Warning over backyard burning in Northland this autumn
11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Complaints about burning and smoke nuisance to the NRC s Environment Hotline average 252 each year.
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Complaints about burning and smoke nuisance to the NRC s Environment Hotline average 252 each year.
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Northern Advocate
Northland s chief environment watchdog is warning people planning to burn unwanted waste material this autumn to follow the rules or risk stiff penalties, including court action.
The warning by the Northland Regional Council follows an average of 252 burning and smoke nuisance complaints it receives each year, or 25 per cent of all incidents reported on its Environment Hotline.
Performance art revs up lessons on waste
Wellsford School students participate in a lesson on waste with actor Tineke Robson at an outdoor classroom at the Lawrie Road recycling centre.
Between auditioning and preparing for roles on stage and screen, actor and dancer Tineke Robson now has another job – teaching recycling and waste reduction to Mahurangi children.
Tineke was approached by Mahurangi Wastebusters founder Trish Allen to join a programme teaching waste education in north Rodney schools.
It quickly emerged that Tineke’s drama, dancing and songwriting skills made her a perfect fit for the job.
Her lessons have become something of a theatrical performance with plenty of audience interaction and participation.
Paris officials slam online campaign alleging city grime spree
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06/04/2021 - 13:59 Paris city officials have slammed an online campaign claiming public spaces are unacceptably dirty and defended the work of thousands of clean-up workers who take away trash every day. JOEL SAGET AFP 4 min Paris city chiefs have branded as politically motivated a viral campaign blaming mayor Anne Hidalgo for the capital s dirty streets. Advertising Read more
Over the past week on social media #saccageparis (trashed Paris) has featured thousands of photos of overflowing garbage bins or litter on sidewalks and in other public places.
Many of the messages blamed Hidalgo for letting the city become excessively dirty.
Nepalese climbers spruce up Mount Everest in a message to peak litterbugs
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04/04/2021 - 17:08 Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Everest into the world s highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind AFP/File Text by: Pratap Chakravarty 3 min A group of Nepalese climbers have removed a whopping 2.2 tons of trash from the world’s highest peak in an exercise now set to gather steam this month when Nepal’s army will start scouring for trash on five other mountains besides Mount Everest. This comes as Covid restrictions are lifted and the spring climbing season gets underway.
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.