What a load of garbage: More than half of Waipā's rubbish doesn't belong in landfill 9 Feb, 2021 11:13 PM 4 minutes to read Waipa District Council contractors hand-sort the rubbish before categorising and weighing it as part of the audit process. Photo / Supplied Waipa District Council contractors hand-sort the rubbish before categorising and weighing it as part of the audit process. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald By: Danielle Zollickhofer More than half of the waste Waipā residents toss in their rubbish bins could have been diverted from landfill – much of it food that would have been still good to eat. That is one of the findings of a Waipā District Council solid waste audit, which involved hand-sorting the contents of 253 randomly selected bins and bags from 44 streets in the district.