by John Robinson

The Kapiti Coast District Council’s Long Term Plan reeks of hypocrisy. They make claims to be green, to be concerned with the environment. They say, in their expensive, long-winded glossy community PR exercise – the consultation document, “Securing our future” – that “Minimising waste helps reduce emissions, use resources efficiently and protect our environment, so it’s a high priority for us”, and that they want to “spend more time … helping people work out ways they can reduce waste, reuse and recycle.”

Like many of us, our household has been doing that all our lives. We keep waste to a minimum. We have a couple of compost bins. We take recycling waste to the Waikanae green waste and recycling site, every four or five weeks. We do not need to use the kerbside recycling services, with their large and…