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Waste Management and
Minimisation in the
Gisborne District 2014
May 2015
A534556
Availability This report is available upon request
from Council’s Fitzherbert Street office
PO Box 747, Gisborne
For further information
regarding this report contact:
Anne Lister - Waste Minimisation Officer
Gisborne District Council
PHONE: 06 8672049
EMAIL: [email protected]
Waste Management and Minimisation in the Gisborne District 2014
Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Regional .............................................................................................................................................. 2
2. Reduction ............................................................................................................................................. 3
3. Reuse and Recycling .......................................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Second Hand Sundays ..................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Recycling ............................................................................................................................................ 4
3.3 Rural Transfer Stations ....................................................................................................................... 5
3.4 Public Places and Event Recycling ............................................................................................... 5
3.5 Council Recycling……………………………………………………………………………………….6
3.6 Agricultural Waste........................................................................................................... ...6
4. Recovery ............................................................................................................................................. .7
4.1 Organic Waste .................................................................................................................................. .7
5. Refuse Collection ................................................................................................................................ 8
6. Disposal ................................................................................................................................................ 9
6.1 Waste Stream ..................................................................................................................................... 9
7. Hazardous Waste .............................................................................................................................. 11
8. Promotion, Publicity, Education and Facilitation........................................................................... 12
8.1 School Education ............................................................................................................................ 12
8.2 OTHER Education ............................................................................................................................. 12
9. Resource Efficiency ....................................................................................................................... 15
10. Monitoring and Enforcement ....................................................................................................... 16
11. Summary of the Year .................................................................................................................... 17
12. Towards 2013 .................................................................................................................................. 18
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1. Introduction
1.1 General
In 2011, New Zealanders’ sent around 2.461 million tonnes of waste to landfill, which is over half a
tonne of rubbish per person.
Approximately three-quarters of waste disposed to municipal landfills could have been potentially
diverted by being recovered, reused or recycled. (From Ministry for the Environment: Quantity of solid waste
sent to landfill indicator update, October 2012).
To improve the environmental future of New Zealand, we need to look at waste as a resource
and find more effective and efficient ways to reduce, reuse, recycle or reprocess it.
Waste management is the process of dealing with waste that includes collection, treatment and
disposal of domestic, commercial and industrial waste.
Waste Minimisation Act 2008
The Waste Minimisation Act 2008 encourages a reduction in the amount of waste we generate and
dispose of in New Zealand and aims to lessen the environmental harm of waste. The Act also aims to
benefit the economy by encouraging better use of materials throughout the product lifecycle,
promoting domestic reprocessing of recovered materials and providing more employment.
The Act introduced several new tools for managing and minimising waste. The Act provides:
a levy on all waste disposed of at municipal landfills to generate funding to help reduce waste
recognition of product stewardship schemes (through accreditation) and the ability to
impose mandatory product stewardship schemes
clearer responsibilities for territorial authorities in managing and minimising waste.
The Act came into force on 25 September 2008 and Part 3 - Waste Disposal Levy came into force on 1
July 2009. At the current rate of $10 per tonne (plus GST) the levy generates about $25 million each
year. Half of this money is distributed to territorial authorities for waste minimisation initiatives. The
rest (minus administration costs) is allocated to projects through the Waste Minimisation Fund
It is unknown whether disposal to alternative disposal facilities such as cleanfills (which accept
natural materials like clay, soil and rock, and inert materials like concrete and brick) and industrial
landfills has increased over time as there is very limited information available. Therefore, changes
in waste disposal to municipal landfills could also represent changes in the type of facility that
waste is disposed to, rather than changes in disposal quantities.
The New Zealand Waste Strategy
The two goals of the New Zealand Waste Strategy (October 2010) are:
Reducing harmful effects of waste - there is a risk that waste will cause harm to the
environment or human health. Reducing the risk of harm means taking steps to reduce
the likelihood of it occurring or, if unavoidable, managing its consequences.
Improving the efficiency of resource use. Resource efficiency in production could mean
reducing and reusing waste products, improving ratio of outputs into inputs, and minimising
what needs to be disposed of at the end of a product’s life. Resource efficiency in
consumption could mean choosing products that are reusable/durable and able to be
repaired rather than discarded, choosing products with less packaging, choosing
recyclable products and packaging.
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1.2 Regional
Waste Management Plan
In 2012, Council approved a Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP)effective from
2012 to 2018. The purpose of the WMMP is to enable Council to promote and implement measures
to provide effective and efficient waste management and minimisation within the district. This
replaced the Waste Management Plan for the Gisborne District (2005).
The Waste Management Act 2008 introduced a levy on waste disposed to landfill. Half of the funds
collected are returned to councils on a population basis. Working to a WMMP is mandatory if Council
wishes to continue accessing funds generated from the levy.
A Waste Assessment preceded the WMMP and covered the following key aspects:
The current waste situation including the source, destination and composition of waste
streams from the Gisborne District;
The current waste management services provided in the Gisborne District;
The future demand for waste services; and
Options for waste management.
The plan is due for review in 2017.
Waste and Recycling Data
Monthly waste and recycling data is collected from Waste Management and checked against
the previous year’s data. This information is essential to ensure that progress is maintained towards
a vision of zero waste.
The 2014 kerbside collection was 56 % rubbish and 44% recycling. However the public drop-off facility
in town for both recycling and stickered bags has increased throughput in the last couple of years.
Some of this could have been included in the kerbside collections but it also includes commercial and
rural waste and recycling.
There was a significant change in both the waste and recyclables collected from the rural transfer
stations following the changes in October 2012. Rural Transfer station waste, at 1050 tonnes to landfill
in 2013, was less than half of that of 2011 before the change to a sticker charging system. As well
as recycling emphasis was put on removing organic waste and composting.
Over this last year 8% more product has entered the rural transfer stations. This has not been spread
evenly between waste and recycling. Recycling has dropped back and waste increased by 17%. This
probably reflects the public getting used to the system and starting to use their stickers for rubbish as
designed.
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2. Reduction
Council has continued to advocate for producer responsibility. Methods of reducing are included
in the weekly column in the Eastland Trader and in education programmes run by Council.
A project to improve the efficiency of waste management on East Coast marae received the
$10,000 Contestable Waste Fund in 2014. The purpose of the fund is to minimise waste by providing
support for local initiatives.
Reduction is a major theme of educational programmes at the Rethink Education Centre,
especially for Year 6 students. The Rethink programme aims to see each city student at least twice
during their time at primary school.
Reduction when making shopping decisions was also the emphasis on a programme at the
Rethink Centre for Intermediate classes and in the Waste Free parenting course run by the Nappy
Lady for Gisborne District Council (photo on front cover).
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3. Reuse and Recycling
3.1 Second-Hand Sundays
Second-hand Sundays have been held in February and October since
2002. Around 150 people would register for each of these events with
an estimated 60 tonnes of waste being diverted from the landfill each
year.
Since 2010 these have been held on the first Sunday of every month.
334 households registered in 2014.
3.2 Recycling
Gisborne City kerbside recycling collected 2,713 tonnes of recyclables in 2014. This is slightly up
but consistent with the long term average.
The free public drop-off facility at the RRTC still received considerable amounts of recyclables.
In previous years we have had no data on the percentage of what was collected got rejected
when sorted. In 2013 and 2014 data indicated that in both of the years 3-4% of what was collected
was rejected. This is within the acceptable limits and significantly better than comingled or wheelie
bin collections in other parts of New Zealand.
Graph 1: Gisborne City kerbside recycling 2000 – 2014
Average Monthly Recycling Tonnages
Composition of Kerbside Recycling Collection
2014 2013 2012 2010
1454T of plastic, tins,
paper/card
92T (3.4%) rejected to
landfill
1369T of plastic, tins,
paper/card
110T (4%) rejected to
landfill
1869T of plastic, tins,
aluminium and
paper/card
1542T of plastic, tins,
aluminium and
paper/card
1166T of glass 1145T of glass 776T of glass 1210T of glass
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250
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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Resource Recovery Centre (RRC)
The drop-off centre for recyclables at Waste Management operates 24 hours a day. An average
of 117 tonnes of recyclables was deposited per month in 2014, a total of 1400 tonnes. An average
of 159 tonnes of recyclables per month was obtained through commercial collections (both up
slightly on the previous year).
Greenwaste is diverted at the RRC and transported to the Matokitoki Restricted Waste Disposal
Facility (RWDF) for composting.
The RRC is monitored regularly.
3.3 Rural Transfer Stations
The Gisborne District has nine transfer stations for the management of rural township waste. Six
transfer stations are located along the coast (Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia, Tikitiki, Ruatoria
and Te Araroa), while three transfer stations are located inland (Te Karaka, Whatatutu and
Matawai).
These transfer stations operate with restricted hours and are managed by caretakers who ensure
that the rubbish, recyclables and diverted materials are placed in the correct bins/bays. Bins are
specially provided for glass (clear, green and brown), plastic and cans, and cardboard/paper,
while diversion bays are provided for scrap metals, whiteware, and reusable timber. Waste oil,
batteries and hard plastics are also diverted at the transfer stations.
All the transfer stations have been inspected quarterly to ensure they comply with the resource
consent conditions.
606 tonnes of recyclables were collected from the rural transfer stations in 2014. The drop-off of
recycling remained free when the changes to charging for waste and restricted access was
adopted in October 2012. This quantity is less than in 2013 but still significantly more than when
dropping off waste was not charged for.
The recyclables are transported to the RRC when the recycling bins are full.
Car Body and Scrap Metal Collection from transfer stations
Metal and cars from all rural transfer stations which are transferred to Simms Pacific in Auckland
for crushing.
3.4 Public Places and Event Recycling
Funding from the Waste Levy Contestable Fund for the Rugby
World Cup 2011 provided Gisborne with 10 permanent public
place recycling bins and 20 recycling bin stations for events.
Giving a total of 28 public place recycling bins and 20 event
recycling stations.
Love NZ public place recycling bins recovered 3.9 T of waste in
2013 and 4.3 T in 2014
18T of recycling came from events with the majority from
Rhythm and Vines.
Two Enviroschools ran waste free school galas and diverted
and recycled 92% and 86% of their waste. The waste teams
received a lot of positive feedback.
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Council has assisted Tairawhiti Environment Centre in
organising recycling for events and providing materials to
make this easier. Recycling at Diwali and the Balance Street
Christmas event worked well.
3.5 Council Recycling Council’s rebuild of the War Memorial Theatre has included
systems for separating waste and then wherever possible
reusing or recycling.
3.6 Agricultural Waste
Agricultural Chemical Containers
Agrecovery was set up to remove from the environment the millions of plastic containers used every
year in the agriculture and forestry sectors.
Council assists in the project liaising between the agrichemical container recovery group,
landowners and local farming groups for used empty chemical containers. Agrecovery operates
from Riverpoint Road. The containers are recycled into safe end products such as underground
cable covers.
Agrecovery is well supported locally by horticulturalists but not by pastoral farmers. 5 Rural transfer
stations participated in one-off events to ascertain whether distance to the depot was stopping
farmers from participating. There was not much support for these events with 470 containers being
collected from 7 farmers.
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4. Recovery
4.1 Organic Waste
The NZ Waste Strategy states that organic waste should be diverted to beneficial use. In
November 2010 the waste survey by Waste Management identified:
31 percent of waste entering the RRC was organic.
The April 2008 survey identified:
29 percent of all the waste entering the RRTS as organic (35% of domestic kerbside bags)
A 2011 householder survey reported:
Forty-seven percent of households compost their kitchen waste and a further 19% gave it to
animals (only 14% put it in their rubbish bins with no diversion). Garden waste was
composted by 41% of people and 19% took it to composting facilities. Others did a
combination of methods with only 2% landfilling garden waste.
Council continues to promote organic recycling (recovery), promoting and demonstrating
composting, worm farming and Bokashi systems to householders. In 2014 Council supported the
Tairawhiti Environment Centre in providing alternate monthly composting or wormfarming
workshops for the public.
Composting Facility
D B Judd operates the only consented composting facility in the district. The discharge permits
(discharge to air and discharge to land) have been renewed and now expire on 30 June 2029.
Worm Farming
The worm farm has been operating for the past 12 years to process grease trap waste. The waste
is fed to the worm beds where the waste is converted into vermicompost. There has been no
complaint received by the Council or problems arising from monitoring.
Composting Workshops
The introduction of charging
for waste through a sticker
system in rural areas in
October 2012 saw the
introduction of free compost
bins to attendees at
composting workshops.
Six composting workshops
were held in Gisborne in 2014.
Each household that
attended was eligible to
receive a free compost bin.
Around 100 bins were
distributed. 1500 bins have
been distributed since 2012.
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5. Refuse Collection
Graph 2: Gisborne City kerbside refuse collection 2000–2014
Average Monthly kerbside Tonnage
* Recycling Commenced September 2000
The kerbside refuse collection in Gisborne City for 2014 was 3468 tonnes, similar to the previous
year. The average domestic refuse bag weighs about 5.4 kg per household. A significant quantity
of bags are being dropped off in the allocated bin for stickered bags at the city transfer station.
The origin of these is a mix of domestic, commercial and rural. More investigation needs to be
done.
Refuse Collection in Ruatoria
The kerbside refuse collection in 2014 at 42 tonnes has not changed since 2013 but the
introduction of the sticker system in 2012 increased the participation in the kerbside collection.
Transfer Stations
The waste from Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia, Tikitiki, Ruatoria and Te Araroa transfer stations is disposed
of at Waiapu Landfill in Ruatoria. Last year 604 tonnes was landfilled at Waiapu, down from 1059T
in 2011 but up on the 467T in 2013. Landfill volume halved with the introduction of charging in
October, 2012 but is now increasing, but still significantly less than before the changes. Very little
dumped rubbish has been reported.
Small, remote landfills with a quantity landfilled of less than 1000 tonnes a year are exempt from
the emissions trading scheme payment. Currently Waiapu is eligible for this saving.
The refuse from Tolaga Bay, Te Karaka, Whatatutu and Matawai transfer stations (inland transfer
stations) is transported to Waste Management Resource Recovery Centre for processing. Last
year 606 tonnes of refuse was collected from these transfer stations. The volume in 2011 was 1373T.
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400
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600
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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6. Disposal
6.1 Waste Stream
The Gisborne District had a population decline in the period between the 2 census in 2006 and
2013. The population of 43,653 disposed of 12,674 tonnes of waste to landfill in 2014, equating to
290 kg/annum/capita. The calculations for the previous years needs to be adjusted to take
account of this decline in population (assuming it is linear). In 2012 this was 293kg and in 2011 309
kilogrammes per person for the year. On the basis of the population having been in decline at the
time of setting this target the WMMP Target of 285kg per head of population by 2018 should more
accurately be 292kg. The waste per head for 2014 is 290kg (up from 279kg in 2013).
TABLE 1: Gisborne waste to landfill per capita 2014
Population Gisborne District 43,653
Refuse to landfill from Gisborne RRTS 12,043 T/annum
Tonnes to Waiapu landfill 604 T/annum
Total refuse to landfill 2014 12,647 T/annum
Per capita disposal of waste to landfill 0.290 T/capita/annum
Graph 3: Volume of waste disposed to land-fill from Gisborne City (1995 &1998 to 2014)
The amount of solid waste to landfill generated in the district per capita has continued to decline
over the past 15 years.
In comparison with districts/regions of similar size, Gisborne has a relatively low rate of per capita
waste. Waste Management sent 12043 tonnes of waste through from the Resource Recovery
Centre (RRC) to landfill. In addition, K & M Contractors processed 604 tonnes of waste to Waiapu
Landfill.
1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Amount 69500 42006 30570 18862 18227 18732 17186 13989 14225 13700 14000 13500 12619 12669 12494 12033 11707 12043
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Waste and recycling are transported loose from Gisborne since the compactors were removed
from the RRC in 2010.
The two private operators, M E Jukes & Son and Fulton Hogan processed 9780 tonnes of waste at
their restricted waste disposal facilities at Tonlyn and Matokitoki, similar to the previous year.
Waste Management have failed to meet their target of 8,000 T to landfill in 2011 but are close to
their revised target set at the beginning of 2011 of 11,500 T.
Paokahu Landfill
The Paokahu Landfill is being managed in accordance with an aftercare plan.
Waiapu Landfill
The Waiapu Area Landfill commenced operation in March 2004. This site takes all the waste from
north of Tolaga Bay.
Resource consent was granted in 2010 and expires in 2025
Resource Recovery Centre
Mixed recyclables are transported to Tauranga for sorting and glass to Auckland.
The residual waste is transported to a landfill in Paeroa.
Restricted Waste Disposal Facilities (RWDF) - Restricted waste disposal facility
Gisborne District has two restricted waste disposal facilities.
1. Tonlyn located at 344 Ormond Valley Road and has been operating since 2004. A change in
resource consent in 2007 allowed Tonyln to accept small amount of asbestos.
2. Matokitoki located at Matokitoki Valley Road has been operating since 2003. All the incoming
waste is monitored by the Site Manager before it is accepted and records are kept in a
register.
These sites accept waste such as used concrete, bricks, ceramics, plasterboard, soil/gravel etc.
Matokitoki shreds and composts the organic waste segregated at TPI AllBrites and uses it for landfill
cover. The sites have been monitored and no complaints or non-complying issues were identified
in 2014. Neither site receives municipal waste and therefore are not currently subject to paying
the Waste Disposal Levy.
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7. Hazardous Waste
The city resource recovery facility operation continues to separate out any obvious hazardous
substances received in the general domestic rubbish. Council staff have a close working
relationship with the facility and have been called to assist with identification and safe disposal of
hazardous substances on several occasions.
Council assistance to those who still have chemicals for disposal continues with an inventory of
chemicals forwarded to an approved contractor for consideration and arrangements for pick-
up, disposal and cost recovery.
Council supported the AgRecovery collection of obsolete and unwanted agrichemicals from the
rural sector in an effort to reduce harm to the environment. This began in 2014 and is continuing
into 2015.
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8. Promotion, Publicity, Education and Facilitation
8.1 School Education
Council’s school programme is multifaceted. Council provides class material on its webpage and
is available to visit schools on request or schools can have a tailored class at the Rethink
Environmental Education Centre.
This year the usual school drama was replaced by a transport subsidy for rural schools to visit
Rethink and a programme developed for
Intermediate students. This was in addition to the usual
classes at the Rethink Centre for Year 4 and Year 6
students and any requested visits.
Enviroschools
Council coordinates and co-funds the Enviroschool
programme in Tairāwhiti schools. The other major
sponsors are the Enviroschools Foundation with
support from MfE, the J.N. Williams Memorial Trust, the
H.B. Williams Turanga Trust, Eastland Port and the
Department of Conservation. In 2014 eighteen schools
were Enviroschools with an additional 2 Kura Māori
involved in the associated programme, Te Aho Tū
Roa. Waste is a key area of activity in the programme
with waste audits a way of measuring change.
A number of newsletters are distributed to all schools
during the year and are available on Council’s
webpage.
Rethink Centre
In 2014, 45 classes, around 1200 students, visited the Rethink Centre to learn about minimising
waste. The intermediate programme focused on making waste wise choices around school
lunches.
School and public groups visit the centre for sessions on waste and litter.
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8.2 Other Education
Events
To raise awareness and promote action around the environment Gisborne celebrated The United
Nations World Environment Day by running a competition through Council’s facebook page.
World Environment Action Week had a focus for each day with readers actions to be posted each
day and each day a prize winner. Themes for the days ranged from Treasure hunting at
Secondhand Sunday, Rejigging Recycling, a Food rescue day and the Prizegiving for the schools’
gadget from Junk competition. 40,000 facebook views were reported.
Media
The Gisborne Herald featured articles about various aspects of waste. Radio and social media are
also used to promote Secondhand Sunday.
Eastland Trader
The Eastland Trader has sales of approximately 2,500 copies a week. The “Sort Yourself Out”
weekly column is designed to facilitate the exchange of waste, provide sustainability tips and to
promote events and trials.
Organic Waste Workshops
See Section 4 – Recovery – regarding Composting workshops, wormfarming workshops and
bokashi bin promotions.
Marae Waste
Four marae on the East Coast are participating in Para Kore’s waste minimisation programme. This
has been funded from the council’s Contestable Waste Fund for 2014.
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New families waste
Council funded two Waste Free
Parenting workshops run by the Nappy
Lady. Packs of reusable nappies were
included with the course. In addition to
this the Plunket parenting workshops
included a presentation and voucher
for reusable nappies.
Business Litter Pick-ups
Seven businesses continue their commitment to clean up an area 2-3 times a year. Three of these
areas are NZ Transport Agency roads and as such have come under the Adopt a Highway
programme.
Other Pick-ups
There are other groups, especially schools, undertaking regular pick-ups, especially the beach
areas and sand dunes. 5 schools joined forces and cleaned up from Midway to the river mouth
for Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week. Council supports clean-ups by providing gloves, bags and
arranges the removal of the rubbish. The public has been active in denigrating dumpers of rubbish.
In total 22T of illegally dumped rubbish and litter from cleanups was recovered (down from 34T in
2013 and 27T in 2012). Bollards have restricted access to sand dunes in a small area of Centennial
Marine Parade.
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9. Resource Efficiency
All economic activities involve the consumption of raw materials and energy, and generate
emissions and waste. Resource efficiency involves changes in production and consumption so
that natural resources are used more sustainably. It includes innovation in behaviour, technology
and different ways of doing business.
The goal of resource efficiency is addressed each time waste is reduced, reused or recycled as
the use of new resources is avoided. Therefore, many of the activities for 2014 that have been
reported in previous sections of the report also have resource efficiency outcomes.
The weekly column of Eastland Trader provides tips for having a smaller environmental footprint.
Second-hand Sunday encourages the use of second-hand rather than new thereby reducing
resource use.
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10. Monitoring and Enforcement
Monitoring of waste operations showed compliance with the offensive trade licence/consent
conditions.
All Council owned and operated sites have been granted resource consent.
All Council owned waste sites monitored as per programme.
Private waste sites monitored as per monitoring programme.
Twenty three infringement notices for litter and illegal dumping were issued (up on 18 in 2013).
22 tonnes of illegally dumped materials were recovered by the Council contractor. (34T in 2013;
27T 2012; 40T 2011).
The Annual Litter Count, undertaken on the same sites for the last 12 years, was 405 pieces over 4
sites. This is more than last year but not different from 2012.
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11. Summary of the Year
Rural Transfer station waste, at 1,224 tonnes to landfill, was significantly up on the 1,050T of 2013
but still less than the more than 2,000T a year prior to the change to a sticker system.
Waste from the city transfer station going to Landfill was 12,043 tonnes.
Waste going to the Restricted Waste Disposal Sites (RWDF) was 9780 tonnes.
Publicity and Education
Over 100 people attended composting workshops with 90 compost bins distributed.
World Environment Day focused on an Environmental Action Week with 4 of these days being
waste themed.
New programmes around Reusable Nappies, Waste-free Parenting, and Marae Waste were
initiated.
Monitoring
Monitoring of waste operations showed compliance with the offensive trade licence/ consent
conditions.
All Council owned and operated sites have been granted resource consent.
All Council owned waste sites monitored as per programme.
Private waste sites monitored as per monitoring programme.
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12. Towards 2015
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is active.
There will be new contracts for the waste and recycling kerbside collection services, the operation
of the city transfer station and the service for illegal dumping collection and surveillance.
The Rethink Centre will no longer have premises at the transfer station. Alternative premises are
being sought.
As primary students from Enviroschools have transitioned to secondary school they have
requested that their new schools become Enviroschools. This should impact on the waste
behaviour of these students going forward.
Results are expected from the four marae on the East Coast that are participating in Para Kore’s
waste minimisation programme. This has been funded from the council’s Contestable Waste Fund
for 2014.
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