{"id":186249,"date":"2025-12-16T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186249\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T09:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:13:09","slug":"aucklands-fortnightly-rubbish-collection-trial-kicked-to-kerb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186249\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland\u2019s fortnightly rubbish collection trial kicked to kerb"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, the Policy, Planning and Development Committee voted to scrap the trial.<\/p>\n

Its chairman, councillor Richard Hills, said elected members took public feedback seriously and heard people\u2019s concerns that the trial wouldn\u2019t work well.<\/p>\n

However, he said reducing waste to landfill remains a priority the committee will revisit in the new year.<\/p>\n

\u201cStaff will return to the committee with a range of waste-minimisation options in 2026,<\/p>\n

\u201cFeedback on the Waste Minimisation and Management Plan 2024 showed that reducing waste to landfill is important to many Aucklanders, with 66% of respondents supporting the overall plan and its targets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Council\u2019s general manager of waste solutions Justine Haves said council remains committed to meet its waste-minimisation target of 29% by 2030.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNext year we\u2019ll bring a range of evidence-based options that can help Aucklanders reduce waste to landfill to the governing body for consideration. This work will guide how we continue moving towards a more sustainable future for T\u0101maki Makaurau,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, councillor Julie Fairey raised that Auckland Council has been on the pathway of proposing fortnightly rubbish collections since 2012.<\/p>\n

She said it\u2019s one thing to look at evidence around the benefits but another issue entirely to get social support for it.<\/p>\n

Fairey said it would be useful to hear more from the 18 councils that have been doing fortnightly rubbish collections, and that could help with Auckland Council\u2019s conversations with the community.<\/p>\n

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