Investing in Chch infrastructre
It is somewhat galling to read that Gerry Brownlee was critical of Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr for being frank about his time as head of the Super Fund and his supposed reluctance to invest in the Christchurch rebuild (‘‘Quake rebuild ‘too hard’ for NZ Super’’, May 16). Brownlee claims that the only interest was in large billion-dollar plus opportunities and none were identified.
But the fact is the National Party was and still is, hostile to investing in social infrastructure. With an emerging housing affordability crisis unfolding Brownlee mysteriously omitted to suggest investing in social and affordable housing for Christchurch. Sadly, Fletchers got exclusive rights to build on prime inner city land and look how successful that has been. bags do not biodegrade unless they are composted, otherwise they contribute to the production of methane.
Christchurch has the best rubbish disposal service in the country so why there is the need to line bins with plastic bags? If people are concerned about the smell of organic waste, then put this waste into a container in the freezer until rubbish day when it can be tipped straight into the green bin. There should be nothing messy or smelly that needs to go into a plastic bag at all.
It will be difficult for some people to come to terms with having to do without their precious bin-liners, but the world will be a much better place without plastic bags. It just takes a bit of a re-think.