Nienke Itjeshorst Solid Waste Services Manager Kpiti Coast

Nienke Itjeshorst Solid Waste Services Manager Kāpiti Coast District Council Refuse and recycling collections in Kāpiti NO Council kerbside collections Commercial collectors only

• Why did Council get out of collections? • How did we get to where we are now? • What is Council’s role now? Starting point: collections funded user-pays – no rates

before 2008 • Council operates a landfill for general waste • Council sells and collects rubbish bags • In principle bag sales would cover - collection cost - disposal cost at the Council landfill in 2008 two major changes

(1) Closure of the landfill for general waste Jan 2008 (2) End of Council bag collection contract July 2008 Council’s position changes significantly Changes and innovation were needed Council’s choice: stick to user pays funding mechanism

2007 - 2008 • Otaihanga Resource Recovery Facility • Leased to Mid. West 15 yrs in December 2008 • Mid. West sets the gate fees at Otaihanga not Council • Significant change of Council’s position in collection market

2008 wish to start kerbside recycling • Open tender for rubbish and recycling collection - Contractor collects council rubbish bags - Alternative tender sought for kerbside recycling • Council explored ‘partnership’ between all collectors (4) for co-funding kerbside recycling

July 2008 • 1 contract Council - Envirowaste (3+2) - Council bag collection co-mingled - recycling collection for Council bag users and the contractor’s wheeliebin users • All collectors agreed to ‘partner’ and fund kerbside recycling on behalf of their customers

• Council funds 50% of recycling contract cost based on estimated collection market share of 50% of all households • Collectors pay the remainder to Envirowaste based on customer number

• 60 L crate – every week - urban • ‘you have already paid for it’ incentive • Collectors incorporate cost in wheeliebin rate • Council cost in bag price • kerbside sort system

Recycling introduction - strategic success • districtwide • no rates funding • all residents in urban area same service • 1 collector for all households • paved the way for introduction of collectors license in July 2010

Operational perspective • performance management resulted in complaints decreasing every year to less than 10 calls/month • education resulted in behaviour change and good quality recycling • Financially contract was not a succes for Council

• bag price went up from $1. 90 to $2. 85 in 08/09 • to $3. 60 retail price in 11/2 • 41% of bagprice to cover Council’s recycling cost • co-mingled collection worked out negative for Council YOUR LOGO

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• July 2012 – discussions tender process • What did Council have to offer? – market share • Could Council afford to tender for more than 1 year? • Collectors: we meet our license requirement to provide recycling and will carry on as we are

LO WC new OS T BIN S Fierce competition Bag users are switching to wheeliebins 2 collectors started selling bags for kerbside collection, undercutting Council and each other $2. 50! Council bag sales drop even further $3. 60 $3! $2. 25

Two choices discussed by Council 1. fund kerbside recycling for whole district with rates increase 1. 2% get out of bag collections 2. exit all collections and leave collections to licensed collectors Decision was made to EXIT

Council’s role Council licenses collectors Collectors have to meet Bylaw requirements ‘kerbside recyclables’ determined by Council resolution: • plastics 1 -7 (clean) • paper/cardboard (clean) • glass bottles/jars • alu/steel cans • supermarket bags

Council’s role • monitor collections for compliance • quarterly collectors meetings • assist and support • enforcement

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