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Confusion around start date of new Tauranga City Council rubbish collection service
17 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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The new Tauranga City Council rubbish bin and recycling bin line-up. Photo / George Novak
Most Tauranga residents appear to be aware of the July 1 start date for the council s new council rubbish collection service but a small number are jumping the gun.
Tauranga City Council says it has received 18 reports (0.04 per cent of delivered bins to date) about bins being put out before the new kerbside collection had started.
Parkvale resident Isabelle Crosson, 26, received the new bins after she and her husband moved from Pāpāmoa and started putting them out for collection straight away.
New Tauranga City Council bins leave some residents less than impressed
6 May, 2021 07:00 AM
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Dawn Grant, 90. Greerton residents are not happy about the new council rubbish bins. Photo / George Novak.
Dawn Grant, 90. Greerton residents are not happy about the new council rubbish bins. Photo / George Novak.
Bay of Plenty Times
By: Megan Wilson
A 90-year-old Greerton resident says she will keep paying for her private bin collection even after the council s new ratepayer-funded kerbside rubbish collection begins. The rollout of the new bin fleet - three large bins and a small one for food scraps - is under way ahead of the July 1 start of the new service, but some residents are less than impressed with the new arrivals.
Tauranga makes more waste per capita than the New Zealand average
3 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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As bins for a new citywide rubbish and recycling service start rolling out, figures show Tauranga creates more urban waste per capita than the New Zealand average. Figures provided by Tauranga City Council show each person creates 1053kg of urban waste - including both commercial and domestic waste - each year.