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• Hirepool Big Clean Christchurch 2020

  Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, environment, Community Groups, event
  Sustainable Coatlines are running a BIG public clean-up of Christchurch beaches on Saturday 29th February 2020, from Governors Bay to Waimari - thanks to our amazing sponsor Hirepool. Date: Saturday 29th February 2020.Time: 2.30pm to 4.45pm

• Bin checks focus on helping people recycle correctly

  Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recycling, environmental health, waste, management
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th January 2020 A team of four will begin spot checking the contents of yellow wheelie bins next week in a bid to improve people’s understanding of what stuff can be put out for recycling

• Stormwater Superheroes to the rescue for Christchurch

  Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, management, environmental health, waste, business, Awards
  Environment Canterbury media release: 11th December 2019 Six Christchurch West Melton businesses have stepped up to tackle issues and are leading the way in stormwater management and technology

• 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

• Soft plastics must go in red wheelie bin

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, recycling
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th August 2019 About 45 tonnes of soft plastics are ending up at Christchurch’s EcoSort recycling plant each month because people mistakenly believe they will be recycled

• 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

• Health Promoting Schools Magazine for Term 3 2019

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Newsletters With tags: children, newsletter, nutrition, wellbeing, smokefree, education, health promotion, oral health, waste
  Find about health promotion activities happening at Canterbury and West Coast schools/kura and early childhood education settings.  You can also read health promotion messages and find about about upcoming events

• What’s happening beneath one of Christchurch’s busiest streets

  Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, repair, water, waste
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 10th July 2019 Steady progress is being made on replacing the ageing sewer and water pipes that run beneath one of Christchurch’s busiest streets. The pipe renewal work is part of an $18

• 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

• Oaklands School students cut plastic waste by more than 40 percent

  Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: education, waste, sustainability, young people
  Oaklands School students enjoyed a mufti-day as a reward for reducing plastic waste by an average of 44 percent during a rubbish-free lunchbox week in early June 2019

• 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

• Positive emissions report sets tone for behaviour change

  Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, waste, workplace, Climate Change, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th March 2019 An independent report into Environment Canterbury’s 2017 greenhouse gas emissions has shown the tangible ways in which the organisation has reduced its level of emissions, as well as highlighting an a

• Submissions on plastic bags consultation publicly released

  Posted: Thursday, November 22, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: community engagement, environmental health, consultation, waste
  Ministry for the Environment media release: 20th November 2018 More than 9,300 New Zealanders and organisations have had their say on the Government’s proposed mandatory phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags in New Zealand

• 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

• New ChCh City Council Innovation and Sustainability Fund

  Posted: Wednesday, November 08, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, sustainability, Climate Change, waste, transport, water, Community development
  The purpose of this new Innovation and Sustainability Fund is to encourage innovative community, school or business projects that support the Council's vision and strategic priorities

• 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

• Exchange reusable materials at Free Materials

  Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013 in: Resources and Information With tags: waste, recycling, environmental health, sustainability
  Skip the dump fees and use the Free Materials service