A Tauranga demolition and digger hire company has been convicted and fined a total of $67,687 for illegally disposing of asbestos-contaminated demolition waste and fill material, and clearing native vegetation in Otumoetai last year.
The prosecution against C Side Services was brought jointly by Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
The Otumoetai site where the offending occurred borders a council reserve near Waikareao Estuary's Daisy Hardwick Walkway, with about half the property within a Category 1 Special Ecological Area. The affected site is now listed with both councils as a contaminated site.
![Daisy Hardwick Walkway.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/R3BPEW2S644AX2NXUSBTC3ACUE.jpg?auth=4ca8bb24a84b688d8f57bc31cf2ab70a49d0eee54e048811436d0668e35e1d77&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
The charges relate to a number of illegal activities at the defendant's property, including disposing of demolition waste containing asbestos in April last year, clearing native vegetation in a special ecological area and Illegal filling between August 2010 and April last year.