Meanings of old landfill in English

Rubbish from an old landfill in Gore has been exposed by the floodwaters.

An old landfill was eroded by the flood waters… Audio

The council operates seven old landfill sites, but these could all be shut within five years.

Rubbish is seeping into a river north of Gisborne after heavy rain cut into an old landfill.

Money from a newly established community trust fund will help fix an old landfill at Hector on the West Coast.

Rubbish from an old landfill has been washing up along large distances north and south of the Fox River mouth.

The old landfill is covered by cleanfill as it is deposited, and the closure plan envisaged imported material would also be used.

The town now uses a transfer station adjacent to the old landfill and waste goes to Bonny Glen, a purpose-built landfill in Rangitikei.

It has been two months since a major flood in South Westland emptied about half the contents of the old landfill down the river.

Almost 18 months ago the remnants of ex-tropical Cyclone Fehi clawed away the beach at Cobden, near Greymouth, and scoured out an old landfill.

Not just because of the rubbish but because locals have been calling on the council to do something about the old landfill for years.

Apart from wind farms, they're also perfect sites for solar farms and even generating power from waste recovery at the old landfill site in Drehid.

Two weeks ago flooding in the region caused an old landfill to become exposed, and rubbish was washed down the Fox River with the floodwaters.

The risk of a repeat of events on the West Coast, where an old landfill breached and deposited rubbish along the coastline, was still "low".

The old landfill under Kettle Park had operated from the early 1900s until it was capped and largely forgotten about in the 1940s.

Mr Stephenson said fixing the problem was not as simple as moving old landfills.