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Landfill renewal at odds with iwi
Taupō District Council has lodged a consent to continue the landfill for 30 more years.
More recycling options
A new $4.7 million waste recovery facility at Taupō Landfill is being built to divert thousands of tonnes of building materials and other recyclables out of the landfill.
Navy dives in to fight pollution
There is a war being waged beneath Taupō Waters. A bathtub in Acacia Bay, concrete at Motutere, and a schoolbook in the river near Taupō Bungy are just some of the “bombs” being dropped into Taupō waters.
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