Pricing/Waste Acceptance

No public access will be provided to the site with the public continuing to use the Transfer Station located in Kioreroa Road.

Pricing for bulk commercial refuse and special/hazardous loads is set on a case by case basis.

The site is able to accept some special waste types that have hazardous characteristics. This service provides significant costs savings to Northland businesses that have previously had to pay additional haulage costs to Auckland based facilities.

Enquires can be made to:
disposal@northlandwaste.co.nz

Site Ownership/History

In 2000 Whangarei District Council completed the purchase of land for a new Northland Regional Landfill. Resource consents were subsequently obtained for a modern engineered landfill facility in 2003.

Sale of the land and consents to Northland Regional Landfill Limited partnership was approved by Council in 2009. The private partnership between Council and Northland Waste Ltd allows the facility to be run on a commercial basis with additional landfill expertise provided.

Northland Regional Landfill Limited Partnership in turn subcontracted out the landfill construction and operation to Quay Contracting Ltd (A subsidiary of Northland Waste Ltd).

Development of the site has ensured that the Northland Regional is not contingent upon Auckland based facilities owned by foreign interests and forced to pay higher costs associated with trucking of refuse outer District. Furthermore the Partnership ensure that the refuse collections services offered by its shareholder remains price competitive in the market . The site is 84 hectares with the landfill footprint being well buffered by surrounding land. The site has sufficient volume to provide refuse disposal for the Northland Regional for well in excess of the consented period of 35 years.


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Landfill StagingLeachate Collection SystemLandfill Liner SystemLandfill Liner System

Key Design Features

Puwera landfill has been designed to meet stringent criteria and includes the following key features
  • Fully engineered stormwater diversion
  • A layered liner system with multiple redundancy to ensure the capture of landfill leachate
  • A full gas capture system to minimise production of greenhouse gases and with the potential to generate electricity.
  • A fully engineered landfill capture and restoration plan
The Partnership has engaged a team of leading design engineers and technical specialists to ensure the facility is built and run to the highest standard.