A routine operational activity by the Tararua Alliance and Tararua District Council to clean and remove dumped rubbish in urban waterways is increasingly becoming a challenge as more and more rubbish is finding its way there, distracting the Tararua Alliance from its core business.
There is a range of rubbish, including potentially recyclable material, green waste such as tree limbs, grass clippings and collected leaves being dumped into the drain area, even shopping trolleys and road cones.
![Waterways polluted by household rubbish.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TVKMW76GUFJU5ZO2FHPOKO6U5M.jpg?auth=44419998b60e0017cb0ae9423cc3b1f055a8b498b7eb9038034aae9c7dea1544&width=16&height=27&quality=70&smart=true)
This all needs to be retrieved from the waterways to ensure the drains are functional.
There are a number of implications resulting from this issue: