Councillors given food for thought

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā councillors were given a vivid illustration this week of the rubbish residents put out for collection which is organic waste.

They were served up for morning tea an example of largely food items rubbish contractors picked up in Te Awamutu on Monday.

The idea to serve it up on the table for councillors to see came from waste minimisation officer Sally Fraser, mayor Susan O’Regan and deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk.

It is part of an education programme while council considers ways to minimise waste over the next six years.

A total of 154kgs of food waste collected from 100 houses included:

• 224 bread slices, buns and rolls

• 21.9 kgs of meat

• 146 serves of meat

An unopened gift box of three BBQ sauces

• 79 crackers

• 3 unopened chocolate bars

• 3 hollow easter eggs and one headless easter bunny

• 2 ½ frozen cheesecakes

• 480 grams of raw prawns

That amounts to 48,000 wasted slices of bread for all 21,700 homes in Waipā, said Fraser.

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Department of Internal Affairs Charities Services register. If it was, there would be annual filing requirements.

Instead the trust is registered under the Charitable Trusts Act which does not require the information.

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