The problem of demolition waste was only going to accelerate, he said “But we have this scattergun approach with [private] dumps ... we've got one at Reefton, others all over the place, we should have one consented site for the whole region.” If all the coast councils put in some seed funding, they could get the proposal over the line for the benefit of all, and the facility could be an income earner, Ewen said. “There's no place like the coast for locations where it could go, with no adverse effects.” The council agreed to put the idea on the agenda for the next meeting of West Coast mayors and chairs.