A Campbellfield company has been fined more than $8000 by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Monash Bin Hire & Demolition was found to be depositing mixed construction and demolition waste at a site in Preston that was not licensed to accept it.
EPA northern metropolitan manager Jeremy Settle said EPA officers inspected the premises and observed one of the company’s trucks tipping a load of waste.
“While the driver advised that the load was crushed rock, delivered to fill a hole, it was clear that it was mixed construction and demolition waste, as it contained bricks, concrete, tiles and plastic, among other things,” Mr Settle said.
Friday, 18 December, 2020 - 11:56
A Hawke’s Bay company’s good old Kiwi ingenuity and practicality is paving the way for improving recycling at council retirement villages, and possibly in the hospitality industry too.
It has also earned attention and $20,000 of grant funding from glass industry organisation the Glass Packaging Forum.
The issue facing many retirement village residents, as well as those in the hospitality industry, is the need for compact, easy to move and easy to use glass recycling bins. Bin Hire Managing Director Daniel Montaperto says their tailor-made trolleys allow three existing kerbside recycling collection bins to be stacked, making them compact, easy to store, and easy to move.