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With public hearings now underway into the proposal for a huge landfill for Auckland’s rubbish in the Dome Valley, with a perceived threat of Kaipara Harbour pollution, applicant company, Waste Management Ltd has defended its proposal to the opposition Fight the Tip movement. P3
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Commissioners sitting in Warkworth are now hearing submissions from the company in support of its mega-landfill plan with Fight the Tip submissions against the dump due to follow. Now FTT has released a letter from the Chinese-owned private company stating that its ‘purpose is to safeguard our beautiful environment through the sustainable management of our resources.’ The company’s managing director, Tom Nickels wrote: ‘It appears to me that the purpose of Fight the Tip and our purpose at Waste Management are aligned. We both want to make sure that the waste generated by our community does not impact on our environment and, in fact, is carefully managed to ensure future generations can continue to enjoy this beautiful country we live in. Waste Management is continuing to play an active role in developing and delivering solutions that will achieve this.’ Fight the Tip executive member, Michelle Carmichael, says she is disappointed in the response. ‘I’m curious about your statement that our purposes are aligned,’ she wrote this week. ‘I am representing a group who wish there to be no further risks to the surrounding environment,
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our waterways and the Kaipara Harbour, in order to not compound the environmental issues we already have. ‘It is time to put the environment ahead of other commercial factors.’ The proposed tip for Auckland rubbish is located on a 1,000-hectare block owned by Waste Management. FTT, supported by Ngati Whatua and several district and city councils say any breach could poison the local catchment for the Hoteo River that feeds the Kaipara Harbour, with devastating consequences for the wider environment. Meanwhile, fellow FTT member, Sue Crockett says although the hearings have begun, people can still have their voice heard by contacting Sam Otter, at Auckland Council. “We need support, particularly from personal reactions to the tip proposal. The hearings are an opportunity for people to tell their own story. It’s very relaxed and not scary at all. Personal statements are important to the overall outcome,” she said. “There is plenty of room in the public gallery at the hearings, and it is in a good atmosphere.”
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