1.2 Purpose of this waste assessment - Waikato District Council

For the 2010/11 year, the refuse collection and disposal targeted rates were:Table 8: 2010/11 Refuse targeted rates and chargesCustomer groupAll serviced residential properties except Raglan, Te Mata and Te UkuAll serviced residential properties, Raglan kerbside recyclingTe Mata and Te Uku recycling (within specified area)Raglan pre-paid bagsCharge$172.75/annum$79.73/annum$32.71/annum$2.45 for 65L$1.40 for 35LFormer Franklin area (excluding Tuakau) pre-paid bag stickers$2.50 each3.1.2 ServicesA variety of service arrangements are in place, as shown below.Table 9: Summary of servicesService Provision Service providerResidual waste collection to householdsonlyPre-paid in former Franklin area (excludingTuakau) using $2 pre-paid bagsTuakau township – 120L wheelie binsPre-paid in Raglan – 60-litre pre-paid bags–$2.50, 35-litre bags - $1.50In all other areas - customer-provided bags(black sacks, fertiliser bags, or supermarketbags) up to two per weekDry recyclables collection of sortedglass, plastic grades 1, 2, & 5, aluminium/tin/steel cans and metals, paper, and cardboardcollected from a 55L recycling crateWeekly to 2800 customersWeekly to approximately1700 customersWeekly to approximately 800householdsWeekly to all otherhouseholds (excluding isolatedrural customers)Weekly to approximately21,000 customersEnvirowaste Services Ltd,contracted to AucklandCouncil until July 2013(with two one-year rights ofrenewal at Auckland Council’sdiscretion)As aboveXtreme waste, contracteduntil mid-2014Metrowaste Waikato,contracted until mid-2014Tuakau – Transpacific AllbriteLtd contracted to AucklandCouncil until July 2013(with two one-year rights ofrenewal at Auckland Council’sdiscretion)Raglan – Xtreme Waste,contracted until mid-2014All other areas – MetrowasteWaikato contracted until mid-201420