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Resolution
number HM/2022/44
MOVED by Member C Carter, seconded by Member B Loader:
That
the Henderson-Massey Local Board:
a) provide
feedback on the Ministry for the Environment’s consultation document: Te kapanoni i te
hangarua: Transforming recycling discussion document to inform the
council’s draft submission as follows:
i)
support
national standardisation of kerbside collection to ensure a high minimum
standard of service provision, provided that there is scope for additional,
or targeted, services to be provided in Auckland. Auckland Council must be
supported to be more innovative in its recycling system, not reduced or
hindered, by this legislation.
ii)
support
a wider roll-out of kerbside food scrap recycling in urban areas. With the
increased intensification and shift to apartment living that is occurring in
Auckland, this needs to be accompanied by incentivisation of community
gardens, composting services particularly in multi-unit developments and
apartment buildings, and availability of bokashi buckets for apartment
dwellers.
iii) support requiring
businesses to separate food scraps from general waste, provided that this
does not create a prohibitive financial burden for small businesses.
iv) strongly supports the
introduction of a container return scheme that obliges suppliers to accept
the return of their packaging, providing that this service is simple and
accessible for customers, and that there are mechanisms to ensure that
retailers and manufacturers cannot create barriers to the uptake of the
scheme.
v)
support
investment in technology and commercial initiatives to improve rates of
recycling, prevent recyclable materials going to landfill, and increase
opportunities for recycling.
vi) support this proposal as
part of the wider Ministry for the Environment work programme and would like
more advice on the wider programme.
vii) support initiatives to
minimise waste, increase recycling and reduce carbon emissions provided that
such initiatives do not disproportionately negatively impact Māori, or
communities with higher deprivation.
viii)
note that although outside the
scope of the present consultation, with regard to waste from the demolition
of buildings, support deconstruction where possible, enabling the recycling
of materials especially high-quality timber and windows. Henderson-Massey
Local Board encourage this to be considered as part of broader waste
minimisation and carbon emission reduction policy development.
ix)
note the need to align the
plan with new industry development and the need for the government to support
fledgling recycling/reuse industries as it is not sustainable for recycled
waste to continue to be shipped overseas.
CARRIED
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