”I look forward to receiving a rehabilitation plan. ’ The reports stated coastal erosion was having an effect on bores near a site where a toxic substance called spent cell liner is stockpiled, and that groundwater monitoring bores surrounding a landfill show there is leaching of contaminants from materials deposited at the landfill into the surrounding groundwater. SCL contains flourides, cyanides and nitrides. When asked about those issues, Parker said Environment Southland was the authority with the lead responsibility for environmental management in the area. “This includes monitoring and managing discharges to the environment.’’
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Environment minister David Parker hs welcomed reports from New Zealand Aluminium Smelter, but wants more information. (File photo)
Coastal erosion having an impact at Tiwai Point, NZAS reports show
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A coalition of organisations and businesses are collecting signatories to an open letter urging Environment Minister David Parker to introduce a comprehensive beverage container return scheme.
Zero Waste Network spokesperson Marty Hoffart says a container return scheme which excluded specific beverage containers, such as glass bottles, would not work. It has to be comprehensive to be effective.
“The Government has invested 18 months of work into figuring out how a container return scheme would work, but unfortunately vested industry groups are pushing hard to exclude glass from the scheme.”
“It would be bonkers not to include glass in a container return scheme. Glass is a carbon-intensive material which requires a lot of energy to make from virgin materials, so we need to prioritise collecting it in the best state for reuse and recycling.”
A pile of carpet, pipes and metals photographed in a cleanfill site near Greymouth. West Coast Regional Council compliance team leader Colin Helem said council inspectors discovered demolition waste was being dumped illegally in Reefton. “It was established that the material is not authorised by a resource consent, so the dumping was unlawful,” he said. “The property owner has stopped any further dumping until a variation to an existing consent is obtained for the site so that the disposal of the demolition material can be done lawfully.”
Stuff understands the landfill, known locally as Rosco s Hole , is owned by Rosco Contracting. Owner Ross Moore has had council consent since 2008 to accept contaminated waste and has applied to extend the site to take waste from a fertiliser plant in Christchurch.
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