Earlier this year the Auckland City Council started a trial of recycling in the central business district. Bins have been placed at 22 sites throughout the city, mainly at transport gateways like the Auckland Ferry Terminal and Britomart.

This is supporting the Ministry for the Environment’s campaign - Love New Zealand - to encourage recycling in public places.

However, if you are not from Auckland or can not get into the CBD, why not order a bin from BOOKABIN, and this way the bin comes to you?!

Simply log onto www.bookabin.co.nz, you then enter your postcode, bin type, bin size and the dates you want it for. Bookabin will then generate a quote for you, if you like the quote (which you will) you can book the bin and sit back and wait for it to be delivered.

On July 1st a new act that came into effect, aimed at getting people in the Manawatu to recycle more. The Waste Management and Minimisation Act would leave the floor open for local community to come up with innovative recycling and waste reduction ideas.

Under the act, councils or residents who take rubbish to a landfill will be charged $10 per ton of rubbish on top of the regular dumping fee, meaning every $10 collected, $3.77 will be returned to the council. From that $3.77, the council can hold on to 50% with the other $1.89 going into a nationwide contestable fund.

District and regional councils can then apply for money from the fund and will be granted it if they can prove they have an innovative idea that will help reduce waste, this is encouraging for entrepreneurs with competitive ideas.

The council will be competing against other councils for funding so ideas would have to be sharp. Get your creative juices flowing and come up with some great ideas, try visiting:

http://www.reducerubbish.govt.nz/regional-pages/manawatu-wanganui.html