Like so many other countries throughout the Western World, New Zealanders are striving to be as “green” a community as possible. As the country has very little space to allocate to wasteful matters such as landfill waste disposal dumps, we make every effort at Chartwell to reduce the amount of waste which ends up in the landfills. It may represent a very small fraction of the effort, but, like they say, every little bit counts.
As part of our effort, we are aware of not only what we throw “away”, but also how we do it. We prepare glass, metal, plastic, cardboard and paper items separately and have three bins which we can dispose of without charge, if we take it to the Otaihanga depot. This is done as a group activity every second Sunday, followed by a walk along the beach, or a swim (if the weather plays along), or whatever else. Kitchen waste such as veggie peelings, fruit, and so on, is collected separately and treated in the composter – to eventually do duty for free in the garden once more. Polystyrene and general “wet” rubbish is collected by the contractor once a week in the regular wheelie bin, which we try to keep to a minimum.
By world standards, we’re probably “pale-greenies”, but, hey, we’re trying… A few pictures taken at the Otaihanga depot recently:
The Rubbish Guys finishing off the feeding the mouths of the hungry recycle monster, being careful to keep the brown, green and clear glass separate as well.
Tyler almost seems disappointed that the last bin has been emptied. He was just starting to enjoy throwing stiff into the chutes! Nevermind, lad, there’s always another Sunday!
What a lot of wheelies…
Rather than dumping unwanted goods on the pavement, you can drop it off at the depot – perhaps someone else wants to buy a bargain for spares, or whatever?
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