Western News: September 24, 2020
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WESTERN NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 3<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Offending could result in bin loss<br />
• From page 1<br />
“This presents an opportunity<br />
to start to teach people and to<br />
look at how we are communicating<br />
with those communities to<br />
ensure messages do get through.<br />
“We can get a clear message of<br />
what is right to recycle and what<br />
the best practices are at schools,<br />
libraries, and community groups<br />
like Rotary and Girl Guides.”<br />
Contaminated recycling bins<br />
were more prevalent in Linwood,<br />
Richmond, central city and Addington<br />
per year since 2018.<br />
However, residents in the<br />
southern suburbs of Spreydon,<br />
Somerfield, St Martins and<br />
Opawa received the most gold<br />
stars for recycling bin compliance<br />
out of 30,961 awarded<br />
across the city this year, between<br />
January and August.<br />
The top offending items found<br />
in yellow wheelie bins in the last<br />
three years were soft plastics,<br />
plastic lids, food waste, dirty recycling<br />
and tools and appliances.<br />
Although fines were not issued,<br />
the city council had the power to<br />
remove bins after three repeated<br />
offences. Removals have mostly<br />
been in Linwood and the central<br />
city, and more removal requests<br />
were in progress in Aranui, New<br />
Brighton and Woolston.<br />
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Cartwright said there were<br />
many ways to encourage positive<br />
recycling behaviour, such as<br />
improving education about the<br />
different forms of plastic, reducing<br />
how much was bought in the<br />
first place, or placing more bins<br />
in areas such as library car parks<br />
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“The bins around our parks<br />
also don’t offer the chance to<br />
recycle, so this will be something<br />
to put through towards the Long<br />
Term Plan,” he said.<br />
“If you don’t recycle properly<br />
it penalises all of us, the cost to<br />
dump the waste is borne across<br />
Conditions apply<br />
NASTY:<br />
Food waste<br />
and dirty<br />
recycling<br />
shouldn’t be<br />
placed in the<br />
yellow bin.<br />
the whole city, so it’s really important<br />
that everyone does it.”<br />
“The city council declared a<br />
climate emergency, so we should<br />
be taking every active step to<br />
ensure we’re living the right way,<br />
and not just talk the talk.”<br />
• Recycled junk, page 12<br />
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PEDESTRIAN ISLAND<br />
Construction is due to start<br />
next Monday on improving a<br />
pedestrian island on Springs<br />
Rd. The city council will be<br />
undertaking adjustments such<br />
as the widening of the walkway<br />
exiting the pedestrian island and<br />
adjusting the angle to make it<br />
more wheelchair accessible. There<br />
will be no right turn onto Springs<br />
Rd for about a week until the<br />
works are completed.<br />
NO STOPPING<br />
No stopping restrictions have<br />
been approved for the south side<br />
of Waterloo Rd, starting at its<br />
intersection with Smarts Rd. The<br />
restrictions were approved at the<br />
latest Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board meeting,<br />
after concerns were raised<br />
about improving visibility at the<br />
pedestrian crossing on Waterloo<br />
Rd, which was a popular crossing<br />
point for Hornby High School<br />
students.<br />
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