A tenants rights group warns backyard dumping will escalate if council chiefs get a user-pays plan wrong for Christchurch's kerbside collection. Photo: SuppliedA tenants' rights group is warning that backyard dumping will escalate if council chiefs get a user-pays plan wrong for Christchurch's kerbside collection. Christchurch City Council is surveying 16,000 residents for their thoughts on charges based on the size of rubbish, recycling and greens bins. Tenants Protection Agency manager Penny Arthur said even hard-up tenants had no objections with reducing rubbish, but this could become another expense. The council says residents will be consulted later this year if the user-pays charge plan goes ahead.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 04, 2021 22:30 UTC