The Thames-Coromandel FOOD WASTE Re-Source Page

28/01/2024

This section contains information about the state of New Zealand's environment and the work we do using science and data.

19/05/2023

Black Soldier Fly Larvae could be a great solution for food waste in Thames-Coromandel.

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25/09/2022

Use this app to give your food scraps to neighbours who compost, or to take food scraps from neighbours who don't compost yet.

Tired of filling up yet another garbage bag with scraps? Sign up for ShareWaste and give your waste a second chance!

15/09/2022

Waste Management NZ was selected by TCDC to deliver the next 10 years of waste services in our district, starting September 2023 to September 2033.

The good news, a weekly food waste collection will be one of the new services!

It’s important that we ensure processing of this food waste RE-SOURCE remains local.

More info here

Waste Management NZ has been awarded the solid waste contract to run our district’s Kerbside collections, Refuse Transfer Station operations and implementing a food waste collection, for the next 10 years starting in September 2023.

15/08/2022

Before long in Thames-Coromandel!
Kerbside food waste collection is starting in September 2023.

We also want to ensure processing is local, and businesses and organisations are included.

The people of Tauranga have halved the amount of household waste being sent to landfill 12 months after a new kerbside system was put in place in the Bay of Plenty city.

21/07/2022

Hi everyone, please take 2 min to make a submission, it can make a major difference!
And please consider the following proposals. There is a box in the survey where all of this can be pasted and proposed:

Local processing of food waste - not driving food waste to Waikato.

Pay as you throw - not a blanket rate that incentives people to throw more.

Council gets its own waste in order - showing a gold standard example.

Publicly available regular reports on waste minimisation performance in relation to set targets - adding council accountability to the waste strategy.

Local management of RTSs - using local knowledge and expertise, community drive, and enthusiasm.

Waste Management and Minimisation Bylaw, like in many districts, driving behaviour change.

Construction waste recovery facilities, and a bylaw that requires large building projects to submit waste management plans that drive contractors to use these construction waste recovery facilities.

17/07/2022

Great outcome to our Thames-Coromandel Food Waste Campaign!!
TCDC has recently agreed to adopt a new food-waste bin to our Thames-Coromandel kerbside collection, starting September 2023.

THANK YOU!! to everyone who supported the campaign over the last two years. It has been fantastic to have your support!

Thank you to Transition Town Thames and Trish Hatfield, who initiated the Thames food waste group over two years ago with the support of Xtreme Zero Waste from Raglan. Thank you to Thames councillors Robyn, Salley and Martin, who supported the process from the get-go. Thank you to the Thames Community Board for advocating with the council. Thank you to council waste management staff, who answered numerous questions and informed us about the council process. Thank you to resource recovery groups around the peninsula for taking an active role in the campaign, including the Seagull Centre, the Mercury Bay Resource Recovery Centre, and the Whangamatā Resource Recovery Trust Avoid the Rubbish Pit Whangamata. Thank you to our local newspapers who repeatedly put articles and helped make this significant local issue more publicly visible, including the Valley Profile, the HC Post, the Mercury-Bay Informer, and the Coromandel Chronicle. Thank you to the Goldfields Mall and the Rotary Market for allowing us stalls to make our petition accessible. Thanks to Monika Lange and the Thames/Coromandel Newsfeed & Noticeboard, who supported the campaign on Facebook. Thanks to ActionStation for making the petition platform available and so great to work with. And finally, thank you! Everyone who signed the petition! Talked about it! And Shared it with friends! YOU ALL MADE IT A WORTHWHILE AND SUCCESSFUL EFFORT!!!

24/05/2022

A short video about food waste.
Hopefully, TCDC is joining the movement to eliminate food waste by including a food waste bin for kerbside collection.