Cleaners picking up rubbish that spilled out of the old Fox landfill. Photo: Owen Kilgour via RNZAn old landfill that spewed rubbish along 100 kilometres of West Coast coastline will be removed, starting next week. Heavy rain in March 2019 washed out the disused landfill, scattering rubbish downstream through the national park and into the Tasman Sea. "We used a 90 tonne digger to build the rock wall - some of the rocks are 100 tonnes each, so that's stopped more rubbish coming away. "From Monday we will go in, move some of that rock wall, and start removing the 14,000 cubic metres of rubbish," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 16, 2021 00:45 UTC