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Bin good and nail the post-Christmas clean-up
Rubbish & recycling | 20 Dec 2019Dreading the post-Christmas clean-up? Here are a few handy tips on what you can and can’t put in your kerbside wheelie bins. By putting the right items in the right bins you will be helping to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
Plant fire prompts warning about batteries in bins
Rubbish & recycling | 24 Oct 2019A battery discarded in a yellow wheelie bin is the likely cause of a fire at the EcoSort recycling plant that led to one person being hospitalised.
Bigbelly bins lay waste to Banks Peninsula rubbish over summer
Rubbish & recycling | 5 Sep 2019Extra solar-powered Bigbelly rubbish bins placed across Banks Peninsula will help ease the pressure on collection services and facilities as Akaroa readies for another busy summer visitor season.
Soft plastics must go in red wheelie bin
Rubbish & recycling | 19 Aug 2019About 45 tonnes of soft plastics are ending up at Christchurch’s EcoSort recycling plant each month because people mistakenly believe they will be recycled.
Eco-packaging trials reduce event waste
Rubbish & recycling | 29 Jul 2019Nearly 100 tonnes of waste has been diverted from the landfill thanks to Christchurch City Council-led efforts to ensure compostable food packaging is used at public events in the city.
Untagged wheelie bins will no longer be emptied
Rubbish & recycling | 30 May 2019Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents are being urged to check their wheelie bins have been electronically tagged because untagged bins will soon stop being emptied.
Christchurch’s burning issue: Battery-sparked fires in waste
Rubbish & recycling | 13 May 2019A 12-month battery collection trial is under way in Christchurch amid rising concerns over battery-sparked fires in wheelie bin collection trucks and at processing facilities.
Mayor welcomes work to address recycling issues
Rubbish & recycling | 10 May 2019Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel is welcoming Government efforts to address New Zealand’s recycling issues and in particular our reliance on off-shore markets