Friday, 13 May, 2022 - 16:01Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) will start a kerbside recycling bin check trial this month to help reduce contamination. Bin checkers will be out on the streets lifting the lid on yellow kerbside recycling bins and looking at items in the bin. QLDC Waste Minimisation Officer Kath Buttar said the purpose of the bin checks is to help improve the standard of recycling in the district. "Putting the wrong items in recycling bins not only makes it harder to meet recycling quality standards, but it also impacts the recycling crew at the Queenstown Wakatipu Recycling Centre who hand-sort all kerbside recycling. We want to stop rubbish or dirty recycling going in the recycling bin to make their job easier and more pleasant."

Source: Stuff May 13, 2022 03:48 UTC