I oppose the Far North District Council's proposal to fast-fill the Russell Landfill with District refuse. I agree that utilizing a small country dump such as ours in a sensitive coastal location for a debatable short term financial saving, with longer term environmental, monitoring and remedial costs, is a very short-sighted, narrow and old fashioned approach. I consider that the Far North District Council should continue to send the Far North's rubbish to a properly engineered landfill site.
Hard copy petitions opposing the FNDC's proposal are available in many shops in Russell.