Karamea landfill upgrades on its way
Two major investments will go ahead at the Karamea landfill this year - the installation of a weighbridge and the upgrade of the Karamea Resource Recovery Centre, the Buller District Council has announced.
Council solid waste coordinator Juliana Ruiz said the new weighbridge would allow the council and WestReef to provide more precise data about how much waste was being disposed of at the Karamea landfill.
"This enables better future planning and management of the landfill.”
The Karamea landfill weighbridge project is estimated to cost $110,000 and is principally funded by the Ministry for Environment through the Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund. The ministry’s contribution is $100,000, with the remaining $10,000 funded by the council.
“A big benefit for the Karamea community is that users will be charged more accurately for their refuse since the weighbridge will allow to charge according to waste weight, instead of volume, as it is done currently," Ruiz said.
The Karamea Resource Recovery Centre upgrade is expected to cost $70,000 and will be fully funded by the council through its Karamea waste management budget.
A new recycling area would offer a proper space for resorting, storing and baling recyclable materials, and an appropriate office space would be added for the site manager to receive customers.
The final designs are currently being drawn up and will be released to the community once approved by the council, WestReef and the Karamea Waste Management Group.
The projects are expected to be completed by early 2023.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.7% Summer
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36.7% Winter
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1.6% Other - I'll share below
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
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