Mayor not pleased: Contaminated waste being dumped in Hawkes Bay landfill

The plan to relocate waste and contaminated soil from Gros Morne National Park is creating concern for the area further north where the waste is being dumped - and Hawkes Bay mayor Lloyd Bennett wants some answers. An old dumpsite at Martin's Point north of Sally's Cove is being dug up and cleaned up, because heavy metals such as lead are leaching out onto the beach and ocean. Truckloads of waste and soil are being removed from the site and taken to a landfill in Hawke's Bay.