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simpro Bin-Tipping soluTions • All bins, from 60 to 1100 litres • Weight capacities to 750kg • Tipping heights up to 6 metres mulTi-Tip bin-TippEr Simpro Handling Equipment is the perfect business partner for your company; our friendly design and consultancy team are just waiting to make a recommendation regarding your application, so pick up the phone now! 0800 734 744 www.simpro.net.nz sales@simpro.net.nz Otago District Council made a courageous choice last year to stick with their community recycler even though they might have got cheaper recycling by shifting to a straight commercial relationship. They weighed up their options and realised they would probably end up paying more for all the ‘add on’ services they got from their community recycler if they made the switch. This reflects the debates in the United Kingdom about the long term costs of switching operators in order to go with a provider that offers apparently the same service, for a cheaper price. Maybe some deals do just turn out to be too good to be true. So how could more councils benefit from working with community recycling organisations? Making it easy and fun In towns like Raglan and Wanaka, recycling is the norm. Residents walk the talk. 90 percent of Raglan’s businesses recycle. Locals and visitors use the Love NZ bins. One regular visitor says he always recycles in Wanaka because ‘that’s just what people do here’ however he doesn’t bother to recycle in his home town. Doing the ‘right thing’ is tied into both community pride and the brand value of these towns tourist based economies. Community recyclers turn global challenges like overconsumption and resource depletion into opportunities. Visitors and customers go away buzzing because they feel the little things they do every day really can help make a difference. Councils who work closely with community recyclers understand how powerful face to face connection and positive role models can be in changing people’s behaviour. Ambitious goals Community recyclers work hard to make their communities healthy, wealthy and wise. Local councils are looking for very similar outcomes. Both community recyclers and councils have the social, economic and environmental well-being of their people and their places at heart. Community recyclers use zero waste methodology to deliver waste reduction, resource efficiency and local economic development. Xtreme Waste began in 2000 with the goal of working towards zero waste. A lot of councils around the country set off down the zero waste path at about the same time. Xtreme Waste has already achieved a 75 percent diversion rate for their community. Very few of the New Zealand councils who set themselves the goal of working ‘towards zero waste and a sustainable district’ have come anywhere close to that. Building local economies Community recyclers helped pioneer household and SME recycling in New Zealand. When councils and commercial operators weren’t willing or able Intelligent Handling Solutions 20
DISPOSAL SPECIALISTS to deliver recycling services for their communities they started up recycling centres, collections and reuse shops to meet those needs. In the process they created meaningful jobs and training opportunities, turned wasted resources into wages and products and supported local economic development. Xtreme Waste employs 25 people; in a town of 4000 that’s significant. CBEC Kaitaia has about 70 staff. Research has shown that community recyclers put 80 cents out of every dollar they receive straight back into their local economy. Councils and businesses work hard to bring money into their districts. It makes sense to spend those hard earned dollars with an organisation that is going to send their communities cash around at least one more time, before it heads out to the Australian banks. New ideas Community recyclers are willing to tackle the big issues like e-waste, which has been in New Zealand’s too hard basket for a fair while now. Working with a private New Zealand company, community recyclers have helped build a nationwide network of take back depots for televisions and other electronic waste. A number of councils have taken up the opportunity to become involved with the RCN e-Cycle network. They now have the infrastructure in place to add on new initiatives and programmes (like TV take back) as these come on stream. Drawing people in Community recyclers encourage, support and motivate people to do practical things that make a difference. Started by local communities with shared interests they have built on this model to find new ways of engaging people. The Para Kore marae recycling programme developed in the Waikato, has a strong base in the Maori perspective. Hands on, peer to peer learning processes are used to build understanding and practical skills, so marae can reduce, reuse and recycle effectively while they host hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Here to stay Community recyclers are in it for the long haul. They are willing to work on the economic margins where they can see that longer term economic benefits will flow from short term investments in time, energy and resources. Training opportunities, local jobs and a safe, inclusive community are valued more highly than the quick buck. Community recyclers share your goals. The best reason to work with them is that they want to solve your waste problems rather than manage them. Sue Coutts has managed Wanaka Wastebusters since 2002 and has been actively involved with the development of the Community Recycling Network since 2003. Photos by Simon Williams OXIDISING AGENT 5.1 CORROSIVE FLAMMABLE SOLID 4 SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTIBLE MISCELLANEOUS DANGEROUS GOODS 9 INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE in case of damage or leakage immediately notify public health authority TOXIC FLAMMABLE LIQUID CALL US - Nationwide Branch Network 0800 835 645 4 DANGEROUS WHEN WET 4 NON-FLAMMABLE NON-TOXIC GAS 2 6 6 RADIOACTIVE 3 ADVICE COLLECTION DISPOSAL
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