No time to waste

“There’s no time to waste” is the catchcry for a major regional education campaign about minimising and managing waste.

The campaign comes at a time when many of Canterbury’s old- style dumps and tips are closing because they don’t meet new standards in the Resource Management Act.

The Canterbury Waste Sub-committee, made up of councillors and mayors from the region, has found that a modern landfill is the only practical, economic and environmentally acceptable choice.

As part of the education campaign, nearly 200,000 flyers have been distributed into letterboxes.

They will be followed up with kits for schools, a website, No Time To Waste, and advertising.