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Resolution
number WTK/2020/128
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Member K
Turner:
That
the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a)
note that local board feedback will
be included in a report to the Environment and Climate Change Committee in
November 2020 seeking adoption of the updated Resource Recovery Network
Strategy.
b)
support the intent to make the Waitākere
Recycling Centre in Henderson a larger scale Resource Recovery Park to tackle
commercial waste streams such as construction and demolition and notes that a
fully functioning waste recovery centre in Henderson has some benefits over
smaller centres scattered around to achieve better climate change outcomes
even if it could be seen as less equitable.
c)
support the draft resource recovery
network strategy intent to increase the number of community recycling
centres, and to ensure equitable access for all Aucklanders.
d)
recommend more consideration be given
to how the resource recovery network strategy will support remote communities
such as the coastal and bush settlements throughout the Waitākere Ranges.
Small scale collection depots for any future container return schemes, and
product stewardship of electronic waste are opportunities that could be
promoted by council to existing community facilities in remote areas. It is
noted that businesses and community enterprises in Waitākere Ranges
rural and peri-urban settlements have struggled to attract commercial
interest in collecting recyclable materials where these exceed the council
provided service.
e)
recommend the strategy aligns to
council’s Facility Partnerships Policy when looking at its partnering
approach, such as operating and governance models and notes that the policy
was developed in recognition of historic ad hoc partnering arrangements.
f)
recommend consideration be given to
operating the resource recovery network as a directly provided council
service.
g)
support in principle the proposed
investment through the Long-term Plan review.
h)
recommend the strategy address green
waste consolidation and processing facilities, noting that the cost of
disposing of green waste from volunteer activities on public and private land
has risen dramatically due to kauri dieback protocols, and there is a need to
find innovative and cost-effective solutions.
i)
recommend all non-service council-owned
land earmarked for disposal be reviewed to assess suitability for resource
recovery centres.
j)
recommend that climate change and
contribution to decreasing carbon emissions considerations be paramount when
considering location of the network nodes.
k)
has concern that the current approach
to the network is ad hoc and that rural areas are underserved by these and
not providing resource recovery for these places exacerbates inequity, e.g. Waitākere
Recycling Centre in Henderson is too far for Manukau Harbour settlements in the
Waitākere Ranges.
l)
note there needs to be a
re-assessment and updated criteria for the location of community recovery
centres, including:
i)
Set or maximum travel distances
ii)
Proactive identification of areas
where Resource Recovery is lacking
iii)
consider equity of other
waste/compost/recycling services in area.
CARRIED
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