More than 1000 Ashburton properties being monitored for recycling contamination
More than 1000 properties throughout the Ashburton district were being monitored for recycling contamination as of the end of July with Ashburton District Council waste managers suggesting residents have had difficulty 'changing back their habits' following a loosening of recycling criteria during Covid-19.
Hundreds of properties were also on their second warning.
Council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin said changes last year to the Christchurch's sorting facility's acceptance guidelines had also been a factor.
"We were faced with the challenge of not only changing back the behavior of the yellow bin but also changing back the behavior of what was acceptable recycling."
All recycling throughout the district was sent directly to the landfill for a six month period between April to the end of September 2020.
Goodwin said council staff had been working on educating the community about what was acceptable for the recycling bins.
Reporting by local democracy reporter Adam Burns
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