Envirofert Transfer Station??

Could this be the future for TUAKAU?. Could this be ratepayer funded?

Rumours that are circulating around Tuakau are that Envirofert Ltd (EF) are looking at putting a transfer station on their land in Geraghtys Road, Tuakau.

At the Community Board meetings (that are public, all welcome), EF have constantly pushed for a transfer station, usually by Vern Reeve (local land agent) and Gary McGuire (Tuakau local and majority shareholder of EF). Shaun Jackson of La Valla and Jacqui Church our local councillor seem to think it is a good idea also! So maybe they would like this Transfer Station next to them?

Next meeting is on Monday 4 February, 7.00pm at Nikau Cafe, 1779 Waikaretu Valley Road, Waikaretu. A public forum will be held at the commencement of the meeting.

The only land that is suitable for a transfer station on EF's land is the cropping land off Geraghtys Road, all other land is on swamp.

EF already have consent for light vehicle access using Geraghtys Road entrance.

EF have a 20 year history of non-compliances to many consent conditions, non-reporting, non water/ground well reporting, odours, unlawful dumping.
All neighbours are disregarded and have no say if, and it is written this way in the new application for 2019, under the RMA, the reports say that if the off site odour will be less than minor, all neighbours are disregarded.

Could this be why the RMA, councils and so-called experts are recommending in their reports for a 1 km odour separation zone distance from these odour polluters.

If these odour polluters require a 1 km odour separation distance, they need to OWN the land within the 1 km radius and if they wish, then sell it on with those conditions. 

This would be  dishonest to impose this RMA condition by councils, and odour polluters over privately owned land.

When EF have been proven not complying to consents, councils allow them to change the consent condition to the detriment of the community and environment. 

Transfer stations are noted for odour, noise and illegal dumping, already EF have been independently proven taking illegal waste that is leaching into ground and waterways that drain into the Waikato River.

This transfer station would be for Pokeno, Tuakau, Onewhero, Pukekawa and Port Waikato.

Each area should look after its own waste. The infrastructure at EF and controls are absolutely inadequate, eg councils, roads, and monitoring. 

You can dress up GREED, but you can't stop the stench!

Envirofert Ltd & Tuakau Proteins Ltd still stinking out Tuakau or is it POOAKAU?

Another summer ruined by these odour producing facilities that the Waikato councils encourage with new, replacement and old resource consents with conditions that are put in place for residents to fail!

Many upgrades are presented to councils when resource consents are to expire. The trouble with that is MOST upgrades are not done or watered down. Councils let this happen constantly.

Any odour complaint is treated by councils as a nuisance call, first few calls the council is obliging, then they refuse to answer phone calls and emails. Again, this is to encourage complainants to go away, another fail for residents.

Only residents that live within a 1km radius are consulted. Even direct neighbours are disregarded under the RMA. As long as the reports (paid for by the odour producing facility) state that the 'off-site odour is less than minor' then everyone is disregarded?

These odour producing facilities and councils use every trick, 
excuse, to explain why we have to live with the stench.

Summer, 30 degrees, and the house is shut up due to the stench. Rotten food waste and rotten meat waste. Leachate odours! Inhuman conditions and 3rd world conditions. Councils and facilities are bringing the quality of life for Tuakau residents down to 3rd world conditions. Even the council use the excuse, 'you think this is bad, you should see......'.

TUAKAU this is what the town and Waikato river users will have to put up with for another 20-35 years when the odour producers get their new resource consents. Possibly in 2019!

Envirofert's 20 year consents, 1999-2019 are to expire this year and Tuakau Proteins has applied to council for a new 'Discharge Odour to Air' consent that expired in 2018. Both applications are on Waikato Regional Council website for public to read. No decision yet on notification or submissions?

They will get them as councils don't seem to have the laws to make these odour producers to work within their consent conditions, even though the councils continually say they have! The councils say to us regularly 'we cant tell them how to run their business'. However councils DO have the ability to make the facilities work to consent conditions. This does not happen, many behind closed doors meetings are held and many back-handed deals are done! Money talks!

Councils then use law, lawyers and smart-mouthed 'so-called experts', to change the resource consents to fit the facilities CRIME.

As the sense of smell is so intimately connected with that of taste, it is not surprising that an excessively bad odour, should excite wretching or vomiting in some persons.
Charles Darwin