Dome likely dumping ground for New Caledonia waste Michelle Carmichael testifying at the landfill resource consent hearings in December. She says it is astounding that waste from New Caledonia could end up in the Dome Valley. Waste Management has confirmed waste from New Caledonia will likely be dumped in the Dome Valley landfill should plans for the controversial facility proceed. The issue came to light after a reader alerted Mahurangi Matters to the fact that Waste Management holds dozens of permits from the Environmental Protection Authority that allow it to import hazardous waste from New Caledonia and French Polynesia. The permits allow Waste Management to import numerous chemical and other forms of dangerous waste, including used lead-acid batteries, crushed fluorescent tubes, vapour sodium lamps, oils and oil sludges, alloys of mercury, solvents, and waste pesticides and herbicides, which are off-specification, outdated or unfit for their original intended use.