Wed, 15 Sep 2004

Clean Up NZ week

This week is Clean Up NZ and one of the local candidates has chosen to highlight this in her latest billboard.

Celia Wade-Brown, a Wellington City Councillor and Zero Waste advocate says "65% of people's rubbish in their bags and wheelie bins is recyclable now. Cardboard, paper, tins and some plastics have a market already. Let's not waste energy and landfill space by throwing things away.

This billboard is one of a series she calls "Really Creative Billboards" which are an antidote to the boring plastic clones most others produce. Each is individual and hand painted with a serious issue highlighted in an amusing way.

"Most billboards are boring blots on the urban landscape. I hope these offer a positive image of my principles!"

Other billboards in the series include a washing line for renewable energy, a bicycle for sustainable transport, a framed picture for a gallery and a windowbox for caring for our community.

NB The billboard is in Rintoul St, opposite Wakefield Hospital.

Celia Wade-Brown celia.wadebrown@greens.org.nz

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