Caution on refuse

Press, 3 February 1981, Page 6

Caution on refuse

The Paparua County; Council is against any big! change in the metropolitan; refuse disposal and resource ! recovery scheme until after; the present portions of the scheme , have been tried and ( any faults overcome. .1 The council said at its£ meeting last evening that supported the concept of rejj£ source recovery, and said-M the scheme should remainh flexible enough to modate many of the aims).! outlined in a Christchurch!! City Council report Metropolitan Refuse'j .posal Committee. In a series of City Counciltt requests to the Refuse DisAi posal Committee, the_.Ci.typ Council sought a revieift;'of j the .concept of transfensta-i? tions, and the pronosed land-|< fill site at Waimairi. ; 1 This I City Council also r wanted*;, the ‘ comm i ttee to I .for sites 1 for disposal,of non-pollutingi hardfill/ plus- introduce a' .comjj'iSsimgfeS'ilStgtion pro- 1 based on: I the Sta-jc tionfej to Ample- • t mentation, of- a metropolitan 1 r

compositing scheme. I MOTOR CAMP ■ Paparua may soon have its own.mptdjfiTcamp.,.; A.rdibtion 'from.■ the.-.Sock- ' burh? : . pistrict -..Community C'S&ncil . lharavmbtbr riamp ■’fgceived-' by; Coun'tyVCbunciL; i'(-Gf: A.;.Y. Shukersaid- that ri A -area . J ,. wag! i exdelldptTfor,. .l£M<!type zo’f ne see county -staff .investigate the proposal further;.: i-.- - - “We might /-ha'v&'a few legaj. is definite scope:for this type of facility said *..!>• * - ’ “All Gbristchufch"' local authorities fi’aveythis kind of development,” Cr W. J., Baker said. “Spencer Park is a good example of what kind of facilitiy can be run by a local authority.” PREBBLETON HALL Moves by the Prebbleton Hall . Society to have the Prebbleton Ward made a community centre area for the purpose of striking a rate, are not favoured by the

(council. I Councillors agreed that it ! was inappropriate for the i council? tp--deciare- -the ward a comihuriity : ;.ceh.tre'?area to ■ enableva levy jto be; collected (from residents to assist fin;a n ce:{f he. rru nni n g (of. (tljei Wa 11. T' -If ■• ward y : given community-centre..' a $ 1,0 per.- 1 lib'uSeho I d i cpuld W struck. < » ' ; conwas approved, a difficult piteceden t-wo u 1 baiVfeat e’d. .■‘iXiiastir'year the',; i -hair.' was gfari(fdd<sl4oo. andj-lthe cdpniciß'siid'fhat it erous with financialassistaiice inhthe ’’’ * \?GLASSSRECYCLING Paparua - will -.investigate sites in the, county to clump (waste glass. e? As 70 recycling centres in the South Island are shortly to- be-,, closed? dpwnwbecause the sponsor- of .the (scheme, Alex Harvey .Industries; cartnot afford-.,t0-X freight«the waste to '■ Auckland, the council bias decided, to look for possible dump sites to take care of the expected abundance of waste glass.