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News: tagged with "waste"

• Sign up now for Recycling Week (20 to 26 October 2025)

  Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, waste, recycling, awareness
  Get ready to inspire change and take action

• Investing in Selwyn’s Future: Mayor Broughton Responds to Rates Criticism

  Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: services, funding, planning, built environment, water, transport, waste
  Selwyn District Council media release: 1st July 2025 Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton says the Council is focused on investing in essential services to support the district’s rapid growth and is rejecting the Taxpayers’ Union's claims of poor financial manageme

• Embracing alternatives to outdoor burning

  Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: pollution, waste, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 26th May 2025 Smoky outdoor fires can be an issue at this time of year. There are alternatives to outdoor burning that are better for our environment and won't impact air quality. Mulching Mulch is used to cover soil

• Save money: Do better meal planning

  Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in: Resources and Information With tags: waste, Food, campaign
  The majority of Kiwis meal plan in some way, shape, or form. However some households still throw away the equivalent of three shopping trolleys of food every year

• Christchurch's dumped rubbish costs starting to drop

  Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, recycling, finances
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th January 2025 The cost and amount of on street fly tipping in Christchurch is starting to come down

• Collection truck fire caused by lithium battery

  Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, recycling, emergencies
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 20th January 2024 The Council is urging residents to avoid throwing batteries in their rubbish, after a fire broke out in a kerbside collection truck last week

• Work continuing on Akaroa water checks

  Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, repair, waste, intervention
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th October 2024 Christchurch City Council is getting in touch with the owners of Akaroa properties that need to repair their wastewater or stormwater systems

• Settlement secures future for treatment plant

  Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, water, pollution, services, recovery, repair
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 9th October 2024 An activated sludge reactor will replace the fire-damaged trickling filters at the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant to fix long-standing odour issues impacting local residents

• Keeping children safe around septic tanks

  Posted: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, water, water safety, children, prevention
  Environment Canterbury media release: 18th September 2024 Many people with a septic tank on their property won’t have thought about whether or not it poses a drowning risk

• Rubbish in parks wastes ratepayers' money

  Posted: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, support, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 10th September 2024 Regional park rangers are an industrious bunch who work hard to maintain Waitaha Canterbury’s three regional parks and make them appealing places to be

• Don't let safety go to waste

  Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, recycling, harm, safety
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd September 2024 Take the time to dispose of hazardous items correctly and keep our staff and your community safe

• Ilam wastewater upgrade set to begin

  Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, waste, roadworks, traffic
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th August 2024 A major upgrade of wastewater pipes will start in Ilam in early September on Clyde, Creyke and Maidstone Roads

• When was your septic tank last checked?

  Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, waste, water, safety, disease, prevention, land
  Environment Canterbury media release: 20th August 2024 Failing to ensure your septic tank is maintained could put your family's health at risk

• Become a leftover legend in August 2024

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: campaign, Food, waste, sustainability
  Uneaten leftovers was given as the most common reason for food waste in Kiwi homes - according to Ministry for the Environment research

• All eyes on Lyttelton water

  Posted: Friday, July 19, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, water, management, pollution
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th July 2024 If you live around Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and you’ve spotted something unusual with the water network, get in touch

• New wastewater network future proofing Selwyn growth

  Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, waste
  Selwyn District Council media release: 8th July 2024 A $35

• Burwood Landfill to remain open

  Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, planning
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th July 2024 Operations will continue on part of the Burwood Landfill until 2026

• A day in the life of a Kerbside Collection Driver

  Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 17th June 2024 Jump in for a ride and get to know Waimakariri’s ‘rubbish truck lady’

• Mind the grate: Reducing stormwater pollution at home

  Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, water, safety
  Environment Canterbury media release: 7th May 2024 Stormwater is water that runs off our roofs, driveways, footpaths, roads, and gardens

• Recycle your child's car seat with SeatSmart

  Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, safety, families, waste, recycling
  100,00 child car seats expire each year - so don’t let your expired or damaged car seat end up in landfill or be sold. Any brand of booster, convertible seat or capsule can be recycled through SeatSmart

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