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Levin landfill at Hōkio.
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A lot of the rapidly growing area s waste has, for years, been dumped at the Levin landfill near Hōkio Beach.
Hōkio is in breach of some resource consents, though it is still operating.
It has been a flashpoint of complaints and court action, culminating in a deal - now fraught - done in 2019 to shut it by 2025.
Kāpiti District Council said its contractor Midwest Disposals, and not the council, controls where its rubbish goes.
Mayor K Gurunathan said the Resource Management Act put it on the contractor to use a consented landfill.