Wellington City Council, Far North District Council, Kaikoura District Council and Christchurch City Council will be the first councils to receive government support to set up recycling bins in public places
Tourism industry surveys of overseas visitors’ experiences report that the lack of good public waste disposal facilities is one of the most common criticisms received.
Household recycling has been shown to be progressing well, but New Zealand needs more public facilities to encourage recycling of waste. The LoveNZ project is designed to kick-start a nationwide network of commonly branded recycling bins in public places.
The Government has allocated $4.6 million over three years to establish around 600 public recycling bins throughout New Zealand. The pilot project announced today will cost $1.5 million in the first year to install, operate, and publicise.
The pilots will serve as a model for recycling in public places for other regions.
Once the pilots are up and running, and have been evaluated, two more funding rounds for councils will open in 2008 and 2009, and more facilities will be developed across the country.
