{"id":100379,"date":"2025-10-25T11:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/100379\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T11:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:53:10","slug":"multimillion-dollar-gisborne-site-investigated-by-council-for-possible-waste-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/100379\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimillion-dollar Gisborne site investigated by council for possible waste facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The statement said the purchase was made to enable further feasibility investigation and engagement without the pressure of a private sale.<\/p>\n

The site remains tenanted, with lease income covering operational and loan costs. <\/p>\n

There is no confirmed timeline and no site has been confirmed for the proposed facilities until investigations are complete and discussed by councillors next year, according to the council statement.<\/p>\n

A paper presented to councillors in April 2023 said resource recovery centres diverted waste from landfill by providing people with the opportunity to put waste into a facility where it could be reused, repurposed, recycled or the resource it\u2019s made from can be recovered.<\/p>\n

It enabled a longer lifespan for landfills and prevented waste from being trucked to other regions, which came at a cost to ratepayers.<\/p>\n

The statement said the council was taking steps to future-proof waste management in Tair\u0101whiti, in response to the growing cost of waste disposal, community demand for better services, and commitment to sustainability.<\/p>\n

As part of the 2025\u20132027 Three-Year Plan, planned waste minimisation initiatives include improvements to kerbside and rural waste services, and the investigation of a Regional Transfer Station (RTS) and Resource Recovery Centre (RRC).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to ensure we\u2019re building a long-term system that works for Tair\u0101whiti \u2014 one that reduces landfill waste, creates local jobs and education opportunities, and delivers better outcomes for our people and environment,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Using Tirohia landfill increased emissions and costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur region is currently paying $513 per tonne for waste disposal \u2014 up from $362 in 2020 and forecast to rise to $689 by 2033.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy comparison, other regions pay between $220 and $430 per tonne.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, Tair\u0101whiti\u2019s recycling and re-use rate is only 12\u201313%, well below the national range of 20\u201345%.”<\/p>\n

A $90,000 Civil Assist feasibility study funded by the Ministry for the Environment recommended one possible site at 25-27 Banks St, in front of the wastewater treatment plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the investigation of sites suitable for both a transfer station and recovery centre, we are not exploring Banks St further at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RTS and RRC are a core part of a wider council strategy that also includes:<\/p>\n

Funding application to the Ministry for the Environment\u2019s Waste Minimisation Fund. (Councillors were told at the 2023 meeting that the centre in Gisborne, possibly at 25-27 Banks St, could cost $3.7m to $4.9m).Continued investigation into ownership and operational models, including with private and regional partnersUpgrades to rural transfer stations in Ruat\u014dria, Tolaga Bay, and Te Karaka (Stage 2)Exploring further satellite or community recovery hubs based on further engagement through the Waste Minimisation Management Plan (Stage 3)Planning for closure and aftercare of the Waiapu landfill in Ruat\u014dria, in partnership with iwi and hap\u016b (currently under way).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The statement said the purchase was made to enable further feasibility investigation and engagement without the pressure of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3469,3595,124,5205,7557,73460,5200,2082,71,12506,35200,19720,11717,37107,111,43,139,69,17398,13673,1857,13655,1961,52443,25361,379],"class_list":["post-100379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-agreed","tag-by","tag-could","tag-council","tag-district","tag-divert","tag-facilities","tag-for","tag-from","tag-gisborne","tag-investigated","tag-land","tag-landfills","tag-multimilliondollar","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-possible","tag-purchase","tag-site","tag-station","tag-this","tag-transfer","tag-waste","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}