A big crowd turned out at the Reefton Community Hall earlier this month to protest against storing baled waste. Photo: Greymouth StarBuller Deputy Mayor Graeme Neylon said yesterday he had been advised by the Buller District Council that the application to store waste for possible burning in the proposed Westport waste to energy plan had been withdrawn. If the Westport waste to energy plant failed to proceed, the 66,000 tonnes a year of baled rubbish could have been dumped in landfills at Greymouth or Hokitika. Reefton residents rallied against the proposal. Reefton residents were concerned the waste plant at nearby Westport may not proceed, leaving a stockpile of rubbish.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2019 20:37 UTC