Auckland Council wants people recycling like normal..
Auckland Council wants people recycling like normal..
1 April 2020
But - paper and cardboard will be going straight to landfill - because COVID-19 restrictions have closed the overseas market for certain products.
Council Environment and Climate Change Committee chair Richard Hills says it highlights why we should recycle here.
He says the issue is that's quite a costly exercise - and you need a partner who can take the products created at the other end.
Hills says he knows it's not good for the environment... but there's simply no choice.
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