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Paul Evans CEO, WasteMINZ
paul@wasteminz.org.nz
I hope you all had a fantastic break
over the Christmas period and have
recharged your batteries for the
challenges of the year ahead. In the
WasteMINZ office there has been a
steady hum of activity since early in
the New Year, as we’ve begun work
in earnest on a number of our key
projects for the year. These include:
Mid-year Roundup
On 16 and 17 May our Mid-year
Roundup will be held in Wellington.
For those who haven’t attended
a roundup before, they are more
compact and less formal than
our conference with 100 and 150
attendees. Consequently sessions
are often held in workshop
format allowing much more
interaction between presenters and
participants. This year’s roundup will
have a stream dedicated to organic
materials to build upon the newly
established organic materials sector
group. Organics make up some
50 percent of domestic waste and
we believe that a waste stream this
significant requires strong focus
from WasteMINZ to support a sound
and cohesive approach across New
Zealand. You can read more about
the roundup on page 29.
WasteMINZ Conference
This October, in Rotorua, we will be
holding our annual conference and
trade exhibition. 2013 will be the 25th
WasteMINZ conference, so we’re
determined to mark this milestone (a
quarter century, no less!) with a top
notch event and phenomenal array
of world class speakers. We want to
ensure the programme is jam packed
full of fresh and innovative content,
so if you have any ideas we’d love to
hear them.
Health and Safety
Guidelines
We’ll continue the development of
the Health and Safety guidelines
for the solid waste and resource
recovery sector. Parts one and two
were completed and published
in 2012 and it is our intention this
year to complete parts three and
four, which include refuse transfer
stations, resource recovery facilities
and MRFs. This project is possible
due to funding being made available
by the WasteMINZ board and a
number of commercial partners.
National Waste Data
Project
Waste data or the lack thereof has
been a hot subject in our industry
for a very long time. Our long term
goal is to see the development of a
single, comprehensive, robust and
fit-for-purpose nationwide waste
data solution that provides local,
central government and industry
with high quality information to
support waste minimisation and
operational good practice.
Land Disposal Guidelines
We’ll also advance our land disposal
guidelines project. This is covered
off in detail in Simonne Eldridge’s
board column, so I won’t steal
Simonne’s thunder by talking about
it here.
TA Procurement Calendar
Last but not least we will develop a
procurement calendar for Territorial
Authorities. This will detail what TA
waste and recycling contracts are
coming up, with the intention of
assisting TAs to make more informed
scheduling decisions, so that where
possible tender periods don’t
conflict. We’ve had strong feedback
from the industry that at times
the number of concurrent tenders
in the market results in the need
to prioritise resources, meaning
that some TAs could potentially
be missing out on innovative and
high quality tenders. We think this
resource will be a positive step
forward and a valuable tool for all of
our members.
WasteMINZ is a member
organisation so we are here to
support you in your efforts to
advance our industry as well as
improve waste and recycling
outcomes in New Zealand. If we can
be of assistance to you please don’t
hesitate to pick up the phone or
drop us a line.
Paul
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