PUBLIC PLACE RECYCLING Voluntary product stewardship scheme 31 March 2019 Recycling & rubbish binfrastructure at Mount Roskill Intermediate School, Auckland table of contents 1. SCOPE OF SCHEME 3 Reporting period 3 Scheme governance 4 Review of the scheme 5 Projects funded by the scheme 7 Health & safety 7 2. CURRENT WASTE GENERATION 8 Methodology 8 Recovery & recycling 9 3. OBJECTIVES & TARGETS 11 Current status 11 Annual targets 12 Recycling data by location 13 Waste diversion 13 Monitoring stakeholder satisfaction 13 Funding mechanism 15 Cost of recycling 16 4. SUMMARY OF PROJECTS 17 5. FACTORS AFFECTING SCHEME 17 6. PROMOTION OF SCHEME 18 Market research 19 Media evaluation 20 Stakeholder survey 21 Cover image : New Plymouth have included a compostables bin 2 1.0 1.1 SCOPE OF SCHEME REPORTING PERIOD The scope of the Packaging Forum’s Public Place The report provides the following data: Recycling Voluntary Product stewardship scheme • Reports on the performance against scheme KPIs includes the end of life collection of packaging to end 2018. (and where applicable food waste) away from home. The scheme includes the funding of projects, • Financial period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 infrastructure and educational programmes to (financial year for the scheme). increase the recovery and recycling of plastic, aluminium, paper and glass packaging from food and beverages consumed in public places. The scheme raises and allocates funds to promote and directly influence the recovery of plastic, paper, aluminium and glass containers and organic waste in public places. Public places include street locations, transport hubs, tourism and hospitality venues, shopping malls, stadia, canteens and other venues managed by commercial entities. The scheme also provides annual data on the amount of packaging and organic waste collected for recycling through the public place recycling bins operated by councils. Scheme members include companies that manufacture products or their packaging that are typically consumed away from home such as beverages and snack foods. The scheme also includes venues where these products are consumed. The scheme is funded by brand owners, packaging manufacturers and recyclers working with event organisers, councils and other organisations. This Public Place Recycling scheme is separate from the Packaging Forum’s glass packaging product stewardship scheme however in the 2018/2019 financial year incorporates a financial contribution from the glass scheme which contributes to the collection of glass packaging from public places. The Public Place Recycling scheme also allocated funds on behalf of its members to the soft plastic recycling programme and during the report period has allocated $125,000 to the Litter Less Recycle More Waste Minimisation Fund project which it manages in conjunction with the Auckland Litter Prevention Steering Group. 3 1.2 SCHEME GOVERNANCE The PPR scheme has its own steering committee The governing board of The Packaging Forum which comprises representatives from its levy paying appointed by the steering committees of the schemes membership with financial guidance from the Finance comprises: & Risk Committee and with overall governance by the Packaging Forum’s governing board. Rob Langford Quality & Compliance Manager, Pernod Ricard Chair Each scheme has a Memorandum of Understanding Nick Baker with the Packaging Forum’s governing board relating General Manager, Visy Recycling to ring fencing levies and reserves within each Sara Tucker scheme. External Relations Director, Lion The PPRS steering committee comprises: Amber McEwen Corporate Affairs Director, DB Breweries Nick Baker Gavin Fong General Manager, Visy Recycling Chair Managing Director, Plus Pac Packaging Tessa Morris Jamie Galloway National Category Manager, NZ Safety Blackwoods NZ Manager, Bunzl Outsourcing Services Geraldine Oldham Malcolm Everts General Manager Marketing, Restaurant Brands Marketing Manager, Cottonsoft Jamie Galloway NZ Manager, Bunzl Outsourcing Services The Audit & Finance Committee comprise: Emma Carter External Relations Manager, Frucor Suntory Nick Baker Neil Waka General Manager, Visy Recycling Corporate Affairs Manager, Coca Cola Amatil Gavin Fong Ricci Peyroux Managing Director, Plus Pac Packaging Ltd Queenstown Area Manager, Smart Environmental David Pasco Kat McDonald Accountant, Frucor Suntory Sustainability Manager, Lion Terri Bray Gavin Fong Independent, Bray Associates Managing Director, Plus Pac Packaging Rosie Cotter Sustainability Manager, DB Breweries 4 1.3 REVIEW OF SCHEME Stakeholder engagement In the PPRS’s annual stakeholder survey conducted In the year to December 2018, the PPRS has independently by Horizon Research, 48% of continued to deliver on its KPIs which are respondents for whom the question is relevant presented in Section 3. Highlights of the year’s (58% in 2018) are either very satisfied or satisfied performance are summarised below. with the Packaging Forum’s implementation of the Public Place Recycling scheme. 23% say they are Increase in recycling facilities dissatisfied (16% in 2018) and 28.6% don’t know. and recycling collections Achieved 10% increase in the number of permanent Scheme Membership & Funding recycling bins installed either directly through Scheme membership has 61 levy paying members PPRS funding or through partnerships. and 25 in kind contribution members. During the year, eight members joined the scheme and six members Packaging and organic waste diverted from withdrew including the decision of a large member landfill through the scheme’s commercial partners company to focus on supporting other Packaging has increased by 9.8% over the previous year Forum schemes. Overall contributions from members with packaging up by 9.7% and organics up by decreased by 2.27%. This has been offset by an increase 10.6% with greater focus on finding composting in in-kind contributions particularly through support of solutions for food and packaging waste. the PPR scheme’s Let’s Put Litter in its Place project. The commercial sector represents 74% of the total The scheme is now delivering close to a $1.2 million tonnage collected, which illustrates the impact which per annum investment in public place recycling. recycling at major venues, events and transport hubs has in comparison with what can be collected Income Type Income $ Income $ through the CBD council serviced recycling bins. 2017 2018 Income including glass 375,891 365,927 Overall waste diversion at venues and stadia is contribution 46%. Separating out events organised outside of Servicing costs 505,002 635,396 sports stadia shows that these events have a 76% Capital expenditure 0 144,2942 average recycling rate whereas sports stadia have Promotional Costs 63,000 50,0003 a 44% recycling rate albeit with much greater Total 943,893 1,195,617 quantities of waste created. Waste diversion at permanent public place recycling bins in malls, transport hubs, hospitality venues etc is at 34% 1. Waste diversion at events where PPRS has supported infrastructure, waste diversion or activations has increased to 80.9%. 1 Where data is provided for both recycling and rubbish collections. 2 Procurement of 27 sets of bins by councils for LLRM 3 Contribution to LLRM promotional campaign 5 Drinks-related Packaging Drinks-related Non-packaging Litter Litter Non-packaging Other Packaging Packaging Other Food Packaging Bulky Litter Litter Bulky 43% 23% 16% 17% 1% Research and Analysis Compostable Standard NZ Bulky Litter 1% Beverage Containers The Compostable Packaging Standards Working Food Packaging 17% 10% Group which has been led by the PPRS researched Drinks-related Packaging Disposable Cups/Straws/Lids the principle international standards and how they 23% Other Packaging 6% best meet the needs of the NZ compost industry. The Other standards assessed were: EN 13432; AS4736; ASTM 16% Drinks Packaging Non-packaging Litter 7% D6400; ASTM D6868; ISO18606; and ISO17088. 43% Based on this work, Standards NZ has prepared a summary of three options for review by the Standards Approval Board if funding is made available: 1. ISO Modified Adoption or ISO Identical Adoption Bulky Litter 2. EN or ASTM Modified adoption 1% 3. AS Identical adoption. Beverage Food Packaging Containers 17% The PPRS’s work was also referenced in the enquiry by 10% Drinks-related Packaging Disposable the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Cups/Straws/Lids 23% Other Packaging into biodegradable and compostable plastic in the 6% 4 Other 16% environment which was published in July 2018. Drinks Packaging Non-packaging Litter 7% Cups/Straws/Lids 43% National Litter Survey 2018: Packaging Drinks 5% reduction in volume Disposable Containers Beverage Beverage 10% The PPRS commissioned Waste Not Consulting to Other 6% 44% of litter is non-packaging7% related with paper (junk conduct its second National Litter Survey which mail, newspapers and other types of paper such as provides a direct comparison with the first litter survey receipts) representing the largest proportion of non- released in 2015.5 packaging litter at 18.4%. The National Litter Survey 2017/18 report provides a In addition to the actual counting of visible and bulky snapshot of visible and bulky litter counted in eight litter, a subjective assessment was made of the overall regions representing 52% of the population (Auckland, transect cleanliness, based on the number and visual Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, New intrusiveness of the litter items that were present. 65% Plymouth,