Masterton District Council
Environment
Local governments play a central role in protecting the environment, reducing waste and safeguarding biodiversity. The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for local councils, which work with regional councils in the management of water resources in their area.
Environment
Local governments play a central role in protecting the environment, reducing waste and safeguarding biodiversity. The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for local councils, which work with regional councils in the management of water resources in their area.
Commit to reduce pollution in local waters.
Work to ensure that water supply is never a issue .
Commit to maintaining local wildlife.
Ensure the Wairarapa Water Resilience strategy, is supported by council in conjunction with Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Water storage. Commit to subsidised storage tanks on residential properties, new and existing, make it a consent condition.
Ensure all rural communities have a recycling station in each of their areas to dispose of recyclable waste.
Commit to doing better for water quality obligations, ie reducing treated effluent discharges to river.
Commit to pursuing biodiversity through planning and plantings.
Continue with waste minimisation policies.
Reduce, reuse and recycle. Build a resource recovery unit at the entrance to the transfer station to recycle goods.
Offer food waste collection to reduce this going into the waste stream which creates carbon.
Stop planting pines on friable land and increase planting of natives. Plant trees across the town to reduce heat and absorb carbon.
Commit to reduce pollution in local waters.
Work to ensure that water supply is never a issue .
Commit to maintaining local wildlife.
Ensure the Wairarapa Water Resilience strategy, is supported by council in conjunction with Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Water storage. Commit to subsidised storage tanks on residential properties, new and existing, make it a consent condition.
Ensure all rural communities have a recycling station in each of their areas to dispose of recyclable waste.
Commit to doing better for water quality obligations, ie reducing treated effluent discharges to river.
Commit to pursuing biodiversity through planning and plantings.
Continue with waste minimisation policies.
Reduce, reuse and recycle. Build a resource recovery unit at the entrance to the transfer station to recycle goods.
Offer food waste collection to reduce this going into the waste stream which creates carbon.
Stop planting pines on friable land and increase planting of natives. Plant trees across the town to reduce heat and absorb carbon.
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