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• Plant fire prompts warning about batteries in bins

  Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health, waste, management, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 24th October 2019 A 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

• Council begins project to tag bins

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management
  Selwyn District Council media release: 27th August 2019 Council will begin its roll out of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags for rubbish, recycling and organics bins in the coming weeks

• New recycling boost for Cust Community

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recycling, waste, management
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 29th July 2019 Rural residents in the Cust area will be relieved they no longer need to drive to Oxford or Rangiora to deal with recyclables, as a rural recycling drop-off centre opens within the community

• Eco-packaging trials reduce event waste

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, event
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th July 2019 Nearly 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

• Banned bags offered second life in Selwyn

  Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: business, waste, management, recycling
  Selwyn District Council media release: 9th July 2019 Businesses in Selwyn are being given a chance to recycle their unused single-use plastic bags with the support of the Selwyn District Council

• Smart sensors in pipeline for water supply network

  Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th June 2019 Christchurch City Council will consider spending an additional $2.2 million next year to improve the security of the district’s drinking water supply

• Untagged wheelie bins will no longer be emptied

  Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th May 2019 Christchurch and Banks Peninsula residents are being urged to check their wheelie bins have been electronically tagged because untagged bins will soon stop being emptied

• Plastic bags and tetra pak cartons get red binned

  Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th September 2018 Christchurch City Council is urging people to get into the habit of using re-usable shopping bags because it can no longer divert plastic bags from the landfill by recycling them

• Are you recycling right?

  Posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: waste, management, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 17th July 2017 Between 35 and 40 tonnes of unwanted steel tools and appliances are ending up at Christchurch’s EcoSort plant each month because people are incorrectly putting them in their recycling wheelie bin

• Recycling: Keep it topless clean and loose

  Posted: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: waste, management, sustainability, environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 2nd May 2017 When you toss your plastic bottles and containers into the recycling bin - are you unintentionally doing more harm than good? Christchurch people are great at recycling but a few common mistakes are causi