How are we managing our personal waste

Harry as the WasteWise Coordinator, Waste Solutions Unit | Infrastructure and Environmental Services Auckland Council, is responsible for the education and developing programmes in encouraging Aucklanders to manage Waste differently. 

This difficult issue touches everyone. It signals change to a smaller or greater degree for every household, but these are changes that we, as Aucklanders, can make together because we know for sure that they are for the good of the city and for all of us. This plan is about reducing the waste we throw into the bin, and about recycling and reusing more. We know that many of the resources we depend on, which we have often taken for granted, are becoming scarce. Yet there is so much we can do to ensure that resources we previously regarded as of no use – such as food/green waste and industrial waste – are fully used, and reused, reducing what we send to landfills. We want to aim high but also make sure we take people with us. In particular, the vulnerable must be protected and supported – that is why any changes will be made carefully over a period of four years. All the actions that this plan will eventually require of us, are ones we would expect of a country that brands itself as clean and green, and of a city that aspires to be the world’s most liveable.