Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee Agenda February 2109

Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Thursday 21 February 2019 10.30am Taranaki Regional Council, Stratford Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee - Agenda

Agenda for the meeting of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee to be held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Thursday 21 February 2019 commencing at 10.30am.

Members Councillor R Handley (New Plymouth District Council) Councillor A Jamieson (Stratford District Council) (Deputy Committee Chairperson) Councillor B Roach (South Taranaki District Council)

Apologies Councillor N W Walker (Taranaki Regional Council)

Notification of Late Items

Item Page Subject Item 1 3 Confirmation of Minutes

Item 2 7 Regional Waste Minimisation Officer's Report

Item 3 20 NPDC's Draft Central Government Strategy for Zero Waste

Item 4 27 TRC Internal Waste Audit

Item 5 30 NPDC Kerbside Recylcing Audit Summary

Item 6 39 Update on New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw Review

Item 7 44 EnviroWaste - Regional Solid Waste Services Contract Update

Item 8 45 New Plymouth District Council - Central Landfill Update

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Agenda Memorandum

Date 21 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Subject: Confirmation of Minutes – 15 November 2018

Approved by: G K Bedford, Director-Environment Quality

B G Chamberlain, Chief Executive

Document: 2191615

Resolve That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee: 1. takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee meeting held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Thursday 15 November 2018 at 10.35am 2. notes that the unconfirmed minutes of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee meeting held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Thursday 15 November 2018 at 10.35am, have been circulated to the Taranaki Regional Council, New Plymouth District Council, Stratford District Council and South Taranaki District Council for their receipt and information. Matters arising Appendices Document #2157578 – Minutes Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

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Minutes of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Thursday 15 November 2018 commencing at 10.35am.

Members Councillors N W Walker (Taranaki Regional Council) (Chairperson) A Jamieson (Stratford District Council) B Roach (South Taranaki District Council) M Chong (New Plymouth District Council)

Attending Mr G K Bedford (Taranaki Regional Council) Mrs H Gerrard (Taranaki Regional Council) Mrs K van Gameren (Taranaki Regional Council) Mr P Ledingham (Taranaki Regional Council) Ms H Lock-Ingham (Regional Waste Minimisation Officer) Mrs K Hope (New Plymouth District Council) Mr D Langford (New Plymouth District Council) Ms V Moyle (South Taranaki District Council) Mrs V Araba (Stratford District Council) Mr R Simeon (EnviroWaste)

One Member of the media.

Apologies The apology from Councillor R Handley (New Plymouth District Council) was received and sustained.

Notification of Late Items There were no late items of business.

1. Minutes Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee – 23 August 2018

Resolved

THAT the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee 1. takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee meeting held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Thursday 23 August 2018 at 10.30am 2. notes that the unconfirmed minutes of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee meeting held in the Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Thursday 23 August 2018 at 10.30am, have been circulated to

the Taranaki Regional Council, New Plymouth District Council, Stratford District

Council and South Taranaki District Council for their receipt and information. Jamieson/Walker

Doc# 2157578-v1

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Matters Arising

General Business – kerbside recycling bins – standardising colours

The Committee noted and discussed the matter of standardising kerbside recycling bins. As a way forward on this matter, it was suggested that the Taranaki district councils’ consider the option of submitting a remit to the 2019 Local Government New Zealand Annual General Meeting to establish consistency of colours through each local authority.

2. Regional Waste Minimisation Officer’s Report

2.1 Ms H Lock-Ingham, Regional Waste Minimisation Officer (RMO), spoke to the memorandum on significant activities undertaken by the RMO in collaboration with the district council officers, waste minimisation activities in the wider community and other matters of potential interest to the Committee.

Resolved

THAT the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

1. receives the memorandum Regional Waste Minimisation Officer’s Report and notes the activities of the Regional Waste Minimisation Officer. Roach/Jamieson

3. Waste Management and Minimisation Plan Annual KPI Summary

3.1 Mrs K Hope, New Plymouth District Council, spoke to the New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) memorandum that briefly reviews the data on which the implementation of Waste Management and Minimisation Plans (WMMP) can be measured over the next five years.

Resolved

THAT the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee 1. receives the memorandum Waste Management and Minimisation Plan Annual KPI Summary. Walker/Roach

4. WasteMINZ Conference 2018

Ms H Lock-Ingham, Regional Waste Minimisation Officer (RMO), provided a verbal report on matters of interest associated with the WasteMINZ Conference 2018, including the Ministry for the Environment’s Work Plan focussing on the waste levy expansion as well as addressing the increasing the value of the levy.

Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee Meeting Thursday 15 November 2018

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5. EnviroWaste Regional Solid Waste Services Contract Update

Mr R Simeon, EnviroWaste, provided a verbal report on matters of interest associated with the Regional Solid Waste Services Contract.

6. Central Landfill Update Report

Mr D Langford, New Plymouth District Council, provided the Committee with an update on the Eltham Central Landfill.

There being no further business, Committee Chairperson, Councillor N W Walker (Taranaki Regional Council) declared the meeting of the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee closed at 11.50am.

Confirmed

Chairperson ______N W Walker

Date 21 February 2019

Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee Meeting Thursday 15 November 2018

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Agenda Memorandum

Date 21 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Subject: Regional Waste Minimisation Officer’s Report

Approved by: G K Bedford, Director Environment Quality

B G Chamberlain, Chief Executive

Document: 2204242

Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to receive and note the Regional Waste Minimisation Officer’s Report.

Recommendations That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee: 1. receives the memorandum Regional Waste Minimisation Officer’s Report and notes the activities of the Regional Waste Minimisation Officer. Discussion A New Plymouth District Council memorandum from Harriet Lock-Ingham, Regional Waste Minimisation Officer, is attached.

Decision-making considerations Part 6 (Planning, decision-making and accountability) of the Local Government Act 2002 has been considered and documented in the preparation of this agenda item. The recommendations made in this item comply with the decision-making obligations of the Act.

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Financial considerations—LTP/Annual Plan This memorandum and the associated recommendations are consistent with the Council’s adopted Long-Term Plan and estimates. Any financial information included in this memorandum has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.

Policy considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations are consistent with the policy documents and positions adopted by this Council under various legislative frameworks including, but not restricted to, the Local Government Act 2002, the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

Iwi considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations are consistent with the Council’s policy for the development of Māori capacity to contribute to decision-making processes (schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002) as outlined in the adopted long-term plan and/or annual plan. Similarly, iwi involvement in adopted work programmes has been recognised in the preparation of this memorandum.

Legal considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations comply with the appropriate statutory requirements imposed upon the Council.

Appendices/Attachments Document 2204509: NPDC memorandum Regional Waste Minimisation Officer’s Report

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Agenda Memorandum

Date: 11 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

SUBJECT: REGIONAL WASTE MINIMISATION OFFICER’S REPORT

DOCUMENT: ECM 7935232

Purpose

The purpose of this memorandum is to report on significant activities undertaken by the Regional Waste Minimisation Officer (WMO), in collaboration with the district council officers, since the previous meeting of the Committee held on 15 November 2018. The report also provides information on activities in the wider community, and matters of potential interest to the Committee.

Recommendation That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee: 1. Receives the memorandum and notes the activities of the Regional Waste Minimisation Officer.

Education activities This section of the report outlines activities that have been implemented as part of the 2018/2019 annual education programme.

School/Higher Education Engagement New Plymouth Girls High School - *NPDC* The Regional WMO was approached by the Data 4 Learning Coordinator at New Plymouth Girls High School. Their maths department was planning a sustainability theme for year 9 and 10 students in term 1 of 2019 and they were keen to find out how we do waste audits within the Council as they wanted to schedule one of their own. They sought guidance on how to do a waste audit and use/modify our methodology to suit their school environment. I attended the school to provide training to the teachers on how to run a waste audit safely and effectively with around 500 students to be involved.

** The new Zero Waste Education Officer (NPDC) has recently started in her role and will be working alongside the RWMO to develop a “School’s Education Strategy” and waste minimisation programme for schools.

WITT - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The Regional WMO and STDC WMO met with the Manager Health and Safety at WITT to discuss the current status of their recycling systems, offer suggestions for improvements to infrastructure and ongoing support with training and communications content. We will be attending their student orientation day at the end of February. This offers an opportunity to engage in a fun and meaningful way with their new starters and support them to make better, more sustainable choices before recycling. We are also working with WITT to offer students the opportunity to volunteer or carry out work experience with the Council and we

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will also be working with their ambassadors to get more traction with the training and education.

Community Engagement Plastic bag submission - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* In September 2018 the Ministry for the Environment proposed a mandatory phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. Public consultation ran from 10 August – 14 September 2018 and showed strong support for the proposed regulations, with 92% of submitters agreeing we should no longer have single-use plastic shopping bags in New Zealand. Central Government have responded to the feedback making the following announcement:

Beehive website, 18 December 2018. “Associate Minister for the Environment, Eugenie Sage has today confirmed that retailers will no longer be able to sell or give away single-use plastic shopping bags from 1 July 2019”. Regulations for mandatory phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags to be in force from 1 July 2019.

Full press release: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/plastic-shopping-bag-phase-out-set-1-july

A&P - *SDC* The Regional WMO supported the SDC WMO to develop a fun and informative recycling game to engage with members of the community that were at the A&P show. The game involved sorting a pile of items into “recyclable” versus “non-recyclable” with some key “problem items” (contaminants) thrown in to test their knowledge. Items included; containers stuffed inside each other, bottles with lids on, composite materials like cartons etc. Lots of good conversations were had. It highlighted the need for development work on our recycling preparation comms.

The Regional WMO also saw this as an opportunity to promote the Plasback (agricultural bale plastic take back) scheme within the farming community. Promotional brochures were placed on selected stands and stall holders spoken to about the scheme. It seemed like the opportune moment to engage with members of our farming community and raise their awareness of this plastic take-back scheme in operation throughout Taranaki.

New Plymouth Christmas Carnival - *NPDC* *STDC* The Regional WMO and STDC WMO attended the New Plymouth Christmas Carnival with support from EnviroWaste Services Ltd. EnviroWaste drove their recycling truck while we walked alongside handing out reusable tote bags with council Zero Waste branding. A fantastic turn out of people and it is good to have a visible presence at events like this.

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Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) Easy Kai Recipe Books - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The three districts all purchased 500 copies of the latest Love Food Hate Waste “Easy Kai Recipe Books”. These have been displayed in council foyers and libraries across the region, and distributed alongside reusable tote bags at the community tours and the seaside market.

Taranaki Cup Library *NPDC* Our reusable coffee cup project aptly named the “Taranaki Cup Library” which is externally operated by Melany Hunt through support of waste levy funding and external corporate sponsorship, is due to commence Phase 2 of its proposed trial programme in March/April this year. The project will introduce a sustainable coffee cup system that will eventually allow users to buy, loan, return and share cups across the city. The initial trial will see three cafes taking part in this loaner cup offering as well as a handful of corporates who are happy to promote the scheme to their staff. The Regional WMO has been working with Melany and the graphic design team to create some cool branding and visual marketing material to educate and inform members of the public about the products.

I am going to be working with our education officer to incorporate the educational aspects of this project into our schools programme that is being created and will be rolled out regionally. By educating the next generation of coffee drinkers we will hopefully sew in some more sustainable habits!

Kellogg’s Rural Leadership Programme - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* *TRC* The three district councils and Taranaki Regional Council have agreed to financially support Trish Rankin in undertaking her highly acclaimed Kellogg’s Rural Leadership Programme. We believe that the project will provide some valuable data for the rural sector and hopefully lead to a more robust education programme around better waste minimisation and management on farms in Taranaki.

As part of this programme Trish will focus on gathering data on waste streams in the dairy sector through quantitative research, public and business consultation, and feedback from waste sector partners. Her research will cover farm emissions, farm inorganic waste, packaging, recycling, right down to farm household waste management and she will evaluate and outline solutions available to farmers.

The Regional WMO and STDC WMO met with Trish to discuss her research project and we agreed to provide ongoing feedback and support while she

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undertakes this course to make sure that we both get the most benefit out of working together. At the end of the course we have requested a final report on the data gathered and what her conclusions and recommendations are. This should be a useful resource to feed into ongoing improvements and educational strategies in this field.

Recycling Contamination Media Campaign - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC*

1. Community Tours of Material Recovery Facility (MRF) - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The Regional WMO organised four community tours of the MRF over the summer period – two in December and two in January. These were advertised across the three districts in Taranaki for members of the public to register for. The tours were promoted regionally through Facebook, newspaper adverts and other community groups sharing through their social media and newsletters. The December and January tours were fully booked and we will schedule some more tours once the education room at the MRF has undergone its major refurbishments over the next month.

We received great feedback from these community tours and some interesting points were raised by attendees around consistency of messaging from the councils i.e.,“you want us to remove lids before recycling, but your pictures of bottles in that poster on the wall have lids on them”;“previously we were told to wash and squash, but now you are saying don’t squash – I am confused!”.

The Regional WMO is currently carrying out a review of recycling brochures, posters, district council websites and other infrastructure to look at consistency across the board in the infromation that we are giving out to members of our community and work on making some improvements.

2. Newspaper Advertising community tours was included in the Midweek. I am looking at doing another centrefold piece with “How to prepare your recycling for collection”. Your thoughts on this are welcomed!

3. Facebook - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC*

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All three district councils have posted engaging content for their followers over the Christmas and New Year period.

The Regional WMO worked with the NPDC comms team to develop some sustainable tips for Christmas and continued with trialling some new styles of content including a series of polls. These polls showed images of materials and asked followers to vote whether they were recyclable or not. This seemed to provoke a great level of conversation and the style of content will definitely be shared with STDC and SDC in the next comms campaign.

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4. Radio Jingles - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The Regional WMO designed some Christmas themed radio jingles in collaboration with waste minimisation officers from all three district councils. The themes of these radio jingles were focussed on minimising food waste, better planning and preparation to reduce waste and how to deal with all that paper and packaging from presents. There were also a few ads rolled out with standard messaging around taking your reusable bag to the shops and how to reduce plastic usage.

5. Cinema Advert - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The final stage of the Taranaki cinema campaign was shown over the summer school holiday break. The advert was family focused and developed in collaboration with TGM, screening at all Taranaki movie theatres. The 30 second advert contained tips on how to recycle correctly at home and avoid the most common contaminating items.

6. Material Recovery Facility Residual Skip sorts The Regional WMO and waste minimisation officers from all three district councils as well as a number of Council staff volunteers took part in a series of MRF residual skip sorts. Contamination levels are currently range between 16 and 20% and this audit will help to find out why. By auditing the contents of the three MRF residual skips in the material recovery process we should be able to identify if the community has started putting more rubbish in their recycling or if improvements are required in the sorting process. We will then be able to better focus our educational material on key contaminants identified and also assess if there is a requirement for MRF staff to be briefed on additional recycling requirements. The last skip sort was carried out on 28th November 2018.

A report on findings will be issued once data analysis on all three skips have been completed.

Public Place Recycling - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* New Plymouth District Council’s public place recycling trial bins were installed over the Christmas period at Ngamotu Beach, Oakura Village and Waitara Marine Park. The Regional WMO worked with the Council’s Marketing and Communication team to carry out

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some promotion of the bins with Ken and Anna from MoreFM which was published on Facebook.

Ken and Anna Recycling Challenge Please copy and paste this web link into your browser to view https://www.facebook.com/kenandannamorefm/videos/369157023849246/

The Regional WMO and STDC waste officer also attended the Seaside Market at Ngamotu beach to get feedback on the bins from members of the public.

Feedback “The bins are nice and colourful and easy to see from a distance unlike the current silver ones” “It’s really good to see the Council offering disposal of compostables” “I think it would be better if the bins had some pictures to make them easier for kids and visitors to understand” “There is not enough information about whether items need to be clean and lids removed?” “I think there should be more options for segregating items further – why are coffee cups going in the general waste?” “I’ve already made my decision about where my rubbish is going before I have even reached the bin so it doesn’t matter what it says or shows!” “There shouldn’t be a cigarette attachment on the compostables bin” “The bins are really high, they are not accessible for kids!” “What are those wires dangling down?”

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The use and performance of the bins and levels of contamination in the recycling and compost bins will be reviewed over the next few months to determine if more bins will be rolled out regionally.

TSB Showplace - *NPDC* The Regional WMO is currently working with the new Commercial Waste Minimisation Officer to support staff and housekeeping with training around new internal recycling bins and posters. This trial introduction of recycling facilities will help establish a protocol which can be replicated in other council venues across Taranaki.

Toitupu Toiora – Taranaki Green Initiative - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The Taranaki Green Initiative, Toitupu Toiora had its soft launch at the Festival of Lights in December. The Regional WMO worked with Council Marketing and Communications and Event team staff to introduce the new event bin lids and bin skirts at the Festival and carried out some cool initial promotion with the Grinch which was put on Facebook and the NPDC website.

The official launch of Toitupu Toiora was at the Toto & Dragon concert on 11th January 2019. Five waste stations and all their frills were delivered to the Bowl of Brooklands on 10th January after a mighty last minute effort from our contractors Southcoast Construction and graphic designers TGM Creative – great work team!

The waste stations looked awesome (there are lots of pictures of them on Facebook). We had a team of passionate volunteers managed by Saphron Ngaia who sorted rubbish and recycling like there was no tomorrow to allow us all to achieve an awesome waste diversion rate of 95%. Great effort from all operations staff, volunteers and supporters for our first zero waste event. Bring on the Hollies for our next attempt at this!

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Waste station quotes have been prepared for South Taranaki District Council and Stratford District Council. We will shortly have these waste stations constructed to allow each district to manage its own infrastructure and make transportation to local events within each district a bit easier and have less of a carbon footprint.

New Plymouth District Council are also purchasing a trailer to store all bin lids, skirts and flags to again ease transportation across the district and potentially region.

We have already been approached by a number of event organisers to hire out our Zero Waste event kit. We are currently developing some terms of use and hire details which will be available shortly. Here are a few events that have already used our kit. 1. National Surf Championships – partnered with Para Kore to create first zero waste surf event in New Zealand.

2. Seaside market – have their own kit through waste levy funding.

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New regional Zero Waste Taranaki website - *NPDC* *STDC* *SDC* The Regional WMO and waste minimisation officers from all three districts are currently working on the design and content of our new regional website to replace wecan.org.nz. The new website www.zerowastetaranaki.org.nz will be officially launched towards the end of March 2019. This will be a great central hub for regional campaigns, events and bookings as well as up to date content on how to reduce waste in your home, at your event, in your school, in your business and on your farm. Watch this space for more updates.

Business Engagement

Airport - *NPDC* At the last committee meeting you were shown the new posters for the airport recycling and rubbish bins. I would like to correct a mistake which was spotted by Councillor Bryan Roach. I mistakenly uploaded a draft photo of the yellow recycling bin poster which has glass being comingled with cans and plastics instead of the correct final version without glass. Please see the correct poster below.

Stratford Business Association (SBA) - *SDC* The Regional WMO and WMO at SDC are looking at coordinating a meeting with the SBA to discuss how to better engage with businesses on the topic of waste minimisation.

Commercial Waste Minimisation Officer *NPDC* The Regional WMO will be working closely with the new Commercial WMO to develop an internal waste minimisation strategy for NPDC. This process has already begun with the Regional WMO collaborating with the Property team to buy new bins and create new posters for waste bins. This rollout of new bins and posters will be accompanied by an internal

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communication campaign. The internal strategy will be shared with the other two councils as we look to how we can lead by example.

Other Recycling for Civic Centre Re-roofing Project *NPDC* The roof repairs and renovations of Level 3 at the Civic Centre and TSB Showplace have unearthed many materials that have needed to be rehomed or recycled. I am proud to say that over 90% of materials from this project have been found new homes or recycling routes due to my persistency in contacting members of the community and I can tell you there were a lot of materials to rehome.

A lot of the materials have been donated to local community groups who needed them. Our communication team will be following up with some cool stories around how materials have been reused. The plastic shrink-wrap from the roof is going to a recycler in Auckland who has a contract with a processor in China to make piping out of it.

It is great that as a result of the transparency of this project I am getting regular calls and emails from staff that are wanting to recycle materials that they no longer need instead of just sending them to landfill.

Harriet Lock-Ingham REGIONAL WASTE MINIMISATION OFFICER

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Agenda Memorandum

Date 21 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Subject: NPDC ’s Draft Central Government Strategy for Zero Waste

Approved by: G K Bedford, Director Environment Quality

B G Chamberlain, Chief Executive

Document: 2206648

Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to present a draft strategy to the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee in regards to how New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) raises issues with Central Government. This is an action in the NPDC Waste Management and Minimisation Plan. The draft strategy is presented to the Committee for their review and comment. Recommendations That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee: 1. Reviews and comments on the draft strategy from NPDC titled Central Government Strategy for Zero Waste. Discussion The objectives of the draft strategy are to ensure New Plymouth and regional waste issues are heard at Central Government level; to drive action on issues that cannot be addressed or controlled at the regional level; and to develop a strategic approach to ensure any communication by staff or Councillors with Central Government is effective. The draft strategy is attached.

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Legal considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations comply with the appropriate statutory requirements imposed upon the Council.

Appendices/Attachments Document 2206641: NPDC’s Central Government Strategy for Zero Waste

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Central Government Strategy for Zero Waste

1 Purpose To outline the NPDC approach to Central Government on issues that will aid our region to achieve Zero Waste in the long term.

2 Key objectives 1. Ensure New Plymouth and regional waste issues are heard at Central Government level. 2. Drive action on issues that cannot be addressed or controlled at the regional level. 3. Develop a strategic approach to ensure any communication by staff or Councillors with Central Government is effective.

3 Central Government work programme The Government has developed a work programme to take action on New Zealand’s waste through a circular economy approach. By being familiar with Central Government focus, we can highlight issues that are relevant locally, align our own work programme and also look to influence future work programmes at the national level.

The Government work programme focuses on the following initiatives:  Expanding the waste disposal levy to more of New Zealand’s landfills and improving our data on waste.  Analysing where investment in innovation and resource recovery infrastructure is most needed to support New Zealand’s transition to a circular economy approach.  Implementing product stewardship schemes for problematic waste streams including vehicle tyres, e-waste (starting with lithium-ion batteries), agrichemicals and synthetic greenhouse gases.  Developing a national circular economy strategy, starting with priority sectors where the greatest benefits can be gained from transitioning to a circular economy approach.

The Government is also working on the following.  Investing in projects that will help design waste out of the system (through the waste levy) including: o investing in onshore resource recovery facilities o exploring new business models to keep materials circulating within the economy o fostering innovation to support the transition to a circular economy approach.  Working with industry to cut plastic waste (New Zealand Plastic Packaging Declaration, a joint commitment to use 100 per cent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging in their New Zealand operations by 2025 or earlier).  Changes to commodity prices for recyclable materials o a task force has been set up in response to China’s National Sword o focus is on raising the quality of what is collected and how it is processed so New Zealand can provide higher-quality recyclables for sale. In the medium to long term New Zealand need to build more on-shore processing solutions.

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4 Professional Bodies 4.1 Local Government New Zealand Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) is the sector voice for all 78 councils in the country. This professional body advocates on behalf of the members and leads the sector’s commitment to improving practice and efficiency, enabling economic growth, community vibrancy and environmental wellbeing. There are several forums through Local Government New Zealand where local issues can be raised in relation to Zero Waste, and potentially advocated through LGNZ to Central Government. 4.2 Waste Management Institute of New Zealand The Waste Management Institute of New Zealand (WasteMINZ) is the largest representative body for the waste, resource recovery and contaminated land sectors in New Zealand.

WasteMINZ work closely and collaboratively with industry partners, the Ministry for the Environment, other government agencies, and local government on advancing waste and contaminated land management issues. Having local officers and politicians actively involved within this professional body provides the opportunity to raise local issues and collaborate nationally.

5 Local government committees The Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee can also provide another avenue in which to raise issues which can then be communicated to Central Government, presented through the regional approach that Taranaki councils operate under.

6 Proposed key focus areas To ensure the local priorities for Zero Waste are well defined, the following key priorities over the next three years are proposed for this strategy:

Year Focus area On Central Other opportunities Government work available? programme? 2019 Review of Waste Levy ✓

Product Stewardship ✓ (e -waste, tyres) Recycling Markets ✓ ✓ Local options for recycling plastic being investigated Packaging ✓ ✓ Collaboration with local businesses and franchisees for large corporates 2020 Regional development / waste ✓ ✓ Commercial & options industrial MRF

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Future proofing truck fleets for ✓* ✓ Tapuae Roa hydrogen / low emission initiatives Container deposit scheme

National consistency in ✓ ✓ reporting & data collection 2021 Alternative technologies to ✓ landfill

* NZ Climate Change Programme

7 Action plan What Who When Develop brief for key focus Manager Resource Recovery 31 March 2019 areas to inform communication plan Engage on priority issues and TSWMC February 2019 and annually agree focus for next year there after Approve strategy through Councillors February 2019 NPDC Zero Waste Committee Identify collaboration partners Manager Resource Recovery Ongoing – align with funding and projects that could apply application rounds to Contestable Waste Minimisation Fund Develop and maintain Manager Resource Recovery Ongoing (WasteMINZ forums, relationship with Ministry for task force involvement etc) Environment staff Develop Remits (as required) Councillors as part of LGNZ Raise priority issues at LG Zone Councillors Refer to LGNZ calendar meeting and TSWMC Meet with key Ministers across Councillors Develop calendar to identify parties opportunities Meet with Local MPs Councillors

8 Communication Plan Template For each focus area the following brief will be prepared:

Fo cus Area Project Sponsor [Nominate Councillor] Background [Outline of issue; key points that need to be focused on; relevant local data]

Outcomes sought [Key outcomes detailed] [How these will be measured]

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Most effective [Identify those people or organisations that will maximise our contacts to raise communication] issue [Who will establish relationships] Action plan and [What, Who, How] timeline [Develop calendar]

9 Review The action plan and effectiveness will be reviewed annually and key priorities updated where relevant.

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Agenda Memorandum

Date 21 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Subject: TRC Internal Waste Audit

Approved by: Gary Bedford, Director of Environment Quality

BG Chamberlain, Chief Executive

Document: 2203835

Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to inform the Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council’s (TRC’s) initiatives around internal waste minimisation.

Recommendations That the Taranaki Regional Council: 1. receives the memorandum and notes the activities of TRC’s In-house Sustainability Group.

Background Since 2009 TRC have undertaken regular internal waste audits of the refuse sent to landfill on the Cloten Road site in Stratford. The audits have shown a reduction in the proportion of recyclable/compostable items in the waste that TRC sends to landfill over the years. TRC has recognised the value of these audits in communicating best practice to Council staff in regards to waste minimisation in the workplace.

TRC maintains regular internal communication on waste minimisation through its In-house Sustainability Group while also using Workplace – a social media platform. An example of the communication that has been posted on Workplace is provided on the next page. Other initiatives include the involvement in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful campaign and the management of waste and recyclables/food waste around the premises and at staff events.

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Discussion

The waste audit took place on Monday 04 February 2019. Refuse from the past week, was retrieved from the site’s skip bin, sorted and weighed. Volunteering TRC staff and students undertook the work.

Figure 1 and Figure 2 set out the results in terms of proportion and overall weight (extrapolated to weight per year).

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% % of total wastelandfill to 10% 0% 2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 Waste Compostable Recyclable

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Figure 2. Weight of waste, compostable and recyclable materials to landfill (kg/annum)

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Figure 2 shows that the 2019 audit found that a significantly higher amount (2,798 kg/yr, 43% more) of refuse is destined for landfill than the average amount (1,953 kg) of refuse that was found to be destined for landfill, over the past five waste audits. It was suspected that much of this waste was soft packaging, possibly from the purchase of office equipment. This may therefore not be typically representative of an average week. The analysis also excluded two uncommon items – a wool fadge and a tyre.

Both figures show a good decline, over the six audits, in the amount of recyclable and compostable material included within the refuse. However, it appears that 2019 has remained relatively static in comparison to the last 2017 waste audit. Ongoing communication will be used to reduce this quantity further.

These results have also been posted on TRC’s Workplace.

Legal considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations comply with the appropriate statutory requirements imposed upon the Council.

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Agenda Memorandum

Date 21 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Subject: NPDC 2018 Kerbside Recycling Audit Summary

Approved by: G K Bedford, Director Environment Quality

B G Chamberlain, Chief Executive

Document: 2206608

Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to receive and note the summary report from (New Plymouth District Council) NPDC titled NPDC 2018 Kerbside Recycling Audit Summary.

Recommendations That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee: 1. receives the summary report from NPDC titled NPDC 2018 Kerbside Recycling Audit Summary and notes the findings therein. Discussion New Plymouth District Council undertook a survey of household recycling over November and December 2018. The aim of the survey was to identify any significant changes in household recycling over the last three years, with particular attention paid to the level of contamination. One hundred and sixty recycling bins were audited during this survey, encompassing all of the major areas of the New Plymouth District. The Summary Report outlining the results of the survey is attached.

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Legal considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations comply with the appropriate statutory requirements imposed upon the Council.

Appendices/Attachments Document 2206621: NPDC 2018 Kerbside Recycling Audit Summary

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When replying please quote: 7939063

Date: 15 February 2019

To: Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

SUBJECT: NPDC 2018 KERBSIDE RECYCLING AUDIT SUMMARY

1 INTRODUCTION Over November and December 2018, a survey of household recycling was conducted in the New Plymouth district. Similar surveys were conducted during the summers of 2015, 2016 and 2017. The aim of the survey was to identify any significant changes in household recycling over the last three years, with particular attention paid to the level of contamination. One hundred and sixty recycling bins were audited during this survey, encompassing all of the major areas of the New Plymouth District.

The contents of the bins collected were weighed and sorted into the following categories:  paper,  cardboard,  plastic 1-2,  plastic 3-7,  tin,  aluminium,  non-recyclables. Each of these categories were weighed for each recycling bin, and the data was used to calculate the percentage composition of each bin and the percentage composition of all the recycling audited from each suburb and the district in total.

This report provides some preliminary results from the 2018 audit and compares it to previous audits.

2 RESULTS Composition Overall recycling composition 2015-2018 Figure 1 shows the overall percentage composition, by weight, of the recycling audited in 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

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Figure 1 Percentage composition of household recycling 2018-2015

Paper has been the largest contributor to total weight across all four audits from 2015 to 2018. Paper has consistently represented more than 40% of total weight, spiking to 56.39% in 2016. Cardboard has consistently been the second-largest contributor to total weight, remaining above 19% across the four audits.

The 2018 year is the second year in which non-recyclables have been the third-largest contributor to total weight, after this originally occurred in 2015. In 2016 and 2017 plastics 1- 2 outweighed non-recyclables to be the third largest contributor to total weight. Tin, plastics 3-7 and aluminium have consistently been the smallest contributors to total weight.

Suburb recycling bin compositions 2018 Figure 2 shows the percentage composition, by weight, of the recycling audited from each suburb.

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Figure 2 Percentage composition of recycling by suburb 2018

Paper was the largest contributor to total weight for most suburbs, generally contributing between 30% and 50% of total weight. Cardboard contributed to at least 15% of total weight in all suburbs, contributing as much as 37.93% in Marfell. Non-recyclables contributed between 1% and 33% of total weight for all suburbs, and Welbourn was the only suburb for which non-recyclables were the largest contributor to total weight. Plastic 1-2 contributed between 5% and 16% to total weight for each suburb, and plastic 3-7, tin and aluminium were generally the smallest contributors to total weight for each suburb, individually contributing between 0.04% and 6.5% of total weight for each suburb.

Contamination

Overall contamination rates 2015-2018 Figure 3 shows the overall rate of contamination (calculated as a percentage of total weight) found in the four audits completed to date.

Figure 3: Percentage composition of recycling by suburb 2018

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Figure 4 Overall contamination rates 2015-2018

The 2018 audit produced the highest rate of contamination since the audits began in 2015. After the initial decrease in contamination rate between 2015 and 2016 (12.79% to 8.32%) contamination has increased over the last two years, with the most significant increase occurring between 2017 and 2018 (10.14% to 16.9%).

Suburb contamination rates 2018 Table 1 ranks the suburbs audited in 2018 from best to worst in terms of their contamination rates.

The suburb with the highest contamination rate in the 2018 audit was Welbourn, with a rate of 32.6%. This was very closely followed by Spotswood, with a contamination rate of 32.07%, and Strandon with a contamination rate of 31.66%.

The suburb with the lowest contamination rate was Whalers Gate, with a rate of just 1.29%. Close behind was Glen Avon with a rate of 2.87%. Highlands Park, Fitzroy, Inglewood, and Upper Vogeltown were the only other suburbs with contamination under 10%.

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Table 1 Suburbs ranked by contamination rate (best to worst) for 2018

Ranking Suburb Contamination rate (%) 1 Whalers Gate 1.29 2 Glen Avon 2.87 3 Highlands Park 4.82 4 Fitzroy 5.66 5 Inglewood 7.8 6 Upper Vogeltown 9.6 7 Merrilands 10.23 8 Marfell 10.66 9 Moturoa 11.11 10 Lynmouth 12.82 11 Westown 15.45 12 Bell Block 15.68 13 Vogeltown 16.41 141 Oakura 19.45 15 Hurdon1 21.4 16 Central 22 17 Frankleigh Park2 22.86 18 Ferndale 23.86 19 Brooklands 25.12 20 Waitara 25.48 21 Strandon 31.66 22 Spotswood 32.3 23 Welbourn 32.6

Common contaminants Figure 5 shows the percentages of bins audited which contained specific types of contaminants.

1 Only one of the four bins audited from Hurdon had a contamination rate above 20%, and this was extreme at 50.28%. Without this bin, the contamination rate for Hurdon would be 10.54%. 2 One bin audited in Frankleigh Park had a contamination rate of 93.54%, and only one of the other eight bins audited had a contamination rate greater than 10%. Without the extremely contaminated bin, the contamination rate for Frankleigh Park would be 8.58%.

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Figure 5 Suburbs ranked by contamination rate (best to worst) for 2018

The most common contaminant found in the 2018 audit was dirty recyclables. Over 70% of the bins audited contained recyclable items which were too dirty to be accepted for recycling. Non-recyclable plastic (e.g. non-container plastics, unnumbered plastics or durable plastics) was the second most-common contaminant, being found in 55% of the bins audited. Recyclable items with non-recyclable materials attached (e.g. envelopes and cardboard boxes with plastic windows, tissue boxes with soft plastic attached, paper bags with plastic or fabric handles) were found in over 50% of the bins audited, as were soft plastics (including plastic bags). Mixed material products (e.g. Pringles cans and soy milk cartons) were also a significant contaminant, being found in nearly 40% of the bins audited. Bottles with the lids on were also found in nearly 40% of the bins audited.

Dirty pizza boxes were found in 20% of bins audited. Pizza boxes can only be accepted for processing when they contain no food and little to no grease.

Polystyrene was found in 13% of the bins audited. Food and glass were both found in 9% of the bins audited, while fabric and coffee cups were both found in 7% of the bins audited.

Almost 60% of bins audited contained various other non-recyclable items, including but certainly not limited to batteries, tinfoil, garden hose, dog faeces, timber and a dead mouse.

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3 CONCLUSION The results of the 2018 kerbside recycling audit indicate an increase in the level of contamination in household recycling in the New Plymouth district. The contamination rate in the 2018 audit was significantly higher than those of previous audits.

It is interesting that this increased contamination rate comes on the back of increased efforts in community education around recycling. However, the auditors noted that judging by the types of contaminants present in each bin there appeared to be a clear difference between households who were trying to do the right thing but simply did not have the knowledge required and households who clearly had no interest in making a real effort.

Aside from lack of knowledge, the increase in contamination seen in 2018 could be attributed to a growing sense of complacency regarding recycling and an increased number of residents taking the kerbside collection for granted, simply using it as another waste disposal method for items they do not know what to do with.

Another plausible explanation is that residents are losing faith in the recycling system as a result of the increased scepticism portrayed in the media about whether recyclables are actually being recycled or being sent to landfill. Believing that the recycling is being sent to landfill would increase the likelihood of residents putting all manner of non-recyclable items in their recycling bin with the mind-set of “what is the point?” It will be important to stress that Taranaki recycling is not landfilled in any future communications.

An unfavourable attitude towards recycling could also be explained by a lack of awareness of its importance, and the importance of minimising waste in general. From the volume of single-use items, particularly plastic, found in many of the bins audited it is clear that in general, there is not much awareness of the single-use packaging problem we are now facing on a global scale.

Therefore, in addition to educating the public on acceptable recycling, the audits have identified further opportunities to clarify: 1. what condition recycling items should be in (i.e. clean and free of lids, and loose in the bin) 2. what happens to recycling once it is picked up (i.e. it is still being recycled and not sent to landfill) 3. education and engagement that is tailored to specific types of communities as traditional methods of education and communication (facebook, newspaper and radio) are ineffective e.g. with residents in flats/rental accommodation, or young adults 4. more focus on reducing consumption of single-use items and reusing as much as possible.

These findings will be incorporated into future behaviour change campaigns around recycling right.

Kimberley Hope MANAGER RESOURCE RECOVERY

38 Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee - Update on New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw Review

Agenda Memorandum

Date 21 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

Subject: Update on New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw Review

Approved by: G K Bedford, Director Environment Quality

B G Chamberlain, Chief Executive

Document: 2204250

Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to receive and note the New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw Review.

Recommendations That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee: 1. receives the memorandum New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw Review and notes the activities contained in the report. Discussion A New Plymouth District Council memorandum from Kimberley Hope, Manager Resource Recovery, is attached.

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Legal considerations This memorandum and the associated recommendations comply with the appropriate statutory requirements imposed upon the Council.

Appendices/Attachments Document 2204238: NPDC memorandum update on New Plymouth District Council solid waste bylaw review

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Agenda Memorandum

Date: 13 February 2019

Memorandum to Chairperson and Members Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee

SUBJECT: UPDATE ON NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COUNCIL SOLID WASTE BYLAW REVIEW

DOCUMENT: ECM7936994

Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to inform the Committee of the progress of the New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw (the bylaw) review. Recommendation That the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee:

1. Receives the memorandum and notes the New Plymouth District Council Solid Waste Bylaw review. Background The bylaw’s purpose is to ensure that refuse collection and disposal does not have significant environmental or health impacts, by regulating recycling, ownership of the waste stream, refuse storage, waste management and waste collection.

In 2017 NPDC updated its Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) following public consultation. The 2018-28 Long Term Plan adopted the decisions made in the WMMP, namely:

 Adoption of a Zero Waste vision  Changes to kerbside collection levels of service such as moving from bags to bins, and introducing a new food waste service  Reflected closure of Colson Road and disposal of solid waste at a new landfill.

The bylaw is made primarily under the Local Government Act 2002 (LGA) and the Waste Minimisation Act 2008 (WMA). Section 56(2) of the WMA requires any solid waste bylaw to be consistent with the WMMP:

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(2) A bylaw must not be inconsistent with the territorial authority’s waste management and minimisation plan.

In addition to the changes required as a result of the updated WMMP, the bylaw needs to be updated to better reflect the increase in regional collaboration between New Plymouth, South Taranaki and Stratford Councils. NPDC staff are also utilising this review to make changes in response to feedback received from the public consultation in 2017 relating to solid waste, with the goal of creating a bylaw which better serves the needs of the community.

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Currently, Council has a consolidated bylaw, which operates as one large bylaw made up of parts which deal with different topics. It includes an introductory bylaw that outlines common definitions and processes which affect all the parts of the consolidated bylaw.

Council has previously received legal advice which suggested splitting the consolidated bylaw into separate individual bylaws, which is now common practice with other Councils. Doing so would mean all relevant information to the bylaw would be contained within a single document, and would allow Council to establish a more staggered and clear approach to reviewing its bylaws. This is something Council will be considering as part of the review process. Review The bylaw was last reviewed in 2013. Under the Local Government Act 2002 existing bylaws must be reviewed every 10 years (a new bylaw must be reviewed after 5 years and thereafter every 10 years). Therefore, the bylaw is not due for review until 2023. However, Council’s recommendation is to bring this review forward to this year (2019), to incorporate changes from the WMMP and 2018-28 Long Term Plan decisions with the bylaw review. This wold reduce duplication of effort come 2023.

In addition, Council must review the bylaw as per the requirements in section 160 of the LGA. To initiate this review, a determinations report was considered by the Council’s Planning Committee on 12 February 2019, where the Committee decided to review the bylaw. As per the LGA this determinations report outlines the perceived problem or nuisance the bylaw addresses, and the options available to Council to deal with these problems.

The report recommended reviewing the bylaw as per the LGA and amend the current bylaw. This option involves following the bylaw review process as per the LGA which includes making changes to the existing bylaw, undertaking public consultation, considering submissions, and adopting an amended bylaw.

Advantages of recommended option Disadvantages of recommended option  Enables Council to take into account  LGA review timeframe is not due until regionally relevant changes to 2023, and this option brings work achieve regional consistency where forward into 2019 possible  Implementing changes for regional  Can follow best practice via the consistency, especially relating to Solid Waste Model Bylaw licencing, will involve time and effort  Bylaw will align with the Council’s for Council, community and industry WMMP and ensures compliance with section 56(2) of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008  Creates a 10 year review period for a subsequent review, no duplication of effort with an amendment then a review in 2023

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Next steps Now that the Council has decided to review the bylaw, the following steps are proposed to be undertaken to fulfil the review requirements under the LGA. The timeframes are indicative only.

Pre-consultation (February -March 2019)

It is proposed that Council will undertake pre-consultation with solid waste transporters and disposers, along with staff at South Taranaki and Stratford Councils. This is to seek input on the current bylaw and to have conversations early with key stakeholders. Opportunities for Māori input will also occur as part of pre-consultation.

Draft revised bylaw (March -April 2019)

Changes required from the WMMP and the LTP, along with information gathered during pre- consultation will inform a draft revised bylaw. Council will also look to best practice such as the Solid Waste Model Bylaw as part of this review.

Special consultative procedure (June-July 2019)

Council will receive a draft revised bylaw and decide whether to adopt it for public consultation through a special consultative procedure. A proposed bylaw will be made publicly available for submission for 1 month. Stakeholders are also able to submit on the proposed bylaw during this time.

Hearings and revision (August 2019)

After the special consultation period Council must provide members of the public with an opportunity to present their views in spoken format. Information presented through submissions and hearings is complied and changes in response to this feedback are made to the proposed bylaw.

Deliberation and adoption (September 2019)

Council makes decisions on changes to the proposed bylaw and adopts a revised bylaw.

Mitchell Dyer Kimberley Hope POLICY DEVELOPMENT LEAD MANAGER RESOURCE RECOVERY

43 Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee - Regional Solid Waste Services Contract Update

Agenda Item Placeholder

EnviroWaste - Regional Solid Waste Services Contract Update

Update report from EnviroWaste to the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee on matters of interest associated with the Regional Solid Waste Services Contract.

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Agenda Item Placeholder

New Plymouth District Council - Central Landfill Update

Update report to the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee on matters associated with the Central Landfill (Eltham, South Taranaki District).