Industry News and Updates
In 2016 China took half of the world’s waste plastic for recycling. These plastics are then used to manufacture plastic products that are sold around the world and domestically. Now China is saying that imported rubbish is causing problems locally. There is an environmental cost to intensive recycling. Often the recycling materials are not sorted […]
One of the major contributors to unnecessary landfill is compostable waste, including food waste and green waste. The Auckland Council estimates that about 50% of rubbish that goes into kerbside bins could be diverted from landfill by composting. That is, about 40% is food and 10% is garden waste. As part of the Council’s waste
As part of standardising council rubbish collections across the new ‘Supercity’, the Auckland Council are replacing prepaid rubbish bags with ‘pay-as-you-throw’ bins. This means you buy tags to go on your bins, and only put them out when they’re full. West Auckland was the first to receive this service in 2017 and the tagged bins
Illegal rubbish dumping Illegal rubbish dumping is a major problem in Auckland. According to stuff.co.nz, illegal dumping is costing Auckland ratepayers about $1 million a year. This includes all the costs of dealing with illegal dumping, including the cost of clean-up as well as investigation and enforcement. And the cost to residents is not just
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