Residents have described years of stress, fear, and exhaustion during a Land and Environment Court site hearing at RePoly's proposed Moss Vale plastics recycling plant in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Around 150 people gathered for the hearing on Sunday on an unsealed road near land owned by the company, braving gusty winds of up to 70 kilometres an hour and a temperature of 14 degrees Celsius, which felt like 8C.

RePoly director Nancy Zheng also watched on quietly, during the hearing in front of Commissioner Joanne Gray.

Community voices stress

The project gained wide public attention in 2022 when Plasrefine, now rebranded as RePoly, sought State Significant Development status, shifting consent from council to the state.

The recycling plant would be built across three hectares of a 7.

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