Annual Report 2009 - Plastics New Zealand

Environmental Overview
Dennise Chapman
Chairman
Environment Committee
Environmental Activity
It is with both regret and satisfaction that I
write this report at the end of 2008.
Regret that we say goodbye to Ket
Bradshaw who has been our Environmental
Manager for the past 3 and half years.
Ket has brought a level of professionalism
and Mana to the role that will be missed.
She has done a great job in promoting the
interests of Plastic New Zealand members,
and created increased awareness amongst
us of how environmental issues can impact
our businesses and how we can manage
these. She has ensured our industry is highly
regarded and taken seriously by policy
makers, Ministers and other stakeholders.
On behalf of myself and the PNZ
Environment Committee we wish Ket all
the best in her future endeavours.
It is with satisfaction that I report we have
achieved our goals for 2008. The sector
group reports from the 2008 conference
came back with a clear message that
we needed to work on getting a positive
media profile. With this in mind we
developed a 2 year strategic plan for the
Environment Committee which includes a
communications plan. The first part of this
has been completed with fact sheets, links
and media releases on the website that
relate to current issues such as microwaving
plastics. In 2009 we will be working on a
media page on the PNZ website.
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With the help of Morris Watson we have re
introduced the ‘Boatie Bags” to promote
PNZ positively and help to combat litter.
We have successfully achieved self
regulation for the industry with regards to
the HSNO legislation and the committee
has completed a spreadsheet for members
only use which will be available on the
website early 2009. We will also continue
to keep you updated on global trends and
regulatory issues.
Under the guidance of Ket the Degradables
Working Group has prepared a New
Zealand Product Stewardship guide which
will be available to members early in 2009.
Simon Wilkinson our Best Practice Energy
co-coordinator has had a very successful
year with great outcomes from the energy
audits we facilitated. As a result of this we
have achieved further funding from EECA
for an additional 2 year programme, see
Simon’s report for details.
The Design for the Environment Guidelines
and The Iconic Kiwi Plastic Products, which
we publish both continue to be successful
and important documents for promoting
the industry positively.
Each Year we survey the industry to
compile figures on virgin and recycled
resin imported and used in New Zealand.
These figures are used to assess if we
have met the Packaging Accord targets.
The current Accord ends in June 2009
and for the 2008 year we were on target at
23% recovery rate.
With the introduction of the Waste
Minimisation Act earlier this year the next
accord will be negotiated under different
terms. We lobbied on behalf of the industry
when the act was before parliament and
we continue to promote industry led
voluntary product stewardship. We will be
heavily involved in the negotiations which
have already started.
The work we do on behalf of the industry
would not be possible without you, thank
you for your continued support. If you have
any ideas, issues or comments regarding
the work the Environment Committee is
doing please don’t hesitate to contact me.
I would like to thank the hard working
committee members and their companies
for giving up their time and expertise on
behalf of our industry, and the PNZ National
Office for their assistance n
Environment Committee
Dennise Chapman
Terry Mischefski
Robin Martin
Ket Bradshaw
Simon Wilkinson
Kelly Buchanan-Johns
Adriana Schekotova
Deryk Mason
Morris Watson
John McKee
Rachelle Lynch
Darren McClenaghan
Ken Johns
Chair
President, PNZ
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Huhtamaki
Premier Plastics
Marley
Chemiplas
Sealed Air
Astron Plastics
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