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Resolution
number UH/2020/114
MOVED by Member N Mayne, seconded by Member A Atkinson:
That
the Upper Harbour Local Board:
a) agree
the following feedback on the Resource Recovery Network Strategy refresh
(Attachment A of the agenda report):
i)
the
local board supports the Resource Recovery Network Strategy refresh,
including the intent to build more community recycling centres, and notes
that the strategy aligns with the updated Waste Management and Minimisation
Plan 2018, Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Action Plan
and our own draft Local Board Plan 2020
ii)
the
local board believes 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)
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
v)
the
draft strategy refresh proposes that two of the sites should be resource
recovery parks and nine community recycling centres, but the board is of the
view that a sub-regional network, including smaller drop-off points that feed
into a larger resource recovery centre, 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
vi)
the
local board supports 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
vii)
the
local board recognises the importance of groups, such as Waste Solutions,
other northern local boards, local business improvement districts,
waste-related social enterprises, as well as community groups engaged in
waste management, working together in order 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
viii)
request
that council staff work with the local board, other northern local boards,
business improvement districts (such as Business North Harbour), and
community providers in a collaborative way to investigate possible sites
ix)
note
that a number of sites are available for investigation within the Upper
Harbour Local Board boundaries which could not only provide an accessible
facility to local residents and businesses, but those of neighbouring local
boards too.
b) note
that local board feedback be included in a report to the Environment and
Climate Change Committee in November 2020 seeking adoption of the Resource
Recovery Network Strategy refresh.
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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