Kea-proof bins keeping birds at bay

The council launched an announcement this week saying it had provide you with the new-look garbage bins to maintain the curious birds away.

“The Division of Conservation approached us about getting some garbage bins for Franz Josef that kea couldn’t get into,” council operations supervisor Erle Bencich mentioned.

“We’re eager to help Doc’s efforts to maintain kea wholesome.

“Investigating the marketplace for garbage bins, we discovered that not one of the bins out there have been match for function.

“We put our engineering abilities to good use and together with a provider got here up with a lid design that has a spring-loaded door with a slim aperture which inserts on the usual receptacle base.

“The lids and bins have been manufactured by Tilley Group Ltd to fulfill our particular necessities.

“It could be nice to see them put in throughout the nation wherever cheeky kea are stepping into public garbage bins.”

Seven of the 240-litre bins with kea-proof lids have been put in in Franz Josef this week.