My Account
The Rodney Local Board has put its weight behind the Ministry of the Environment’s proposal to introduce a container return scheme and the use of vending machines.
At its meeting on April 20, the Board suggested that reverse vending machines be put in convenient locations where people regularly visit such as carparks, loading docks and supermarkets.
Other initiatives it supported were:
• The use of resource recovery centres for large-scale deposits of containers from the hospitality sector
• That dairies be used for over-the-counter container returns but with a limit to the number of items per person, given that the store may have storage constraints.
• That reverse vending machines allow consumers the option to donate container refunds to a charity or receive a voucher to spend or swap at a participating retailer.
• The exemption of plastic milk containers from the scheme.
• The standardisation of kerbside recycling across NZ.
• Food scrap collection across urban areas.
• Businesses separating food waste from general waste.
The Board’s suggestions will inform Auckland Council’s submission on the document Te Kapanoi i te hangarua: Transforming Recycling, which will be finalised by the deadline of May 8.
