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What is the alternative?

 P.B.B.U.A view is that there is a better way of dealing with rubbish than sticking  in the ground. Rubbish is a resource which can be used to generate electricity via incineration. Burwood could be completely mined (to deal with the decades of waste in the ground now and stop further production of leachate and landfill gas) and waste incinerated and the waste that can be recycled be put into a recycling plant and all organics broken down seperately and used to generate methane gas then burnt to generate power. Ultimately it comes down to an attitude change and a change in the politicians attitude that spending alot of money on fixing a big environmental disaster properly now will eliminate passing it onto the future generations dealing with it later in a far worse state. Its about taking responsibility for what is ours now and we must deal with it in the most environmentally friendly way. By putting waste into the ground out of the way, out of sight, out of mind to another place is not the solution. That will result in more cost to ratepayers and an even bigger environmental disaster for generations to come. Landfills are ancient, cheap, flawed technology . If we learn from history we will decide now to change how we deal with waste for the protection of the environment's future and our childrens future. Therefore Burwood should be the last landfill in canterbury and it should be fixed under the R.M.A.

Section 5 Of the R.M.A. Purpose states

(1) The purpose of this Act is to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources.

(2) In this Act, "sustainable management" means managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources in a way, or at a rate, which enables people and communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural well being and for their health and safety while-

(a) Sustaining the potential of natural and physical resources (excluding minerals) to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations; and

(b) Safeguarding the life supporting capacity of air, water, soil, and ecosystems; and

(c) Avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the environment.