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from paul's desk Talk to me +64 9 476 7172 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 4
Your Board Simonne Eldridge seldridge@tonkin.co.nz We are currently in the second year of the strategic alliance between WasteMINZ and the Ministry for the Environment. The alliance was formed to promote collaboration across the waste and resource recovery sector and to enhance both organisations’ ability to deliver value. I would like to formally acknowledge the Ministry for their support and commitment to WasteMINZ and their willingness to advance matters of importance to the industry. As part of this strategic alliance, WasteMINZ has received part funding to develop technical guidelines for the disposal to land of residual waste and other materials. This document will provide technical guidance on the siting, design, construction, operation, monitoring, closure and post closure management for disposal to land and will bring together the existing clean fill and CAE landfill documents. It will also seek to establish good practice requirements for the various types of disposal facilities based on waste acceptance criteria. I believe there is a strong need for this guidance as the existing documents were developed at different times to different briefs and as a result there are inconsistencies. Furthermore the Waste Minimisation Act and the Emissions Trading Scheme have placed requirements on disposal facilities that accept household waste. This has resulted in waste flight with potential harmful effects on the environment if not properly managed. We are firmly committed to ensuring that these guidelines will be of value right across our sector, for designers, owners, operators and regulators. As with all WasteMINZ projects we are implementing an inclusive process that provides stakeholders with the opportunity to provide input and feedback. A project team with representatives from territorial authorities, regional councils and the commercial sector has been established to guide the development. There will also be a number of consultation opportunities, through WasteMINZ events (such as the upcoming mid-year roundup in May) and the opportunity to provide feedback on draft documents. So it you’re passionate about this topic or would like to discuss it further I would encourage you to get in touch with us. Simonne how to CONTACT YOUR BOARD MEMBERS Paul Bishop Chair \ EnviroWaste Services Ltd paul.bishop@envirowaste.co.nz Darren Patterson Deputy chair \ Patterson Environmental darren@pattersonenvironmental.co.nz Grahame Christian \ Smart Environmental grahamec@smartenvironmental.co.nz John Dragicevich \ Auckland Council john.dragicevich@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Simonne Eldridge \ Tonkin & Taylor seldridge@tonkin.co.nz Dominic Salmon \ Hastings District Council dominics@hdc.govt.nz mar 2013 \ WWW.WASTEMINZ.ORG.NZ \ 5
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