Posted on by Shaun

Ambiance Impex

This is so gross – documented here for Auckland Councils Pollution Response Team.

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The front of the building
The front of the building.
Shows how they have to exit to do the dumping
Shows how they have to exit to do the dumping.
View from the dump site down into the stream
View from the dump site down into the stream
Paradise brand name clearly visible
Paradise brand name clearly visible
Organic waste – it smelt so bad
Organic waste – it smelt so bad.
View from the opposite side of the stream
View from the opposite side of the stream.
There are also a lot of tires upstream
There are also a lot of tires upstream.

The Ambiance Impex brands dumped into the stream are all branded Paradise.

impexWhen I first noticed the dumping in March and reported it to council the dumping was not so bad.

I wonder if the tires are from this dodgy looking bridge which is no longer there but is still visible in the council satellite imagery.
I wonder if the tires are from this dodgy looking bridge which is no longer there but is still visible in the council satellite imagery.

Even tho this site 120m from the Manukau (West coast of NZ) it flows through the Tamaki Estuary to the Hauraki Gulf (East coast of NZ).

UPDATE: 27 November.
Eight months later and the site is still sending plastic like these Paradise branded ‘cut green beans’ into the harbour. I am giving the council regular updates on the site but I don’t know how much (if any) is being cleaned up by Ambiance Impex or if its just getting washed into the ocean.

nov-27

UPDATE: 23 Feburary.
Ambiance Impex still show little regard for the environment sending further plastic into the stream.

UPDATE: January 2018.

Happy to report that after constant reporting the business has finally cleaned up their act.