In Timaru's new recycling campaign, district mayor Nigel Bowen has gone topless to raise awareness of putting plastic bottles without their tops in the yellow recycling bins. Timaru’s mayor has defended taking his top off to tackle the district's poor recycling habits after he was compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin by the Taxpayers’ Union. (File photo)However, Bowen defended the campaign saying the Taxpayers’ Union “should have given me a call before putting out such ridiculous misinformation”. Bejon Haswell/Stuff Timaru's recycling woes have become '”desperately bad”, according to district councillor Barbara Gilchrist. JOHN BISSET/Stuff Timaru's new recycling campaign sees Josh Thomson raising awareness about the correct use of the district’s recycling bins.

Source: Stuff March 29, 2021 04:05 UTC