Charity idea for Chch refuse

Press, 16 June 1982, Page 6

Charity idea for Chch refuse

Resaleable refuse, such as old.' furniture; could be collected in metropolitan Christchurch and auctioned fof'charity, it was proposed at-the Metropolitan Refuse Disposal Committee's resource recovery sub-commit-tee* yesterday.' Mr I. G. Clark said many gopds were dumped which coujd be sold. Some people were happy to have old furniture. He proposed a big collection of such items over one* or two days for an auction.

The sub-committee chairman. Mr G. D. Stanley, said it was an idea with some merit which should be looked at further.

Mr Clark said he knew such auctions were held in small ways, but these were just', "peanuts." He proposed perhaps one big auction a year. Even if a chair fetched ’2oc, s this could mount up over a half-day auction.

Mr H. A. Clark said that in some countries, people could put*out rubbish which was not /.{usually collected. Neighbours could pick up the items they wanted from this, and. anything left was collected by the local authority.

Revenue from resource recovery at the Metro Refuse Station in Parkhouse Road was up 1.2 per cent in May. compared with the previous month, reported the project engineer. Mr A. C. Vogan. The sale of recycled goods, such as scrap metal, oil. cardboard, and bottles had brought in $2162, he said. Mr Vogan said the Canterbury Paper Company had agreed to take newspaper, which included big stockpiles at the Metro Station and the Bexley tip. as long as it was baled. Cardboard would also be sent to the company, which had offered very satisfactory prices. Mr Stanley reported that a coastal shipping firm was interested in taking a trial shipment of whole bottles from Timaru to Auckland for sale, and reuse by companies there. This will be discussed by interested parties. Mr Stanley said he had x been disappointed with the negative response from the Railways Corporation on transporting the bottles to the North Island. Litter Information should . be sought from constituent

councils on how they controlled litter, and what it costs, the sub-committee agreed.

councils on fiow they controlled litter, and what it costs, the sub-committee agreed. Mr Stanley said he . had been concerned for some time about the upsurge of litter problems in the Christchurch City area, particularly discarded milk cartons and tins. Mr H. A. Clark asked if private enterprise could help by providing litter bins. 'Mr B. D. Forbes, a joint Metropolitan Refuse Disposal engineer, said that to get adequate free advertising, three if not four sides of bins would have to be free-stand-ing. People were prone to run into such bins, he said. Mr H. A. Clark said it would be worth while getting information on litter control from councils, as each had a different method. Publicity -Mr Stanley said no stone was left unturned in a recycling promotion by theChristchurch City Council. Posters, stickers, and other material were being distributed, and would be available to constituent councils, he said.