Waste Minimisation & Management

• 17 November 2023: Fire and damages from vaping devices(PDF, 642KB)
  Request for any data Council holds on fires or damages caused by batteries in vaping devices, broken down annually.

• 20 July 2023: Waste Transfer Stations(PDF, 630KB)
  Request for information about the number of Waste Transfer Stations in the Horowhenua District, what materials they're permitted to handle, how far away they are from any Residential zoned sections and which was established first ie the nearest residential sections or waste station.

• 24 February 2023: Copy of the Morrison Low Report - Levin Landfill Review - Stage 2(PDF, 6MB)
  Request for a copy of the Morrison Low report on the Levin Landfill Review - Stage 2.

• 3 August 2022: List of open landfills within the Horowhenua District(PDF, 69KB)
  Request for a list of any open landfills located within the Horowhenua District.

• 25 March 2022: Proposed pyrolysis and waste to energy plant in Manawatū(PDF, 702KB)
  Request for copies of any substantive correspondence, including copies of any presentations, briefings or reports to Council or Council staff, since 1 June 2021 about a potential agreement between Horowhenua District Council and any consultants, contractors or other representatives of Manawatū District Council, Bio Plant Manawatū, Bio Plant NZ, and/or Mana Pacific about the management and disposal of municipal waste generated in the Horowhenua District and its potential supply to a proposed waste to energy or pyrolysis facility in the Manawatū area.

• 9 March 2022: Statement of Evidence of Gallo Saidy on behalf of Horowhenua District Council - Levin Landfill(PDF, 770KB)
  Request for a copy of the Statement of Evidence of Gallo Saidy on behalf of Horowhenua District Council, dated 2 September 2016, given in relation to the review of resource consent conditions initiated by Horizons Regional Council (Horizons) and the application for change of consent condition by Horowhenua District Council (HDC) in relation to the Levin Landfill located at 665 Hokio Beach Road.

• 16 December 2021: Reports or held information with regard to a waste to energy solution for the Levin Landfill(PDF, 588KB)
  Request for any reports or held information with regard to a waste to energy solution for the Levin Landfill, to assist with the preparation of a submission on the closure of the Levin Landfill.

• 1 December 2021: Levin Landfill presentations made by BERL and Morrison Solutions at a recent Council meeting(PDF, 3MB)
  Request for a copy of the Levin Landfill presentation made by BERL and Morrison Solutions at a recent Council meeting (10 November 2021).

• 10 August 2021: Horizons Regional Council Annual Compliance Audit Report Levin Landfill dated 8 June 2021 - Draft plans and Scope of Report lists(PDF, 34MB)
  Request for a copy of the draft plans sent to Horizons Regional Council and a copy of the Hazardous and Special Waste Logs, Sludge Records and Weekly Site Walkover Sheets for 2019-2020.

• 1 July 2021: Recycling within Horowhenua(PDF, 820KB)
  Request for information over the last five years relating to how much recycling has been collected by Council per year in tonnes; of the recycling collected how much has been sent to landfill in tonnes and why, how much was recycled domestically per year within New Zealand and overseas; and a brief outline of what items can and cannot be recycled.

• 2 February 2021: Consented Permitted Fill Sites (Landfills, Clean fills etc) and Transfer Stations(PDF, 2MB)
  Request for an up-to-date list of all consented, operating Class 1-5 fill sites in the region (these could be land use consents related to activities such as landfills, clean fills, managed fills, construction and demolition fill sites, rubbish dumps or tip sites) and an up-to-date list of all consented and known non-consented, operating transfer stations in the region.

• 2 February 2021: List of Landfills marked in the Horowhenua District(PDF, 981KB)
  Request for a list of landfills marked in the Horowhenua District.

• 20 January 2021: Levin Landfill Consent Public Portal(PDF, 1MB)
  Questions relating to whether a public portal has been established by Horowhenua District Council; if not, why not and when will it be publicly available; what monitoring details and results feature on the portal; and has Council been issued with an abatement notice by the regional council for not complying with the conditions of the Levin Landfill consent.

• 6 June 2019: Recycling Collected from Transfer Stations(PDF, 282KB)
  Request for the total tonnage of recycling collected from transfer stations in the Horowhenua District for the past five years.

• 22 May 2019: Waste Minimisation & Waste Management(PDF, 127KB)
  Questions relating to Horowhenua District Council's current waste management contractor, current suppliers of recycling crates / wheelie bins, current collection methods for refuse and recycling, any planned changes and the tender process.