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Closure, upgrade and new construction: $20.5m overhaul announced for Tauranga's waste services 17 Mar, 2021 08:15 PM 5 minutes to read A popular Tauranga transfer station is closing to the public partly due to an "unacceptable" level of pollution seeping into stormwater drains. The announcement comes as part of a $20.5 million overhaul to the city's waste management services in which the Maleme Street Transfer Station will close while a new facility will be built as part of a major upgrade to the Te Maunga Transfer Station. It was also expected that much of the transfer station's services wo...

Posted on 20-03-2021 09:05 | By Wundrin On the one hand we have the council trying to disuade people from using cars, ostensibly to "save the planet", on the other they’re forcing the public to drive the extra distance to drop their rubbish at Te Maunga. Or will we be welcome to use the bus to deliver our rubbish? Disappoint ! Posted on 19-03-2021 17:14 | By Kancho Closure of "Maleme Street facility to the public will disappoint some people, but the introduction of the new kerbside service, etc " Well once a fortnight green bin won’t take all my grass clippings let alone the pruning of...

$3 million business now worth 'basically nothing' after Tauranga City Council kerbside policy 10 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read Sustainability and Waste Manager Sam Fellows with all the kerbside bins ready for distribution at Port of Tauranga. Photo / George Novak Sustainability and Waste Manager Sam Fellows with all the kerbside bins ready for distribution at Port of Tauranga. Photo / George Novak A Tauranga business once worth $3 million will be valued at "basically nothing" when the council starts kerbside waste collections, its owner says. Kleana Bins operator John Cruick...

Tauranga City Council's new kerbside collection bins ready for roll out 8 Mar, 2021 07:55 PM 3 minutes to read Bay of Plenty Times The first of the 165,000 bins for Tauranga City Council's new kerbside collections will be delivered from March 15. The new rubbish, recycling and food scraps bins will be delivered city-wide to kerbsides during March, April and May, ahead of the first collections beginning in July. The bins will be rolled out in stages, with the following groups of suburbs receiving their bins together: • Central suburbs (Tauranga Central and South, Ōtūmoetai, Matua, Bellevue...