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Enviro NZ (formerly EnviroWaste) is to end its yellow bag rubbish collection service on the Hibiscus Coast and North Shore. A spokesperson said the company has stopped restocking shelves as shops began running out of its bags and they are fast disappearing from supermarket shelves. It encouraged customers to use up any bags, or to get in touch if they have any remaining bags after March 1.
Explaining the decision, Enviro NZ said it supports New Zealand’s shift to rubbish standardisation, and Auckland’s move to a consistent rates-funded rubbish service (see story). It advised customers to contact other companies providing rubbish collection services in the area.
On the Coast another company, Econowaste, offers weekly collections of 80, 120 and 240 litre bins. Costs range from $199 a year (weekly equivalent $3.83) for 80 litre bins to $467 a year (weekly equivalent $8.98) for 240 litre bins.
Econowaste/Northland Waste also offers a kerbside collection for its blue and green bags. Some readers have expressed concern that it may phase out its blue bags. However Econowaste’s marketing, advocacy and strategy general manager, April Peter, assures customers that it is “100 percent committed to continuing to service the Hibiscus Coast area for domestic rubbish bags until the council changes commence”.
