Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

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Waste Management and Minimisation Plan - Summary
Introduction
Our Waste Management and Minimisation Plan describes our
vision for this activity including our objectives, policies and
targets to enable residents, businesses and ratepayers to have
access to an efficient, reliable, safe and cost effective service.
We are committed to working to reduce the levels of waste
disposed of into landfill. We continually review our waste
and recycling services and facilities to ensure effectiveness,
efficiencies and affordability.
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan outlines
objectives that we will focus on over the next six years.
Sometimes changes will be necessary (including potential
contractor changes as these expire during the life of the Plan),
but we will ensure that any such changes are consistent with
the Plan’s objectives. Please refer to the full Plan on our website
for further information.
Under the Waste Minimisation
Act (2008), all Councils
are required to
have a Waste
Management
and
Minimisation Plan and meet a number of specific requirements
including:
• Having due regard for the waste hierarchy – reduce, reuse,
recycle, recover, treatment and disposal.
• Considering the findings and recommendations of our
most recent waste assessment.
We compiled our Waste Management and Minimisation Plan
at a time when the management of waste and recycling in the
district has undergone significant change, with the introduction
of the combined model in early 2009 and subsequent contractual
changes the following year. We are working towards the future
with the planned construction of a new transfer station in
Amberley, the reviewing of existing contractual arrangements
and the need to improve efficiencies to ensure effective and
affordable waste management and recycling services are
provided at all times.
Funding
Dual
Refuse and
Recycling
Collection
Transfer
Stations
Some
of the
Hurunui District
Council’s
waste management and
minimisation
Glass Recycling
Commercial
Recycling and dry
waste
Recycling
Bins
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