Your feedback on waste minimisation is not wasted

Time is running out to share your feedback on two major waste minimisation plans, due to close this Sunday 6 July. The plans cover everything from improving recycling and food scrap services, to reducing illegal dumping, investing in community-led circular economy initiatives, and cleaning up old landfill sites. Together, they form a roadmap and a foundation for a cleaner, fairer, low-waste future.

If you haven’t had your say yet, there’s still time.

We’re inviting feedback on two key plans:

• Solid Waste Strategy (SWS): This is the big-picture plan – a long-term vision that sets the overall direction and goals for how waste will be managed and minimised in the Far North over the next 25 years.
• Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP): This action plan focuses on what the council will do now and in the short term. It’s updated every six years and helps unlock central government funding for local waste services.

Both documents have been developed based on earlier feedback from the community and waste sector experts.

A large number of submissions have already been received from across the district, with people suggesting some creative and practical ways to deal with waste in our communities.

Now it’s your turn to have a say.

To make sure your feedback is officially considered, be sure to complete the online survey or use one of our official submission channels. Please note that social media comments aren’t counted as formal submissions.

Head over to our consultation webpage and fill in the survey here.

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Main image: Ahipara refuse transfer station