When plastic bags are gone we will need to hire a further wheelie bin.
When plastic bags are gone we will need to hire a further wheelie bin.
LETTERS
Whanganui locals deserve better
We read the excellent article in the Chronicle about Frances Harris bravely putting together a petition to ask our council to do its job and take responsibility for our rubbish collection (Chronicle, August 11). Good on you Frances, we will sign your petitionif it comes our way.
Our family have been committed recyclers since our children were small; the oldest turns 45 this year. They have been raised knowing that our planet is precious. We hire a wheelie bin from Waste Management for our recycling and put a black bag out every few weeks for what little household rubbish we have.
When we began using the bin we could put glass in it, according to our contract. Then one day a "No glass" sticker was placed on it. So now about once a month we have to traipse down to the recycling centre to drop off bottles and jars. A pain but this can be fitted in with other trips to town.
Now the recycling centre will not take paper, cardboard and assorted plastics.
When plastic bags are gone we will need to hire another wheelie bin to take the small amount of household rubbish we accumulate on a "pay as you go scheme".
That's customer-friendly - not. We have to contact the provider to tell them not to call and hope we get a credit. I can see that being a success.
The days of recycling at the love shack on the hill are over until our good burghers can get something sorted. We want to recycle, we are able to now with some mucking around, but really.
This is supposed to be a service. Whanganui people, no matter who they are or where they are deserve a better deal, council.
We live in one of, if not the, loveliest, town in the country but we cannot get a decent rubbish collection system that works for everybody organised.
To the many councillors who do a lot of good otherwise: can you make something work for us all please. [Abridged]
ROB RATTENBURY Bastia Hill
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