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Town's green bin rollout trumped by Middle East conflict

Otago Daily Times Online News·Friday, 15 May 2026·18 days ago
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By Jonathan Leask, local democracy reporter Green waste bins won’t be rolled in in the Ashburton District in September because they don’t have the bins to roll out. Ashburton District Council announced this week that a global supply shortage of resin, used in manufacturing the plastic wheelie bins, will delay the rollout of the food and garden organic kerbside collection service. The council had ordered 12,500 bins which were scheduled to be delivered to households from July for the service to begin from September 1. The conflict in the Middle East has dramatically affected the availability and cost of petrochemical products used in the production of wide range of plastic goods. Council infrastructure group manager Neil McCann said the 12,500 bins were ordered from a New Zealand manufacturer, who was dependent on imported resin as well as recycled plastic.…

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