Waimairi Rubbish Dump

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31542, 2 December 1967, Page 12

Waimairi Rubbish Dump

Sir,—While the Waimairi County Council is justifiably under attack for its pusillanimous attitude towards the “Mona Vale” project, I would like to question its policy concerning a less savoury but just as important piece of land, the Harewood rubbish dump. Could Mr Rich explain why a ratepayer of the Waimairi Council is not allowed to dispose of an old car in the dump? There is concrete evidence that this has been allowed at the old dump. Does the Waimairi Council want to see the beauty of “Mona Vale" destroyed and the countryside graced with the rusting hulks of deserted cars?—Yours, etc., HONK.

November 20,1967. [The chairman of the Waimairi County Council (Cr D. B. Rich) comments: “The reference to ‘Mona Vale’ in your correspondent’s letter is a matter on which you have closed correspondence. Old cars are accepted at the refuse pit, provided they are broken down into small enough portions so that they will not be dangerous when they are covered in the pit. Unless the vehicle has been cut into at least four portions, cavities can be created in the pit, which would be dangerous, particularly in the event of a pit fire. The old refuse pit at Harewood Road was not fenced for some years and a problem was created by unauthorised dumping. The pit is open seven days a week to provide facilities for dumping rather than have refuse deposited on the roads or countryside.”]