New transfer station cutting rubbish costs for Tokoroa
MONIQUE FORD/STUFF Stuff took a look at a household's 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 compared to the approximately $40,000 a month it took to run the South Waikato town’s former dump which ...
Source: stuff.co.nz