9 September 2009
It took 10 tandem trailer, four ute, and three car loads, plus a horse float, a 3-berth and a 7-berth horse truck to transport items from the two drop off points to storage on Waipa’s e-Day.
Initial planning for the September 5 event estimated around 100 cars dropping off items, however Council’s Corporate Planning Manager Tracey Hancock said the number was closer to 350.
“We were thrilled with the response from the community. The cars just kept coming in. Our volunteers worked hard on the day to stack all the items, which will be put on pallets and moved to Hamilton, before being sent to recycling plants.”
National e-Day organisers are hoping to divert 1,000 tonnes of e-waste, and Ms Hancock says figures indicating how much Waipa residents contributed to that total will be known in the next few weeks.
This very successful initiative could not have gone ahead without significant support from council staff and the wider community.
"This is another example of how council and the community can work together to achieve something special. Many of the people who dropped off items said they were pleased they could do so in an environmentally friendly way, so this is definitely something we will look at doing again. We are very appreciative of the support of both racecourses, as well as Bunnings Te Awamutu who supplied all our pallets, and Couplands who'll be moving the pallets through to Hamilton for us."
If you couldn’t make it to Waipa's eDay, you can still take your unwanted computer hardware and mobile phones to eDay in Hamilton this Saturday 12th September, 9am to 3pm. It will be located in the Habitat for Humanity building, 29 Bryant Road, Te Rapa.
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