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Keeping the Holes Out of Holistic: The Need for Real Partnerships

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Keeping the Holes Out of Holistic: The Need for Real Partnerships

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  1. Keeping the Holes Out of Holistic:The Need for Real Partnerships

  2. Keeping the Holes Out of Holistic:The Need for Real Partnerships

  3. Keeping the Holes Out of Holistic:The Need for Real Partnerships

  4. The Benefits of Grey Hair • my defection to “the dark side” created a window of opportunity to view the waste sector from both sides of the fence.

  5. 10 Years – Results? • Some excellent results • Systems • Behaviour • Not all A+

  6. Kerbside Recycling Systems • Crate based collect and disappear • MGB commingled post collection sort • Split stream partially commingled • Glass crates/ • non glass MGB

  7. Start From the Moral High Ground?

  8. The Moral High Ground Is the Holistic View • Argument for Common good • Holes exist • What are they?

  9. 1. The Double Vision Hole? • Long term – sustainable earth? • Short term – here and now cost effectiveness?

  10. Conflict? • Just the long term? • Just the short term? • Do we do justice to both?

  11. 2. The Market Economy Hole • Very little intervention • Refuse collection and disposal $160/tonne • Recycling collection and reuse $300/tonne

  12. 3. The Lowest Hanging Fruit Hole • Value judgement in term “recyclable” • Economical in market economy • Lowest hanging fruit first • $/tonne? • $/tonne CO2 equiv saved?

  13. 20% Not Justified? • Small objects high sorting costs • 3 – 7 plastics? • PVC

  14. 4. The Mixing Hole • 15 separate streams? • How much in same container? • Collection cost vs post collection sorting cost

  15. 4. The Mixing Hole • 15 separate streams? • How much in same container? • Collection cost vs post collection sorting cost

  16. Glass In or Glass Out? • Recommendation is separate glass • Similar total cost to full commingling • Environmentally superior outcome

  17. Closed Receptacles - Contamination • Cannot detect during collection • Elephant in the room • Poorly managed • Education!

  18. 5. Procurement Process Hole • Biggest hole? • Does process foster partnership • Target maximum holistic value?

  19. Relationship Focus • Credible process – credible result • Avoid commodity perspective • Waste officers lead • Encourage relationship

  20. Why Change? • Commodities Market getting harder? • Yields declining? • Impact of kerbside organics • Some TLAs just too small? • the waste community is a community of competing values

  21. The Future • Government intervention – levy too low • WMMP – real accountability • Prioritise benefit/cost • Some TLAs too small • Less mixing? • Procure for long term

  22. Thank You

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