Victory for Action C’ttee
The Redwood Action Com- 1 mittee has offered to co-! operate fully with its long--time adversary, the Metro-i politan Refuse Disposal Committee, to produce a re-j vised rubbish scheme for! Christchurch. Delighted with the deci-, sion yesterday, not, to. con-| firm the designation on theproposed Styx Mill - Road transfer station site, the action committee’s chairman (Mr B. A. Le Fevre), said the work of his technical! committee would be given to the Refuse Committee. “After three years of con- 1 frontation, both parties re-'
cognise it is time to get together and co-operate effectively,” he said. : j The Refuse Committee had (stopped being a “rubber stamp organisation” for the •j technical proposals of its: “staff and had shown it could! •act for the good of ■[Christchurch. •| Mr Le Fevre said the committee would supI port-the Refuse Committee, ! “with its new political content,” to devise a scheme I with more recycling in it. l! He had always felt that a • lot of refuse which would i otherwise >go to a landfill ■Jcould be eliminated by re•'cycling.
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