The forum was established to create consistency and efficiency of service amongst territorial authorities through sharing knowledge and best practice around waste, recycling and resource recovery.
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Andre Erasmus |
Kawerau District Council |
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Angela Atkins |
Hastings District Council |
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Eilidh Hilson |
Christchurch City Council |
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Jennifer Elliot |
Wellington City Council |
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Kimberley Hope |
New Plymouth District Council |
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Kirsty Quickfall |
Hamilton City Council |
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Parul Sood (board champion) |
Auckland City Council |
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Sophie Mander (Chair) |
Queenstown Lakes District Council |
What is our work programme?
The TAO Forum strategic plan for 2020-2022 can be viewed here.
The steering committee has agreed on a workplan for 2021 which can be viewed here.
Current Projects include:
Rethinking Rubbish and Recycling: national bin audits were undertaken in 2019 to understand household packaging collected through kerbside rubbish and recycling bins. Online research into household recycling behaviour was carried out in 2020 and 2021. A behaviour change campaign to reduce contamination in recycling, with a focus on how to present recycling, is being launched in October 2021.
Plastic Free July Aotearoa: Since 2019 the TAO Forum has helped fund and support the Plastic Free July campaign to reduce the use of single use plastics.
The TAO Forum released the Local Government Waste Management Manifesto in 2018 and updated it in 2020. The 2020 manifesto can be viewed here, and the 2018 manifesto can be viewed here.
The TAO Forum funded and runs The Love Food Hate Waste New Zealand Campaign
The TAO Forum agreed to standardising the colours of mobile waste containers.
To find out more about this forum please contact our Sector Project Manager Sarah Pritchett