Recycling redundancy

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 14, Issue 640, 11 June 1996, Page 4

Recycling redundancy

• It was with dismay that I saw in last week' s Bulletin that Waiouru' s recycling service is to end, not the least reason being that our woolshed is full of humungous quantities of

recyclables destined for Waiouru. The vojumes of these build up to unmanageable proportions always the day before shearing and require many stand-up arguments over just exactly how the shearers are going to shear

amongst it all. A bit of stress is beneficial; so they say. These journeys to Waiouru combined with a cellulite-reducing swim, took hours distributing the wine bottles (whoops, sorry) the plastic and cans between the jumbo bins. I left with my ears ringing as the masses of different coloured wine bottles (sorry

- plastics) hit the bottom of their respective bins. For this, I thank the Army for letting me hook in on their service. This is no time for bleak thoughts that the W aimarino will ne ver seea recycling bin and that the council still views this activity with suspicion; that it is still the domain of Kaftan wearers. The Army has a very transitory population; Marion Dimond who got the scheme going well stressed to me that this was a major obstacle and the success of the scheme required endless education. Recycling debates, worldwide, can become incredibly convoluted. The increased use of recycled fibres reduces the need for virgin fibres, resulting in less trees being planted hence leading to global warming. This sort of endless debate leads one to tear the majority of their hair out or create more recyclables in the form of empty wine (sorry) - containers. It is a service people want here, although plastic prices are low at present, other recyclables are not too bad. Ninety-eight per cent of all councils accept recyclables ; ours are in that other eight per cent that have the Kaftan-wearer syndrome.

J

Adams