AB Lime has applied to Environment Southland and the Southland District Council for a 35-year resource consent to receive an uncapped amount of waste at its landfill near Winton. A hearing to determine whether a Southland landfill can become the premier landfill for the lower South Island will begin in Invercargill on Monday. AB Lime Ltd has applied for seven new consents and to vary an existing consent for its site at Kings Bend, about 5km east of Winton. They had formed the AB Lime Action Group and had circulated a petition and addressed an Environment Southland meeting about their concerns. Environment Southland's report on AB Lime's application recommends that the resource consent application is declined.

Source: Stuff May 14, 2021 21:00 UTC