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Waste Management

Waste planning for a booming tourist town

Alice Grace and Deborah Lind outlined the challenges, options and decision-making processes behind a bold new scheme to tackle Queenstown’s waste concerns. They were speaking at the WasteMINZ Annual Conference in Hamilton. When it comes to waste planning, councils must strike a balance between what customers want, what is both...

Zip, nada, nothing <br /> Engaging Auckland communities to deliver zero waste

Waste Management

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Engaging Auckland communities to deliver zero waste

Auckland Council is on an ambitious journey to reduce its waste to landfill through a programme of community-based engagement and delivery initiatives. Deep in the heart of any zero waste initiative lies an understanding that waste is everyone’s issue. Everybody contributes to its generation and everyone has the opportunity to make...

Waste Management

Tipping Point: Talking rubbish – council or private collection?

Many councils have reached a tipping point at which they must take a long hard look at both the economic and environmental costs of how they structure their rubbish collections. Duncan Wilson, director of Eunomia Research & Consulting (NZ), explains. In the minds of many, a council’s job is to deal with the three ‘Rs’ –...

Perspectives

A sea change year for waste minimisation?

Three big-ticket items will dominate councils’ waste minimisation agendas this year. Paul Evans, Chief Executive, Waste Management Institute New Zealand With the confluence of a number of key pieces of independent work as well as legislative requirements, 2017 is set to be an eventful year for the local government sector when it...