Dear CCC CEO Jane Parfitt and Hon Amy Adams Minister for the Environment I have recently come across this long running saga of scrap MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) being dumped in a pit at Owaka that is consented for “recyclable or recoverable materials from commercial building demolitions”. Kay Stieller has been working tirelessly for years over non-compliances surrounding this. It appears some expensive scientific testing is about to be undertaken on the MDF material for seemingly no reason. The evidence stands that the MDF in the pit is not and has never been recoverable and that MDF is not a recyclable material. There appears to have been no challenge to that common knowledge; and it is not clear at all whether the pit owner has shown a proven recyclable use or whether the Council has even asked the pit owner this question. The point is that regardless of the expensive cost of scientific tests, even if the tests were to come back clean for what is being tested, if the MDF is not recyclable it is still not compliant with the resource consent and should never have been there. I raise this matter at the top level due to:- · the apparent waste of money testing the MDF · the person handling the matter is away for a week · the affect over the years this has had to the residents · the future affects if this matter is not taken a hold of · the systemic background to this problem · an insight into resource consenting/enforcement unit issues · a fresh start with new head management to resolve a long battle first up Details of where things stand as of today are below. Kay Stieller has the history. Regards, good luck and thanks for stepping into these roles. Colin Stokes
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:05:37 +0000
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