Southern View: September 24, 2020

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Offending could result in bin loss
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Alexandra Davids, chairwoman
of the Linwood-Central-
Heathcote Community Board
and of Keep Christchurch
Beautiful was disappointed with
the revelation in the east.
Eastern suburbs such as Linwood,
Shirley, Parklands, New
Brighton, Richmond, Wainoni
and Aranui were included in
the list of suburbs with the most
yellow bin rejections, per year,
since 2018.
“It’s super disappointing, I
think perhaps there is a lack of
education around that within
those areas,” she said.
“I have seen bins that are still
full at the end of collection and
are knocked over in the street,
and I can see people have thrown
general waste into their recycling
bins.
“Unfortunately it’s a bit of laziness
on people’s behalf, like with
people not washing containers,
but there’s still a lack of education
on what can go into those
bins.”
The top offending items found
in yellow bins in the last three
years were soft plastics, plastic
lids, food waste, dirty recycling
and tools and appliances.
Although fines were not issued,
the city council had the
power to remove bins after three
repeated offences.
Removals have mostly been
in Linwood and the central city,
and more removal requests were
in progress in Aranui, New
Brighton and Woolston.
Davids believed more could
be done to encourage better
habits and reduce what was sent
to landfill, such as having more
recycling bins in public areas,
reducing what people purchased
to lessen manufacturing demand
and more education.
“Other public areas of the city
have three bins for recycling,
rubbish and compost, but in the
east, we see very little of that.
We generally just have normal
NASTY: Food waste and
dirty recycling shouldn’t
be placed in the yellow
bin.
rubbish bins where everything
is thrown in the same bin,” she
said.
“Recycling education is always
in other people’s faces in other
areas, but we also don’t see that
here as often, so the council
needs to improve communications
around recycling and what
can go in.”
In Brief
PARKING ISSUES
A resident of Grove Rd, Addington
addressed the Spreydon-
Cashmere Community Board
with concerns that any future
residential development in close
proximity would cause on-street
parking congestion in the area,
as the Government no longer
required new developments to
provide off-street parking. The
area was already saturated with
traffic from commuters and
nearby businesses. The resident
requested the board’s support
for him to lease a car park at the
nearby Hazeldean Business Park
at a discounted rate. The community
board has requested city
council staff advice to improve
car parking for residents, such as
resident parking permits, leasing
car parking spaces and making
certain roads one-way.
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Draft Tree Policy is now open.
The policy outlines out how the
city council plans to manage the
planting, protection, maintenance
and removal of trees in parks,
reserves, roads and other public
places. It also outlines under what
circumstances trees will be removed,
while providing guidance
on how public requests for tree
removal. Submissions will close
on October 12.
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