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Resolution
number KAI/2020/38
MOVED by Member P Gillon, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson D Grant:
That the Kaipātiki Local Board:
a)
provide the following feedback
on the Resource Recovery Network Strategy update (Attachment A of the agenda report):
i)
we
support the Resource Recovery Network Strategy refresh, including the intent
to build more community recycling centres, and note that the strategy aligns
with the updated Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018, Te
Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Action Plan and the
Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2020.
ii)
we
believe the key goal should be on resource recovery and diverting waste from
landfill.
iii)
the
council strategy should be focused on reduction of landfill waste for the
following reasons:
A.
council
should be trying to achieve a circular economy and reducing landfill use;
recycling does not necessarily achieve that especially given the precarious
nature of some overseas recycling markets
B.
recovery
of resources is an activity that will enable Auckland Council to make
progress towards its aspirations of being ‘Zero Waste by 2040’
and ‘Net Zero Emissions by 2050’; resource recovery centres are
an operational tool for achieving this
C.
the
process of resource recovery generates ‘multiple environmental, social,
cultural and economic benefits for Auckland’.
iv)
we support a community-led hub-and-spoke model for northern
Auckland, that delivers local solutions for the local community.
v)
we
believe the location of the resource recovery centres in areas where they
will achieve the most in terms of reduction of waste to landfill is key; as
such, it is not a particular type/function of building that is required to do
this, rather an overall network made up of different types/functions of
buildings
vi)
the
draft strategy refresh proposes that two of the sites should be resource
recovery parks and nine community recycling centres, but we are of the view
that a sub-regional network, including smaller drop-off points that feed into
a larger resource recovery centre (hub-and-spoke model), may be a better
solution for parts of Auckland with less available land for full resource
recovery centres and a large waste stream; there is also a difference between
what some of the current community recycling centres are capable of
collecting based on the land they can occupy and the business they are able
to build.
vii)
we
support the extension of operational funding to support new and existing
resource recovery centres and to fund the development of a more strategic
approach to delivering the Resource Recovery Network by understanding the
waste stream of different communities in Auckland.
viii)
we
recognise the importance of groups, such as Kaipātiki Project, the North
Shore Resource Centre, Kaipātiki Community Facilities Trust, the community
houses/centres, other northern local boards, local business improvement
districts (including Northcote Town Centre and Birkenhead Town Centre),
education bodies, second-hand shops, and waste-related social enterprises,
working together in a community-led model to develop a fit-for-purpose
strategy for a sub-regional part of the Resource Recovery Network in the
north, with the ultimate purpose of diverting as much waste as possible to
recovered resource.
ix)
we recognise that investment needs to be made in both the
physical infrastructure and the capability and capacity building of our
community groups. This includes the mapping of existing and planned resources
centres, which includes our existing community houses and centres, ensuring
the hub and spoke network model is able to cater for, and upskill, as the
network evolves.
x)
we believe resource recovery network needs to dovetail into
existing activities such as Repair Cafes and share information about which
places and spaces support which collection activities
xi)
Activation staff embedded in local community would support a
community-led development model to grow of a zero waste/ resource recovery
network, in collaboration with Council initiatives.
xii)
request that council staff work with the local board, other
northern local boards, business improvement districts, and community
providers in a collaborative way to investigate possible sites for a Resource
Recovery Park in the North and a Resource Recovery Centre in Kaipātiki
(excluding reserve land or park land under the LGA), such as in the following
areas:
A. light
industrial-zoned areas of the Wairau Valley
B. light
industrial-zoned area of Beach Haven
C. central
Northcote as part of the redevelopment of the town centre
D. other
industrial or commercial sites within Kaipātiki
xiii)
we
are concerned that an increased waste levy could result in an increase of
dumping in public areas and outside second-hand shops, as has happened since
changes in the inorganic collection system, and request that options to
mitigate this (in addition to the proposed resource recovery network) are
considered alongside any increase in the levy.
b)
note that local board feedback will
be included in a report to Environment and Climate Change Committee in
November 2020 seeking adoption of the updated Resource Recovery Network
Strategy.
c)
request speaking rights at the
Environment and Climate Change Committee meeting in November 2020 to speak to
its feedback on the Resource Recovery Network Strategy refresh jointly with
other local boards.
d)
request that local board feedback on
the Resource Recovery Network Strategy refresh be circulated to all local
boards for their information.
CARRIED
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