Patea's greenwaste site could be shut down from January 1 next year because locals have not heeded warnings not to dump unnecessary waste.
South Taranaki District Council operations manager Herbert Denton said there had been continual problems with illegal dumping at a site where the greenwaste from Patea residents was
collected to use in a sand dune stabilisation project.
Council contractors had been clearing household refuse, dumped TV sets and suchlike every two weeks, Mr Denton said.
Although the facility was intended for use by private Patea and local area residents only, the council also knew of people who were driving from as far away as Manaia and Hawera to dump green waste, Mr Denton said.
It was also sometimes used as a dump for truckloads of material by contractors, which was not permitted as the project simply could not cope with too much material, he said.
South Taranaki councillor Robert Northcott said earlier that he was fed up with people in his hometown of Patea who lacked a sense of pride.
