Selwyn Times: September 30, 2020

Selwyn Times Wednesday September 30 2020
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NEWS
CLAMPDOWN: The district council is expecting to begin
an six-month programme to assess recycling bins for
contamination. ​
Two-pronged approach
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“We did see a rise in contamination
in August, but we still saw
83 per cent of our loads recycled
correctly,” he said.
The cost to send the contamination
to landfill from May 1 to
August 31 was $31,000.
“It is good to see the majority
of residents are taking the time to
recycle correctly and support our
efforts to reduce recycling going
to landfill.
“We’d really like to see all
loads of recycling accepted again
though, and we are confident
we’ll get there,” said Boyd.
The programme will consist of
on street contamination assessments
that take a two-pronged
approach.
An education tag will be left
for residents getting a few items
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wrong and a rejection tag left for
for heavily-contaminated bins.
The bins with a rejection tag
will be pulled back from the
street and not collected.
“Photos of contaminated loads
will be captured and available
in real time for our customer
service team to view and be able
to respond to calls from residents
regarding rejected bins, or
wanting to clarify exactly what
items were not acceptable,” said
Boyd.
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Pupils researched parties
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“They want to focus on
stopping discrimination, stopping
excessive food waste and
decrease waste going into land
fills,” she said.
“It may have helped that the
local candidate Abe O’Donnell
dropped off stickers for all of
them in the week of our election.”
Shallcrass said the pupils
had a dislike of National before,
during and after the lockdown.
“They often talked about how
they viewed Simon Bridges as
mean because of how they saw
him in the media questioning
the decisions of Jacinda Ardern
and the coalition government
were making.”
When asked what the pupils
thought of National leader Judith
Collins, Shallcrass said they have
not had enough time to get to
know her enough.
“I think it’s more about thinking
National is not kind and the
association that the kids have
made.”
The idea for the mock election
came from the pupils interest in
the Government and politics.
It was set-up like a formal vote
with forms and ballot boxes,
similar to a real election, and the
class even had its own booths for
voting.
“We have done a lot of work
on what makes a good leader
BALLOT BOX: Thumbs up from Abbey Wheal for her
choice of candidate.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
and what things are important
to us for our community and
country,” Shallcrass said.
In the lead up to the vote, the
pupils independently researched
all of the major parties and at
least three minor parties of
their choice and educated themselves
on what then policies are,
she said.
The pupils were given the
opportunity to share what
they found out with others to
build a shared knowledge and
provide opportunities for them
to discuss and debate in a safe
space.
Said Shallcrass: “To
support this I contacted all
electoral candidates in Selwyn
and requested copies of anything
they were sharing with their
community so my students had
the opportunity to see the same
materials their parents may see
before voting.”
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