El Toro 110 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 A family member who lives on the island told me that the council is making Great Barrier '0 rubbish', which means there will be no rubbish barge this summer, nor any bottle collection facilities. The locals have complained saying boaties will dump their rubbish, so they are looking at possibly a 1 morning a week collection service at Fitzroy....maybe. They are starting to organise the school kids to begin cleaning the beaches late Jan if this happens. I pointed out boaties are pretty good, she raised one eye brow and said Id be amazed at how much rubbish gets dumped up in the bushes which was disappointing to hear. I have another family member who runs the rubbish barge but I cant get hold of him at the mo for more info. This is basically the only council service I happy pay my rates for, the rest I pay through point of a gun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 If true that is crap. We have a good sized rubbish locker but I still like to use the barge. See this is how we get treated when we are rich pricks. Apparently the council has enough money for cross dressers at fashion week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I heard the same story from the guys at the Glenfern Estate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 253 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 And you know who will be blamed for any rubbish that is dumped around or near the water, whether true or not!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Like others we use the rubbish barge for smelly rubbish. This is another cheapskate 'savings' by Goof's mob....meanwhile they fleece berthholders and the consultant mates have a bottomless pit to plunder. This is a stupid petty hit on the so called 'rich' boaties Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi_jon 27 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 What services will be available over the busy summer holiday period? There will be a new ‘visitor-pays’ summer service running for seven weeks from the end of December 2019 to early February 2020. Summer services will be available at Port Fitzroy wharf. A land-based drop-off point for boaties and visitors will be available at Port Fitzroy wharf. Fees will apply to incentivise visitors to sort and separate their waste. Visitors will need to purchase a pre-paid council rubbish bag or be able to pay at the drop-off point for the on-island disposal costs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigal.nz 60 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 That really sucks. I love that garbage barge. Guess the dinghy just got a new name ????. That said, if I see any boaties dumping rubbish, they will get a peice of my mind plus free delivery of there trash back onto there boat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Toro 110 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Feel free to ring this servant of the community... We turned up and went and bought a bag, put out black bag in it and added to the pile. There was this big flash sign and then a huge pile of rubbish dumped where the recycling bins were. I had to laugh at the $400 fine if you dump rubbish sign where the bins used to be. I sat there and ate my burger whilst the pile got bigger and bigger, half the folk coming in were not boaties but locals, some by car and they were not happy Every local I spoke to was seething at the fact a pencil pushing idiot in a windowless room back in the city had changed the system. Fitzroy in a blow is a dangerous place in my opinion. What a joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 245 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Meanwhile the Bay Of Island rubbish barge is still working. https://www.nrc.govt.nz/news/2019/december/rubbish-barge-returns-for-bay-of-islands-boaties/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Toro 110 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 Hi sorry for that, not sure what happened but there is the pic, now sideways.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigal.nz 60 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I will ring Helen in the morning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 466 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 And at Opua they have good size bins for everything which encourage accurate sorting and a clean BOI. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 There was a rubbish guy there but not on Sundays and public holidays. Nice guy. Not sure what they thought would happen when he was not there. We bought a bag but ended up not using it. Recycled stuff was free, normal rubbish you needed a bag. Saw the pile getting bigger while we were there. We are lucky in that we have a rubbish storage area, but still prefer the barge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Toro 110 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 I saw no recycling whatsoever...only a sign about dumping where the recycling bins were and a pile of rubbish There was noone there when we went in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The truck was on the opposite side of the fuel office to the rubbish bin area, with a little sign Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raz88 97 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 We had a bit of a shambles. Anchored in 20 knots blowing straight up Fitzroy. Got ashore in dinghy and noticed fool in marauder banging into our boat as he tried and failed to anchor. Left Mrs to sort out rubbish while I went to deal with that. Mrs left rubbish in black bag next to bins while she walked up the hill to the shop to buy special orange bag. Walked back down with special orange bag to find someone had moved black bag. Couldn't find it so I picked her up and we got out of dodge before anyone else crashed into us. We now have a special orange bag and nowhere to use it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutyfree 170 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 We have a special orange bag too as we ended up not using it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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