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wednesday 28 november 2018
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Dump fees spark rubbish bag price hike
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Kate Russell A local supermarket has resorted to taking roadside rubbish bags off the shelves and putting them behind the counter after they became one of their most shoplifted items. The move comes after the bags went up in price on 1 July. In another local store, the cost of a single rubbish bag has increased 30 per cent in the last seven years. Countdown Nelson store manager Lauren Hobson says they had to move the bags due the high number of thefts. “We have had no issues since we have taken them off the shelves.” Rubbish collection in Nelson is operated on a ‘user pays’ system provided by the Nelson City Councilowned contractor, Nelmac. The 65 litre bags, known as ‘Betta-Bags’, are available at supermarkets, Nelson City Council and at Nelmac’s office. They are sold as singles or as a four-pack. Nelmac’s marketing coordinator Nic Stuart says one of the reasons for the bag price hike is due to the increase in Nelson City Council’s dumping fees. In fact, they have been hit with a 34 per cent increase in dumping costs since July. “Due to operational costs increasing we need to account for cost of sales. This also includes, but is not limited to, the cost of providing the right staff, increase in fleet and plant and fuel prices continuously increasing.” Nelson City Council communications manager
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Lois Breukel, Lola King, Jessica Gallagher and Charlotte North all got their colour on during the colour craze in Tahunanui on Sunday. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
Colour craze for a cause Sara Hollyman Nelson kids got colourful to raise money for a young girl fighting cancer on Sunday. Hundreds turned out for the Colour Craze Fun Run at Tahunanui Sports field. Participants chose to run 1km, 3km or 5km around the field to raise money for Emma’s Army – a group
set up to raise funds for the family of Emma Guyer who has recently been diagnosed with her third tumour. As they began their run, participants were hosed down by local firefighters at the start line. Then they were doused with coloured powder by eager volunteers who were stationed around the course.
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As they crossed the finish line, the final green powder was thrown at the already rainbow-coloured runners. The fun-run was followed by a Colombian dance demonstration and a colour dance party, in which participants could purchase their own colour bags to throw at each other. The day was a collaborative
effort by Multicultural Nelson Tasman, Girl Guides, Volunteer Nelson and Sport Tasman. Riley Perrott is about to turn 11 so decided to have his birthday party at the funrun. He, along with a group of his friends, ran the 3km course and were front and centre at the dance party.
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