Waste Watchers Ltd director Marty Hoffart. File / Photo
The Western Bay of Plenty District Council has extended its rural recycling drop-off service trial in Pongakawa for another month.
The mobile recycling service was due to end this Saturday but it will continue for another two Saturdays, on July 4 and 18 due to popular demand, and to make
up for the loss of two months during the Covid-19 shutdown.
The rural recycling drop-off at the Pongakawa BP Service Station began in November last year as a six-month trial.
The trial aims to gauge whether drop-off points in remote rural sites will support recycling in those areas that would not be included if the council introduces a rates-funded district-wide kerbside recycling, glass and rubbish collection.
Data gathered from the Pongakawa trial will be assessed to inform a decision on the location and implementation of remote rural drop-off sites in the district.
