Waikato Waste

Taupo — Taupō District Council awarded the contract for the design and construction of wastewater reticulation to Hirangi Road in Turangi at the 30 October Council meeting in Turangi.

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Hamilton — Wastewater sludge from Hamilton’s 145,000 residents will no longer end up in landfill.

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Taupo — Taupō District Council is asking the community for help to keep the District beautiful.

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Taupo — New recycling bins have been installed at Owen Delany Park to encourage people to dispose of their waste thoughtfully.

By Taupo District Council
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Hamilton — From next week, kerbside recycling and refuse collection days will change for around 4000 Hamilton households.

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Taupo — As part of Taupō District Council’s commitment to reducing stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration into the sewerage reticulation system, Council is undertaking inspections of the sewerage reticulation system.

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Waikato — Recycling bins installed by Waikato District Council across the region have proved a hit with the public, with their prominent locations helping to raise awareness of the environmental benefits of recycling.

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Hamilton — Hamilton City Council and one of its staff are being prosecuted over a sewage sludge spill at the Pukete wastewater treatment plant last July.

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Hamilton — A new electronic waste collection facility is scheduled to open early next year in Hamilton.

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Waikato — All rubbish and recycling collections in the Waikato district, with the exception of Port Waikato, will take place one day later than usual over the upcoming Christmas and New Year period.

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Waikato — The critical importance of dairy farmers having adequate effluent storage has been highlighted by preliminary results from the first of seven Waikato Regional Council helicopter monitoring flights scheduled for 2011-12.

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Hamilton — An independent review into the recent overflow at Hamilton’s Wastewater Treatment Plant found there was a good response to the spill, but that some improvements could be made to processes.

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Waikato — Support is mounting for the Waikato Regional Council to apply a regional rate to fund construction and maintenance of stock truck effluent disposal sites.

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Raglan — Whaanga Coast residents whose properties are earmarked for connection to the proposed wastewater project will have the opportunity to find out the details in an open day on 16 July.

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Waikato — A website launched 12 years ago to divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfill has been revamped to make the free exchange of reusable items easier.

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Taupo — Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith was in Taupō today for the re-launch of the Love NZ recycling bin project, which will see an additional 30 glass and plastic recycling bins placed in public spaces around the Taupō district.

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Waikato — Dirty and dangerous discharges of effluent from stock trucks appear to be on the increase in the Waikato and the regional council has written to trucking firms asking them to take action to stop this practice.

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Waikato — By Bala Tikkisetty It’s unclear how many old tyres are discarded annually in the Waikato but it’s estimated about four million a year are used up nationally, generating about 36,000 tonnes of waste.

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Waikato — A successful partnership between Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand and the organisers of the Karapiro 2010 World Rowing Championships has set a benchmark for what major sporting and entertainment events can achieve with recycling and reducing spectator and competitor waste to landfill.

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Waikato — A project involving Environment Waikato, Hamilton City Council, Matamata Piako District Council, Landcare Research, Lakeland Steel and Inghams Enterprises, is being granted nearly $160,000 over two years to explore turning organic waste into useful nutrients, thereby benefiting the regional economy and the environment.

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Mangakino — Following wastewater overflows at the Mangakino Wastewater Treatment Plant two years ago, Council is taking action and putting restorative projects in place to compensate the Mangakino community.

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Mangakino — The Mangakino community is to receive $30,000 towards community projects from Taupo District Council (TDC) as part of a restorative justice ruling handed down last week by the Tokoroa District Court over illegal sewage dumping.

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