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News: tagged with "pollution"

• Fly-tipping costs Christchurch ratepayers

  Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, pollution
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th September 2023 Clearing illegally dumped rubbish on the sides of roads is costing ratepayers almost a million dollars a year

• Help is here for those with expired wood burners

  Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: pollution, heating, funding
  Environment Canterbury media release: 6th September 2023 With more than 12,000 expired wood burners in Canterbury homes, and thousands more due to expire in the coming years, Environment Canterbury is urging homeowners to check their burner

• Green-bin organics: Where should we send it?

  Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, recycling, consultation, community engagement, management, pollution
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th August 2023 Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger talks about the future of Christchurch’s green-bin organics processing, and what it could mean for you..

• Don’t let our waterways go down the drain

  Posted: Thursday, August 10, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, water, safety, pollution, waterways
  Environment Canterbury media release: 10th August 2023 Did you know the stormwater drains you see on the side of the road lead directly into our rivers, streams and the ocean? Many people assume that whatever travels down these drains gets treated, but in

• Recreational water quality results from Whakaraupō Lyttelton and Akaroa released

  Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, disease, pollution, swimming
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th June 2023 Environment Canterbury undertook faecal source testing earlier this year in many of the bays and waterways in Lyttelton Bays/Whakaraupō and Akaroa/Whakaroa to help determine what type of faecal pollution

• Burn ‘warmer, cheaper’ this winter to help improve our air quality

  Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: housing, heating, pollution, campaign
  Environment Canterbury media release: 30th May 2023 As the infamous Canterbury frosts start to bite, people across the region are firing up their wood burners to stay warm

• Tailings removed from organics processing plant

  Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, pollution, management, consultation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 27th September 2022 Christchurch City Council has completed the process of removing tailings, surplus to operational requirements, from the Organics Processing Plant site in Bromley

• Report shows importance of reducing emissions for better air quality

  Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: environment, pollution, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 11th July 2022 A recent report shows how air quality impacts the health of New Zealanders, especially the young, elderly, asthmatics and people with pre-existing heart or lung disease

• Supporting global action to combat marine plastic pollution

  Posted: Thursday, February 3, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, health, waste, recycling, pollution
  Ministry for the Environment media release: 2nd February 2022 New Zealand has joined other countries in stating support for coordinated global action to combat marine plastic pollution through a new global agreement

• Riverbeds are not dumping grounds

  Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, waste, pollution
  Environment Canterbury media release: 29th September 2020 An increase in the number of incidents of people dumping rubbish in riverbeds in the Selwyn district is causing concern for river users