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Chris Pepper – Water and Waste Services Manager Palmerston North City Council

WasteMINZ 2007 – Hamilton Awapuni Sustainable Development Centre a paradigm shift from waste disposal to waste minimisation. Chris Pepper – Water and Waste Services Manager Palmerston North City Council. Agenda. “Going Greener” Sustainable Development Landfill Closure Plan

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Chris Pepper – Water and Waste Services Manager Palmerston North City Council

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  1. WasteMINZ 2007 – HamiltonAwapuni Sustainable Development Centrea paradigm shift from waste disposal to waste minimisation Chris Pepper – Water and Waste Services ManagerPalmerston North City Council

  2. Agenda • “Going Greener” Sustainable Development • Landfill Closure Plan • Awapuni Sustainable Development Centre • Energy Plan, Renewable Energy Projects and Carbon Credits • Awapuni Recycling Industrial Park • Other Projects

  3. “Going Greener” Sustainable Development • “Going Greener” is an over-arching sustainable development strategy for Palmerston North and the surrounding region. • Develop a sustainable development philosophy for Palmerston North “Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” • “Going Greener” is a long-term philosophy that aims to achieve a balance of economic, community and environmental factors. • Green is the already the colour for the Manawatu Province. “Go Green” is a popular catch-cry for local sports teams.

  4. Palmerston North is steadily “Going Greener” “Going Greener” Palmerston North is “Going Greener” Wind Generation Materials Recovery Industrial Park WWTP Biogas Eco Park Landfill Gas Projects Revised Waste Management Plan Energy Efficiency Optimisation “Go Green” Turitea Mini Hydro Wind Farm Centre of NZ

  5. Renewable • Energy • Wind Power • PNCC Energy Cluster • Decrease Greenhouse Gases • Self Sufficient • Sustainable • Development • Water Conservation • Solar Power • Energy Savings • Palmerston North • “Going Greener” • Sustainable Development • Waste • Management • Landfill Closure • Recycling • Awapuni Recycling Centre Footprint • TBL Management • TBL Analysis • (Financial, Community and Environment) • Eco Park • Conservation • Recreation • Eco Tourism • Transport • More Cycling • More Public Transport • Less Cars “Going Greener” Components

  6. “Going Greener” Targets • Awapuni Landfill is closed and transformed into Awapuni Sustainable Development Centre – Resource Recovery, Renewable Energy and Recreation. • Domestic recycling rate of kerbside and drop-off material inorganic material is increased from the current 30% to 50% by 2012. • Generate 2.5MW of electricity and be self sufficient from renewable energy by 2010. • Further 15% energy saving by 2010 (A 10% cut has been achieved in last two years). • Reduce the carbon footprint of the Council and Palmerston North. (Targets still need to be set)

  7. Awapuni Landfill Development Plan

  8. Awapuni Landfill • Operating for over 50 years • Closed 31st January 2007 • 2 parts • 2,500,000 tonnes of refuse • Major components (2/3rds) are paper, plastic and organic material • Estimation of up to 500 m3/hour of methane for up to 20 years – up to 1.8MW electricity and heat available.

  9. Awapuni Sustainable Development Centre Made of 3 parts: • Awapuni Resource Recovery Industrial Park including Awapuni Recycling Centre and Visitors Centre. • Awapuni Renewable Energy Centre. • Awapuni Mountain Bike Park

  10. “Going Greener” Goals • Generate 100% energy needs from renewable sources by 2010. • Reduce our energy consumption by another 15% by 2010.

  11. Awapuni Renewable Energy Centre • The target is to generate 2.5MW of electricity from renewable sources by 2010: • Landfill Gas • Biogas • Wind • Hydro • Other • PNCC is currently at around 45% of the target from LFG and Hydro • Wind testing has started at the Awapuni and Turitea Reserve sites • A Biogas project with Massey University and Mighty River Power has started at the existing WWTP. • Won a EECA commendation award in 2006 and is a finalist in the 2007 EECA awards (1st November)

  12. Existing Generation

  13. Landfill Gas 1 1MW – Carbon Credits (149,000) 35% WWTP 12.5% Higgins 12.5% recycling 40% Local grid • Turitea Mini-hydro • Upgrade 120kW to 200kW • Hardie Street • Lower Dam Palmerston North “Going Greener” Awapuni Renewable Energy Cluster • Energy • From Waste • Waste Wood • Tyres • Mixed Waste • (Total – 0.5MW) • WWTP Digester • Currently 50m3/hour methane(150kW) • Upgrade to 500kW • Solar and Wind • Mini WindFarm(0.5MW) – MRP • Solar on Council Flats • Promote Solar scheme • Long Term from Turitea WF • Landfill Gas 2 • 1MW (2 x 0.5MW) • Carbon Credits (150,000) • Lido Heating • Glass Houses • Local Grid Generation Plan

  14. Carbon Credits and Carbon Finance • The cogeneration plant was made possible from sale of 149,000 carbon credits for the period 2008 to 2012. • The net proceeds were about $1.3million with a 240,000 EUR up-front payment from the Austrian Government. • 11,000 “grey credits” from 2006 are to be sold on the Chicago Climate Exchange for around net $40,000after expenses. • The PNCC has some unique expertise to assessing and implementing carbon credit projects. • It is expected that some future projects will have some carbon credits available from either the New Zealand or international markets – biogas, LFG2, wind etc.

  15. Biogas Project • WWTP Biogas Project (300kW) • Existing 150kW from anaerobic digester • Collaboration with Massey University to use existing anaerobic digester asset to generate methane from industrial bio-solids in the region. • Started 2006 • Achieved triple methane production at lab level • Next Steps • Double sustainable methane at WWTP level by 2008 • Biogas pipeline • Use cogeneration heat at WWTP

  16. “Going Greener” Goals • Establish recycling industrial park powered by renewable energy. • Increase domestic recycling rate from 30% to 50% by 2012 • Implement Waste Minimisation Plan

  17. Resource Recovery – Awapuni Recycling Centre • The Awapuni Recycling Centre was built between May and December 2006 • Opened on 4th December 2006 • Partnership of PNCC, Fullcircle and local recycling businesses to increase recycling in Palmerston North and Surrounding Region • Recycles paper, cardboard, plastic, steel and , aluminium • Glass recycling is handled in a separate stream. It is currently crushed in a 5% aggregate. • It is planned that the Awapuni site will expand to a regional centre as there are benefits of economies of scale

  18. Construction of Awapuni Recycling Centre The Awapuni Recycling Centre and Recycling Industrial Park is built on the closed Awapuni Landfill. June 2006 December 2006 August 2006

  19. Awapuni Recycling Centre

  20. Awapuni Resource Recovery Industrial Park • The hub is the Awapuni Recycling Centre • The Awapuni Site is a specialised industrial site for resource recovery • In 2007 the following operations will join: • Composting • Scrap Metal dealer • Tyre recycling • Oil and Paint Recycling • The Awapuni Recycling Centre and Industrial Park is powered by burning the methane in the landfill gas from a project funded by carbon credits.

  21. Visitors Centre and Education • Aims to increase the awareness of sustainable development issues in Palmerston North and the surrounding region. • Focus on resource recovery, renewable energy and climate change issues. • In the future this centre will be a focus for a regional shared services education program. • Building won local Master Builder “House of the Year” award in the commercial project category and it won a national Bronze. • This visitors centre has had over 2,000 visitors since February 2007 from Palmerston North and the surrounding region.

  22. Visitors Centre and Education Over 2,000 visitors since February 2007

  23. Highest Point is “Mt Cleese”

  24. Environmental Education • Need to get sustainability message across • Best way of doing this is through schools EERST programme. • Essential component of this is that the teachers are effectively delivering the correct message • It is expected that this will increase our recycling volumes by 20 to 50% over the long term and will replace most of our advertising expenditure.

  25. Regional Education Facility Horizons Green Rig • EERST • 61 primary and intermediate schools • Awapuni Visitors • Centre • Regional Education Facility • Sustainable Development Massey UCOL PNCC Existing Resources RegionalShared Services

  26. Recreational Opportunities • The target is to develop recreation area by 2009: • Established Mountain Bike jump park • Establish 2km mountain bike loop for beginners and more advanced cyclists in partnership with the Manawatu Mountain Bike Club • Develop house riding track in partnership with Awapuni Racecourse • Develop horse riding stables for the Awapuni Racecourse • Possible link to city walkway and cycle systems

  27. Awapuni Mountain Bike Jump Park – Phase 1 Phase 2 is to connect the Awapuni site with the main river track network

  28. Tōu Ao, Tōku Ao. Kākāriki, Kawea Ake! "Its your world, its my World and our collective responsibility to take care of the environment into the future"

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