Kerbside recycling a step closer as bins delivered
BY CLAIRE CONNELL
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Collection crates for kerbside recycling will be delivered to households in Blenheim and Picton in about 10 days, a Marlborough District Council spokesman says.
Council operations and maintenance engineer Stephen Rooney told the assets and services committee meeting last week the first collection day would be October 4.
A 55-litre bin and promotional material will be delivered to all Blenheim and Picton households during September. The contract for three years and nine months was awarded in June to Greenfingers Environmental, a Waikato-based waste collection company.
Mr Rooney said a Greenfingers Environmental employee from the North Island would move to Marlborough within a couple of weeks to supervise the contract. The company would be interviewing for other staff in Marlborough this week.
Glass, paper and cardboard, plastic, steel and aluminium will be able to be recycled as part of the scheme.
- The Marlborough Express
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There seems to be confusion in the article above, is it crates that are being delivered for recycling purposes or 55 litre wheelie bins as these are totally different beasts. The use of small crates for recycling is not a good option for councils if they require contractors to physically pick these bins up and tip them into a truck where someone else on the truck sorts out the material. This type of operation is seriously out dated and has many H&S risks to the employee, the contract company and the Council as a contract principal.
However, the use of 55 litre wheelie bins for recycling has significantly fewer risks and allows the sorting of recycling to occur at a central area. There will be some H&S risks with this also but these can be overcome far more readily than the typical kerbside type operation involving runners.
These are the exact same bins I used in Wellington and they're fine even on windy days. Glad the council have gone ahead with this scheme, it's about time.
Oh man! You simply can't please anyone these days. I have been wanting kerbside recycling for a very long time and am very pleased that the council have listened, and fought hard to get it operational. I lived in other places where these 55 lt crates were in use and we had no problems whatsoever. So get with the times. (edited)
These bins are simply useless. Whenever we get a strong winds on collection days the rubbish ends up littering our streets, leaving residents to clean up.
Why didn't the council invest in decent bins with lids?
The bins depicted in the story were the "crate" variety that were used in the trial.
I too lived in Wellington, and used these crates for some years. They create a great deal of litter on windy days.
The "wheelie bin" variety are superior in every way, but unfortunately that is not what we will be receiving.