Karioi dump to close, transfer station to open

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 601, 29 August 1995, Page 2

Karioi dump to close, transfer station to open

The Karioi rubbish dump is to be closed and a transfer station established on the same site, the Ruapehu District Council announced last week. The transfer station will be in operation by 30 September 1995, said council CEO Cliff Houston. Prior to the opening the landfilled refuse will be covered, contoured and planted. The

transfer station site will then be fenced with windbreak cloth, the garden areas planted and the entry, exit and layby on Whangaehu Valley road sealed. "The support and co-op-eration of the users of the Karioi landfill andproposed transfer station is invited to enable a smooth transition to the new service," asked Mr Houston. "Not all refuse

previously deposited at the landfill will be aCceptable at the transfer station." He said domestic refuse in bags will be accepted but other rubbish such as chemicals or toxic substances, raw meat or offal, garden

wastes, car bodies, white ware, liquids with a volume greater than 0.5 litres and the like will not be accepted. Vegetation and bulky items excluding car bodies may be taken to Ohakune dump. The transfer station will

be the second completed transfer station in the Ruapehu District. Residents of National Park township have now been using a transfer station for the past nine months. "The community responSe has generally been favourable with residents enjoying a cleaner, more environmentally acceptable refuse disposal system," concluded Mr Houston.