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Hamilton's rubbish and recycling service wins Local Government Award

21 Jul, 2021 03:25 AM2 minutes to read
Hamilton's recycling is collected at the Material Recovery Facility in Sunshine Ave, Te Rapa. Photo / Danielle Zollickhofer

Hamilton's recycling is collected at the Material Recovery Facility in Sunshine Ave, Te Rapa. Photo / Danielle Zollickhofer

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Hamilton City Council's rubbish and recycling service won the Air New Zealand Excellence Award for Environmental Wellbeing at this year's Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Awards.

The service which had been introduced in August last year, was recognised for its positive and near-instant impact on the environment. The residential kerbside rubbish and recycling service upgraded the black bags to a set of four bins, providing more recycling options for residents.

This meant more than 56,000 Hamilton households changed the way they deal with their rubbish and recycling. Since the new service started, the amount of waste saved from landfill has increased from 27 to 58 per cent.

More than

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4500 tonnes of food scraps have also been turned into compost and a portion of this is reused in the city's gardens and parks, like just recently

Caro Park

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The rubbish and recycling service is a key part in the council's waste management and minimisation plan, which aims to help divert

150,000 tonnes of waste away from landfill in 10 years.

Mayor Paula Southgate said the award was not just for the council, but for the city.
"Everyone had to get onboard and make this change and the vast majority of people have.

"I'm really proud of that because the project has had a huge and positive impact. Hamilton has been an absolute leader in this space and it's wonderful to see that recognised and celebrated."

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The annual LGNZ awards, held in Blenheim last week, saw all 78 local authorities celebrating successful projects that help improve the wellbeing of their local communities.

The other finalists in the environmental wellbeing category were Auckland Council/ Waiheke Resources Trust for its Love our Wetlands Waiheke programme and Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) for its Whakaora Te Ahuriri project that creates a constructed wetland at Ahuriri Lagoon.

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