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Keep Mount Cook Clean

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Litter Pick-up 

 

Keep Mount Cook Clean was inspired by the Keep Newtown Clean group in the neighbouring suburb of

Newtown.    In Mount Cook the majority of our Keep Clean activities have concentrated on removing litter from  the streets and parks. We have also organised several successful graffiti removal days, and we support residents who keep an eye on their ‘patch’ and remove tags as quickly as they occur. 

 

Graffiti Removal

 

The number one thing to know about ‘tagging’ (the graffiti ‘signatures’ that appear everywhere) is that the taggers seek notoriety from their peer group. Once a tag goes up, other taggers will add their tag to also lay claim to the spot. Much like an ant colony, if the trail, or in this case the tag, is wiped out, the ants (taggers) are more likely to stay away.

 

Wellington City Council has established a Graffiti Management Plan, and a quick reference brochure to give homeowners a ‘go-to’ reference for dealing with graffiti.   You can also find tips for removing graffiti from different surface types on the WCC site.

 

 

The paint company Resene has played a substantial role in helping communities to combat graffiti, its website also has tips for removing graffiti.

 

Resene collects old paint and mixes it up in 10 litre pails which are available to community groups like Keep Mount Clean to paint out graffiti.

 

Keep Mount Cook Clean currently has stocks of green, white and grey Resene paint for painting out graffiti. Contact us if you would like some paint to keep your patch graffiti-free!  

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Utility boxes are often targets for tagging. Wellington City Council has contracts in place with utility companies (electricity, phone, etc.) to have tags removed. Report tags on utility boxes by phoning Wellington City Council (phone 499 4444), or use the “Fixit” smartphone app to report them in 4 easy steps using your smartphone's camera and GPS!

 

The City Council has a database of tags. If you photograph a tag before you remove it, the photo and some basic information can be emailed to graffiti@wcc.govt.nz for inclusion in the database. Please include (1) size of the tag, (2) what medium has been used (e.g. crayon, paint etc.), (3) interpretation, e.g. the tag looks like it says 'SATG', (4) location of the tag, and the date and time, if known.   (Don't forget to ask permission of the property owner before removing tags on private property.)

 

Please note - the heritage brick wall on Tasman Street is over one hundred years old. Specialist graffiti removal techniques are required to remove graffiti from this brick wall, do not attempt this yourself. Phone Wellington City Council on 499 4444 or report graffiti using the "Fixit" app.

Keep Mount Cook Clean meets every second month (on ‘even’ months –  February, April, June, etc) on the first weekend of the month (alternating between Saturdays and Sundays) The group meets at 11am outside the Mt Cook Café on Wallace Street. The litter pickup is for one hour only.  It is surprising how much can be collected in just one hour!  Gloves and bags are provided.

 

Contact Peter, our Coordinator, at keepmountcookclean@gmail.com or signup to the Mt Cook Mobilised e-bulletin for reminders.

 

 

Recent Litter Pick-up days:

Saturday 11 April 2015. Eleven people fanned out from the Mt Cook cafe and picked up about 25 bags of litter.

Sunday 7 June 2015. Another good turnout when 9 people met at Mt Cook Cafe and collected 20 bags of litter.

Saturday 1 August 2015. The rain held off just long enough to allow 8 of us to collect about 20 bags of litter from Mt Cook streets. Sid Keelan from the Wellington City Council was on hand to help too!

Sunday 6 December 2015. After a long break while Peter was out of Wellington we had 8 people turn out in threatening weather to collect about 20 of the big new bags of litter.

Sunday 21 Feb 2016. A smaller turnout but we still manged to collect 16 big bags of litter.

Saturday 4 June 2016. Despite it being Queen's Birthday weekend 10 people enjoyed brilliant weather and collected about 20 big bags of litter.

Sunday 7 August. A smaller turnout in freezing weather but we collected 18 medium bags of litter.

Saturday 1 October. A good turnout, the showers held off and we collected about 20 medium bags of litter.

Sunday 4 December. Ten of us  set out in good weather and collected about 28 medium bags of litter.

Saturday 4 March, 2017. Our best turnout - 18 people who collected about 40 medium bags of litter.

Sunday30 April, 2017. Smaller numbers today but we had unexpected fine weather and collected 18 bags of litter.

 

 

 

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