Hutt City Council

Review and commit to the development of a sophisticated long term strategy and implementation plan on waste minimisation and management.

Commit to allocating budget to continuously monitor and improve water quality in the Hutt in each annual plan.

Support initiatives/plans proposed by council officers and/or community requesting funding to preserve our native birds and trees.

Create waste/demolition material recovery facility (re-use, recycle) to preserve landfill life and save residents' tip fees.

Change District Plan to require rainwater capture for new build housing, which will help with future resilience and reduce Hutt river take

Work with regional council on better/more natural stormwater capture and pollution filtration, such as the wetland at Belmont

Oppose Three Waters – water quality/preservation will be taken out of local hands.

Allow communities to plant vege gardens and fruit trees where practical in local parks/reserves.

Waste – was councils decision to take control of rubbish/recycling through a sole provider the right decision?

Implement household food waste collection and processing, ie composting.

Increase culling of ungulates (eg deer, pigs, goats) to help increase regeneration of native plant life.

Explore options for a resource recovery park in our city so we can divert more waste from going to Silverstream landfill.

Support community and school groups in landscape revitalisation, including active wiping out of wasps, plant and animal pests: #PF2050.

Set a strategy with plastics and other pollutants reduction targets, education about the problem, and enforcement to change behaviours.

Enhance and connect urban landscapes to soak up carbon, water, protect soils and allow our taonga plants, birds and bugs to move and thrive.

Incentivise business to continue to move away from single-use plastic. Encourage consumers to do the same.

Maintain biodiversity programs to keep our native plants and expand voluntary predator control groups.

Commit to improving water ways. Communicate with the community about how and why changes need to be made.

Establish a contestable Waste Minimisation Fund, funded through the increasing waste levy collected at Silverstream.

Reduced food to landfill through composting initiatives and food scrap collections.

Establish a cat control bylaw.

Implement 'Te Mana o Te Wai' framework to preserve and protect water quality.

Support pest control efforts to protect our native species, birdlife and the environment.

Support the addition of food waste to our rubbish collection service and waste minimisation strategies.

Continue improving our waterways to make them great places for recreation through improved accessibility.

Develop local rubbish recycling and reprocessing capacity to make waste into valuable new product, invest in a waste-to-energy plant.

Develop alternative pest control and phase out 1080. Move away from chemical spraying to more ecologically friendly weed control methods.

Support the Three Waters reform.

Make recycling easier and wider.

Encourage and provide practical support to local communities undertaking stream restoration and other environment improvement projects.

Encourage new builds to install grey water plumbing and solar power through a fast-track consenting mechanism.

Support households to manage food waste at home through bulk purchase/reduced cost of composting systems.

Understand council (and if applicable WRC) water (quality/quantity/storage)/waste plans and if appropriate advocate change.

Create a plan to beautify our suburbs whilst helping to eliminate greenhouse gases such as a "Kowhai corridor" through main streets

Council to look at "inorganics days" for the city to encourage less waste and recycling.

Reduce tip fees to stop the illegal dumping of rubbish and waste affecting our land and waterways.

Engage and invest in our people and place by supporting our communities and enhancing our city with a holistic approach as kaitiakitanga.

Work towards waste reduction and better management of our waste related services by empowering and educating people and our wider community.

Review our strategies so that they are effective, practical, and ambitious ensuring we are making the most for the short to long term.

Promote and expand voluntary predator control groups – especially on the Western and Eastern Hills.

Investigate separation and repurposing of construction and demolition waste to reduce landfill volumes.

Support measures to give the Hutt River room and extensive plantings as riparian strips and to provide shading.

Reject Three Waters.

Ban 1080 drops.

Join a class action law suit to stop water fluoridation.

Protect the local aquifer and enhance water quality by river and stream cleanups.

Support continuing efforts to encourage recycling. Review current waste management system and costs to monitor effectiveness.

Encourage development of predator free environments adjoining existing regional parks.

Investigate schemes to stop sewage being discharged directly out to the sea (currently at Pencarrow Heads), to improve our waterways.

Review the recycling programme and see if more can be recycled by encouraging and/or investing in local enterprises who could take it on.

Investigate progress regarding deer, possum and pig eradication.