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Rubbish bags are garbage residents complain PAULA HULBURT
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St John volunteer Christine Holliday has volunteered at Redwoodtown shop since it opened, eight years ago. Photo: Paula Hulburt.
Flimsy council rubbish bags are being ridiculed by angry rate payers who say the black sacks are not up to the job. Every July Marlborough District Council provide homeowners with 52 official rubbish bags for street collections. But this year’s supply has come under fire, with the council’s own appointed rubbish collection contractors even refusing to pick up the “dodgy” bags. A post on social media last week sparked a stream of comments from unhappy residents. The original post said bags weren’t picked up as they kept ripping.
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