Council staff face abuse at closed flood-damaged transfer stations and landfill
Hastings District Council says they have had people turning up at the landfill and transfer stations and abusing staff who are trying to repair flood damage.
There is currently no possibility of rubbish collection or disposal at the Henderson Rd or Redclyffe Transfer Stations, or the Ōmarunui Landfill due to flood damage.
Council Civil Defence operations manager Craig Cameron says people need people to be patient – a plan for dealing with flood-damaged material is being worked on.
“The priority is getting rid of food waste from homes, community by community. As the service is available, individual communities are being advised. We have very many communities to cover, so we need everyone to be patient.”
He says they have had people turning up and abusing staff who are onsite at the landfill and transfer station trying to repair the damage to get them open.
"We have been able to take some critical rubbish (health etc) at the transfer station - but that really is the limit until we get the landfill open.
Council is planning to have Henderson Rd Transfer Station open from Monday (once and only if the Ōmarunui Landfill has reopened).
Ōmarunui is never able to be accessed by the public; it is a commercial landfill. Material from the public transfer station is moved to the landfill.
Hastings residents can drop off waste securely fastened into Council’s official orange rubbish bags, available at New World stores in Flaxmere, Hastings and Havelock North.
