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Press Release – Marlborough District Council How we manage and minimise waste for the next six years in Marlborough is open for discussion with the Councils draft strategy now open for public comment. The proposed Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) 2021-27 has been developed following … How we manage and minimise waste for the next six years in Marlborough is open for discussion with the Council’s draft strategy now open for public comment. The proposed Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) 2021-27 has been developed following extensive consultation with the community. Final input is now invited. Solid Waste Manager Alec McNeil said the Council wanted to be sure nothing had been missed. “The draft plan has been informed by a waste assessment which looked at current quantities and composition of waste and diverted materials, and existing waste services. We also considered predicted future demand for services and the best options for meeting that demand,

Plastic post idea comes full circle at Blenheim landfill

Scott Hammond/Stuff Future Post national accounts manager Diana Jamieson, left, and Marlborough District Council solid waste manager Alec McNeil, with the new fence posts made of recycled plastic at Blenheim’s Bluegums Landfill. Fence posts made of recycled plastics are popping up at a Blenheim landfill, coming full circle for the project conceived on an old rubbish site. Future Post founder Jerome Wenzlick was fencing on an old landfill site, having broken several wooden posts on buried plastic waste, when he wondered if the stubborn plastic could be reused as posts. A few years later, a few hundred recycled plastic posts are being used for a boundary fence at Blenheim’s Bluegums Landfill, along with a few hundred more in the nearby Wither Hills Farm Park.

Marlborough smell complaints: I can t use my house

A new system to map bad smells in Marlborough has picked up two smells so pungent people were unable to use their house. The Marlborough District Council plans to sniff out regular offenders in its battle against bad smells. Photo: LDR / Chloe Ranford Marlborough District Council solid waste manager Alec McNeil said his Prevailing Odour Not Good , or PONG, system received 16 complaints about obnoxious or unpleasant smells between last September and January. Two of the complainants described what they were smelling as L6 in severity, or so bad I can t use my house for certain activities . McNeil said these had been characterised as chemical or industrial in smell.

Pack it in: council charges serious green to dump big bags of grass

Lawn mower-by-trade Neil Holdaway, owner of Straight Lines, said the change had spurred him onto a private waste collector. “I worked out a couple of days ago, after another overcharging, that this was going to sink my business . I have a lawn I do for $40 by filling up several wool bags halfway. But I m now charged $11.10 per half bag, so if I fill up more than three from the job then I don t make any money.” Stuff It costs $22.20 to dump a wool sack of grass in Marlborough. Upping his prices would lose him most of his clients, and prevent him from picking up more, he said.

New refuse regime sees cost of dumping lawn clippings skyrocket

It now costs $22 to dump a big bag of lawn clippings in Marlborough after new charges were brought in this month. Straight Lines owner Neil Holdaway says he will lose customers if he puts his mowing prices up. Photo: Chloe Ranford/LDR The charges come as Marlborough District Council looks to separate the drop-off points for rubbish and green waste in a bid to cut weekend wait times. The move means those with cut grass and trimmed bushes no longer get weighed at the council s multimillion-dollar Waste Sorting Centre, with entry and exit weigh bridges. But it also means the cost of dumping a wool sack of lawn clippings has jumped from about $4 to $22.20.

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