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MONIQUE FORD/STUFF Stuff took a look at a households recycling bag to see if everything was clean and correct to be recycled. (Video first published in 2018) Replacing Tokoroa’s dump with a transfer station has almost halved operational costs. Since the opening of the $1.96 million Tokoroa Transfer Station in Newell Rd last November, 6111 tonnes of rubbish, excluding 15,176 kerbside bags which have been dropped off directly, have been processed at a cost of $22,472 a month. That’s compare...

A regional facility would cater to residential and commercial organic waste from around the region. (File photo) The three district councils of Taranaki are planning to build a regional composting facility to stop food scraps being trucked out of the region. New Plymouth is the only district council that currently collects and disposes of food waste, but it is having to truck it 300 kilometres north to Hampton Downs. This is because the Remediation New Zealand-run facility in Uruti that the c...

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 5:29 pm Auckland and Waikato District’s economic development arms are working together on joint economic development opportunities, outlined in an agreement signed today. Auckland Unlimited, the economic and cultural development agency for Tāmaki Makaurau, and Waikato District Council’s Economic and Community Development Unit will work together to share information and support each other in growing their regional economies. The agreement will focus on specific area...

Press Release – Auckland Council Auckland and Waikato Districts economic development arms are working together on joint economic development opportunities, outlined in an agreement signed today. Auckland Unlimited, the economic and cultural development agency for Tmaki Makaurau, … Auckland and Waikato District’s economic development arms are working together on joint economic development opportunities, outlined in an agreement signed today. Auckland Unlimited, the economic and cultural d...

Press Release – Auckland Council Auckland and Waikato District’s economic development arms are working together on joint economic development opportunities, outlined in an agreement signed today. Auckland Unlimited, the economic and cultural development agency for Tāmaki Makaurau, and Waikato District Council’s Economic and Community Development Unit will work together to share information and support each other in growing their regional economies. The agreement will focus on specific ar...

Locked in: Pukekohe to host 2021 New Zealand event Repco Supercars Championship Pukekohe Park Raceway has been confirmed as the location for the 2021 ITM Auckland SuperSprint. One of New Zealand’s largest annual sporting events, the ITM Auckland SuperSprint will stage the penultimate round of the 2021 Repco Supercars Championship. The two-day event will be held across November 6-7, and will be the first event in New Zealand since September 2019. It comes after the recent announce...

The Supercars championship series will return to Pukekohe Park Raceway for the 2021 Auckland SuperSprint event The Supercars championship series will return to Pukekohe Park Raceway for the 2021 Auckland SuperSprint event 18 April 2021 Supercars have confirmed the move following the announcement of a travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia. The historic track along with Hampton Downs raceway were the two leading candidates to secure hosting rights. The last time a Supercars round wa...

Supplied Waste management company Remediation NZ told a resource consent hearing it is trialling as new method to reduce hydrocarbon levels in drilling waste. Support for the renewal of resource consents for a controversial composting site and worm farm in North Taranaki is now being reviewed by several major companies that used the site. It is understood four companies which previously supported site owner Remediation NZ resource consent application to continue to process organic waste produc...

Supplied Waste processing company Remediation NZ is disappointed New Plymouth District Council is withdrawing support for its North Taranaki Uruti waste disposal site. New Plymouth’s household food waste will be trucked to a north Waikato facility for at least another two years after the district council pulled its support for a controversial Taranaki composting operation. Since 2019 the district’s food scraps have been shipped 300km to Hampton Downs while the local processor Remediation N...

Photo: Screenshot In an odd move, the council is looking to formally withdraw its submission in favour of renewing Remediation NZs consents - more than two weeks after they were considered at a public hearing. The company has a long history of non-compliance with consents and Ngāti Mutunga, neighbours, environmentalists and oil and gas industry watchdog groups oppose its consents being renewed. New Plymouth Council wanted to process its food waste collection at Uruti and it along with companie...