Whanganui letters: On kerbside recycling and rubbish collection

Sustainable Whanganui applauds the council's kerbside recycling decision. Photo / File

Sustainable Whanganui salutes Whanganui District Council for bringing in rates-funded kerbside recycling and food waste collection.

The introduction of food waste collection has been greatly successful in other districts and will save thousands of tons of methane from entering the atmosphere.

We lament however not bringing the whole waste stream into public control, that is, the rubbish collection also.

We need one set of rubbish trucks on our streets, not multiple companies collecting.

Only by operating our own transfer station can we control the waste stream and affect proper waste minimisation through a central tip shop and community-run reuse facility.

HADI GURTON
Sustainable Whanganui Trust

Thanks, ED staff

I recently spent an evening with a friend in the Emergency Department at Whanganui Hospital. I would like to thank the staff for their expertise and kindness. They were great.

I hope that those who have so far chosen to remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 will spare a thought for the health professionals who work so hard to care for all in our community and respect them by taking responsible decisions.

ROBIN SMITH
Whanganui

I find it totally ironic that, while running an article deploring the spread of misinformation (beware the wrong lesson), you have also seen fit to run a full-page ad that accuses the Government of causing division by making vaccination mandatory for some types of employment.

My thought is that the people running the ad are the actual cause of division.
MAUREEN SUDLOW
Whanganui

You have a choice

I have a simple question for people who have not yet been vaccinated to protect them from Covid-19.

If you had a choice between taking a risk with your own life, or taking a risk with the lives of your family, friends and community, which risk would you take?

I ask because that is the choice you have right now.

The virus is now in Stratford and there is no question that it will soon be found in Whanganui.

It's okay to change your mind about something. Get vaccinated so you're not taking a risk with the lives of your family, friends and people in your community.

Over 47,000 people in the Whanganui region have had their first dose. They'd all be grateful to you for having the courage to do it too. [Abridged]

DAVID MULHOLLAND
Upokongaro

No to centralisation

Have to say I totally agree with all Wayne Brown stated in the chronicle on November 10 about the Three Waters debacle.

The idea that centralisation works is nine times out of ten incorrect.

I worked for over 30 years in the NHS in the UK in various pathology locations and positions and I can tell you every time centralisation was mentioned and then implemented, standards fell in the healthcare of patients.

This should be rejected for the sake of all New Zealanders and their water quality and standards and the increasing price they will have to pay.

Let's hope sense prevails.

R IRLAM
Whanganui

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