos on February 19.

-Carlingford-to-Parramatta shared path returned a positive result of bonded asbestos on February 19.

- A private aged care facility in St Ives returned a positive result on February 20.

- Parts of an industrial area in Rouse Hill contained bonded asbestos on February 20.

- On February 20, another private property returned a positive result of bonded asbestos.

- Mary Mackillop Catholic Parish in Oran Park was found to have bonded asbestos on February 20.