Letters to the editor: Pros and cons of rubbish option clear

A variety of Tauranga City Council rubbish bins and recycling bins. Photo / File

In reply to Philip Brown (Letters, October 22).

Council did ask residents about the pay-as-you-throw option and the positives and negatives of the system are clearly set out in the council paper.

Like Brown, I originally questioned the pay-as-you-throw logic but found the responses to the talking trash survey on the council website where 61 per cent of people preferred a charge to property rates.

I also looked at the Western Bay of Plenty District Council website and noted that if you did pay-as-you-throw every fortnight it would cost $251.70 per year and $354.40 per year if collected each week.

I could not find the Western Bay council paper to compare it to the city council paper.

Andrew Sommerville
Bethlehem

Why should I pay for it?

I do not want or need the new council bin delivery. I live at the end of a steep right of way and am unable to push bins to the top.

There is also no room for all the bins because I have driveways either side of the right of way.

I use another rubbish collector who backs down the right of way to empty the bin.

I am a retired widow and would not use the council service - so why should I pay for it?

Yvonne Myhill
Welcome Bay

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