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Resolution number RD/2017/170
MOVED
by Member L Johnston, seconded by Member C Smith:
That the Rodney
Local Board:
a)
provide the following feedback on the proposed direction of the
draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan:
i.
support the proposed approach taken in
the draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan, and in particular the focus
on:
a)
advocating to central government for a
higher waste levy, noting that analysis of the economic impact of the
increased levy in terms of annual costs to business and households will be
required.
b)
advocating to central government for
product stewardship in principle.
c) addressing
three priority commercial waste streams, including construction and
demolition waste, organic waste and plastic waste.
d) addressing
waste generated from council and council-controlled organisation’s
operational activities, particularly construction and demolition waste and as
a part of this supports the development of a strategy for managing clean and
managed fills, including their location, operation and waste management
practices
ii.
broadly supports the aims and
objectives of the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan and, in particular,
the proposed focus on the 80 per cent of waste to landfill that Auckland
Council does not directly control
iii.
supports the implementation of a levy
being imposed on clean and managed fill operators in order to incentivise the
reduction of waste, noting that it will have the additional benefit of
recouping the rapidly growing costs to repair the damage caused to the
environment (eg streams and waterways) and to our infrastructure (eg roading)
by the operation of these sites
iv.
suggests that council’s waste
management team work with the Development Programme Office to combine the
planning and waste management elements of a clean and managed fill strategy
into one piece of work
v.
requests that a focus be created in the
Waste Management and Minimisation Plan on managing the contamination caused
by waste (including contaminated fill) and that council support greater
enforcement of compliance conditions as part of managing waste
vi.
requests that a formal definition of
the term “rural” be included in the Waste Management and
Minimisation Plan, noting that there is no current definition and that many
of Rodney’s major townships (including Warkworth, Wellsford,
Helensville, Riverhead and Kumeu-Huapai) are more urban than rural and are
excluded from “urban” waste management initiatives
vii.
supports the continued practice of
allowing residents a choice between using rubbish bags or bins in rural areas
for their waste collection with a move towards any bags used to be
bio-degradable
viii.
supports the exploration of expanding
the kerbside food waste collection to major rural townships in the Rodney
Local Board area so that residents can opt in to this service if they want to
ix.
supports an additional focus in the
Waste Management and Minimisation Plan being created on addressing the waste
management needs of rural areas and, in particular, issues associated with
illegal dumping and the effects of poor waste management practices on our
environment.
CARRIED
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