1. prepared by Simon Millar Q1 2014
simon@planetrumble.org
Waterfront Auckland Waste Assessment

2. By 2050 the World’s population will be 9.6 Billion
Two thirds will live in cities
80% will live in coastal areas
Maximal irony - TIME magazine 1961-1962

3. Waterfront Auckland’s area of ownership annual volume of waste to landfill (estimated).!
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Produced more than 4,627 mt MSW !
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GHG emissions analysis from baseline waste management scenario 14,323 MTCO2E!
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Equivalent to !
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GHG emissions from 3,015 passenger vehicles for one year !
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CO2 emissions from 1,307 home’s energy use for one year!
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3.9 wind turbines installed!
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Carbon sequestered by 4,751 hectares of NZ forest in one year!
*due to the limits in scope of the project an accurate baseline could not be established for Waterfront Auckland’s area of
ownership, therefore assumptions are conservative estimates and should not be quoted without a more comprehensive analysis.
Business As Usual 2013

4. Waterfront Auckland’s projected annual volume of waste to landfill !
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Produce more than 20,687 mt MSW over baseline per year !
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GHG emissions analysis for business as usual scenario 64,038 MTCO2E!
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Equivalent to!
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GHG emissions from 13,482 passenger vehicles for one year!
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CO2 emissions from 5,843 homes’ energy use for one year!
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17.6 wind turbines installed !
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Carbon sequestered by 21,241 hectares of NZ forest in one year!
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…or about the same size as Abel Tasman National Park.!
Business As Usual 2030Business As Usual 2030
Photo credit Jason Hosking “Wild About New Zealand”

5. Business as Usual in 2030
3071 mt
3692 mt
1536 mt
6231 mt
5078 mt
650 mt
429 mt
or 40 extra trucks per week
At least 20,687 extra mt MSW !
produced per year
requires 2068 extra garbage trucks !
that burn 67 million liters of diesel in a year!
producing 180,540 MTCO2e
mt MSW by population!
mt = metric tonnes!
MSW = Municipal Solid Waste!
1 Truck = 10 mt MSW high est.
equivalent to GHG emissions from!
!
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38,008 passenger vehicles in one year!
or the CO2 emissions from!
24,834 homes’ electricity use for one year!
or the carbon sequestered by!
4.6 million tree seedlings grown 10 years!
or 59,887 hectares of NZ forest one year!
Transportation Impact 2030

6. Transportation Impact Wynyard Quarter QA4
At least 3,071 extra mt MSW !
produced per year
requires 31 extra garbage trucks !
that burn one million liters of diesel in a year !
producing 2,619 MTCO2e
mt MSW by population!
mt = metric tonnes!
MSW = Municipal Solid Waste!
1 Truck = 10 mt MSW high est.
Equivalent to GHG emissions from !
551 passenger vehicles in one year!
or the CO2 emissions from !
360 homes’ electricity use for one year!
or the carbon sequestered by!
67,154 tree seedlings grown for 10 years!
or 900 hectares of NZ forest in one year

7. Projected Waste (MSW) generated through total Development Period
under business as usual scenario 2013* - 2030**
and meeting SDF goals by 2030***
AnnualMetricTonnesMSW
0
3000
6000
9000
12000
15000
18000
21000
Development Period
2013
2013*
2014-17
2017-20
2020-23
2023-26
2026-30
2030**
2030***
SDF Goals = Zero Waste?
97%reductionfrombusinessasusual

8. ASB pursuing best practice.!
21,000 sqm, 1250 FTE, Cafe’s, 16 tea rooms with triple stations, 10 restaurant tenants!
Over 3.6 million liters waste per year or more than 300,000 liters per month.!
10+ waste streams collected daily including MSW (twice daily), cooking oil, fats oils grease
(FOG’s twice daily), organics include paper towels, cardboard, mixed use paper, document
destruction, polystyrene, plastic film, bottles, plastic, aluminium, lamps, e-Waste.!
58% diversion Jan 2014!
Challenges include stakeholder engagement with Baduzzi and Miss Clawdy restaurants
generating high volume of recyclable food waste and sending to landfill bins.

9. !
• What is the true cost to throw stuff away?!
• There is no away.!
• Is it OK to recycle?!
• What is the cost to recycle?
chargers glass cell phones recycling yard