A Taranaki composting business at the centre of a consents renewal wrangle is sitting on a 20,000 tonne pile of contaminated waste that could take up to 40 years to safely break down.
A regional council report says it appears Remediation NZ has not done any composting at its Uruti site for about 10 years and has instead been stockpiling waste.
Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.
