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AB Lime has applied for seven new consents and to vary an existing consent for its site at Kings Bend, about 5km east of Winton. In its application, it says it wishes to become “the premier landfill for the southern regions of the South Island.” It is seeking to receive an uncapped amount of waste at its landfill, where it can currently receive 100,000 tonnes of waste a year. Robyn Edie/Stuff Hearing Commissioner chair Allan Cubitt at the AB Lime Ltd resource consent hearing at the Invercargill Working Men’s Club on Wednesday. A resource consent hearing, before independent commission...
Rachael Kelly/Stuff AB Lime has applied to Environment Southland and the Southland District Council for a 35-year resource consent to receive an uncapped amount of waste at its landfill near Winton. A hearing to determine whether a Southland landfill can become the premier landfill for the lower South Island will begin in Invercargill on Monday. AB Lime Ltd has applied for seven new consents and to vary an existing consent for its site at Kings Bend, about 5km east of Winton. In its application, it says it wishes to become “the premier landfill for the southern regions of the South Island....
Kavinda Herath/Stuff Winton residents David Rose and Katie Allan spoke to Environment Southland councillors about the AB Lime resource consent application, which would allow the company to take an unlimited amount of waste at its landfill. Winton is known for its free parking, and it should not become known as the South Island’s biggest toxic waste dump, Environment Southland councillors have been told. Winton residents Katie Allan and David Rose pleaded with Environment Southland at a full council meeting on Wednesday not to give AB Lime Limited, of Winton, resource consent to receive unl...