1.2 Purpose of this waste assessment - Waikato District Council

2) Waikato District Council refuse bags from Raglan – This refuse is disposed of to the Raglan transferstation. As that facility does not have a weighbridge, an estimate of 330 tonnes has been made, basedon a relatively low per capita generation figure. The composition is assumed to be the same as forFranklin District Council refuse bags.3) Waikato and Franklin districts private MGBs – There is no tonnage information for this refuse streamavailable to either council, so it has been assumed that the tonnage of this waste stream is 20 per centof the councils’ estimated refuse bag tonnage. The composition is assumed to be the same as privatewheelie bins in Rodney district, which has been measured previously by Waste Not Consulting.4) Franklin district MGBs – Tonnage information has been provided by EnviroWaste Services Ltd. Anaverage of 17.9 tonnes per week is collected from a total of 1628 properties (data provided by GregWebb, EnviroWaste Franklin). This includes both residential and commercial properties. The quantityof private domestic refuse collection in Tuakau is assumed to be zero.5) Franklin District Council refuse bags - There is no tonnage information for this refuse stream availableto Franklin District Council, as it is collected at the same time as the contractor’s private MGBs.The tonnage has been based on a population of 11,500, which comprises the 15,000 residents inFranklin district being annexed into Waikato district less 3500 residents in Tuakau. A ‘standard’per capita refuse generation rate of 150 kg has been used to calculate the tonnage for thispopulation. The composition is assumed to be the same as for Franklin District Council refuse bags,which has been measured previously by Waste Not ConsultingThe results of these calculations are shown in Table 19 and Figure 3.Table 19: Kerbside refuse tonnagesWaikato District - Council refuse bags –excluding RaglanWaikato District - Council refuse bags– RaglanPopulationusing serviceTonnes/capita/annumTonnes/annum42,000 0.131 55003,000 0.131 393Private MGBs 59,100 0.020 1,445Tuakau MGBs 3,500 0.266 931Franklin District – Council refuse bags 11,500 0.150 1,72532