Auckland Climate Plan Goals related to hospitality
The following are current legislation or Auckland Council Climate Plan goals of relevance to the Hospitality industries.
Already Banned
2022 - PVC food trays & containers, all polystyrene takeaway food & drink packaging, plastic drink stirrers, plastic cotton buds,
2023 - Plastic produce bags, plastic plates, bowls, cutlery and straws, plastic produce labels (like fruit stickers)
Incoming Ban 2025
All other PVC and polystyrene food and drink packaging
2030 Aims
Ban single-use coffee cups
Ban single-use wet wipes
Paper/cardboard waste reduced by 30% and 30% of the remaining waste recycled
All businesses required to divert food scraps from landfill
Retrofit 50% of existing and commercial buildings to a high standard of energy efficiency
Replace 75% of gas heaters in existing commercial buildings with electric heat pumps
Replace 50% of gas water heaters in existing commercial buildings with electric heat pump water heaters
Issues facing the Industries
Food Based businesses
Food waste scraps to be diverted from landfill to composting
Food loss
Use of a lot of power/gas
Recycling and bins around waste
Washroom toilet paper, towels, etc
Print of customer receipts
Cleaning of surfaces/equipment
Kitchen and bathroom cleaning
Food options/opportunities
Packaging and waste/single use serveware
Takeaway cups/compostable serveware
Food composting opportunities
Premises lighting and energy use
Heat pumps and air conditioning
Accommodation businesses
Washing and cleaning excess
Use of a lot of power/gas
Single use items, eg toilet paper, towels, etc
Single use packaging
Provided mini accessories, eg shampoos, etc instead of refillable pump containers
Premises lighting
Heat pumps and air conditioning
Solutions/Ideas/Links
Undertake a waste audit to break down what your current waste consists of
Use a pressing machine for plastic bottles to save on space and waste costs
Have Keep Cups available for sale
Put plastics under the coffee steamer to soften and reduce in size for waste saving
Only print customer receipts when asked for
Train staff in sustainable practices
Use the City to Farm Project for food scrap diversion (details from HCZW)
Sell end-of-day food on the Foodprint app, or give to local food pantries or organisations
Offer free water
Put reminder stickers on bins for staff awareness and action
Ensure equipment is eco efficient (eg fridge)
Use sugar bowls not sugar sachets
Offer Keep Cup opportunities and offer a deal to benefit both you and your customers
Separate soft plastics
Compost your food scraps and coffee grounds with City to Farm, sharewaste or feed to animals
Put your ventilation on a timer to go off at night
Changed light bulbs to LED - also saves power costs
Use enviro friendly cleaning powders to water in refillable plastic containers to avoid buying more plastic containers
Source kitchen and washroom products from an environmentally friendly service (HCZW can provide a list of local options for you)
Don’t run the tap continuously when washing or cleaning
Grow your own mini herb garden
In warmer seasons open the doors instead of using the air conditioner
Join a share scheme around pick up/drop off of certain products (eg scrap metal, items to the WCRC facility) to save time, money and petrol
Encourage staff car pooling, use of public transport or biking/walking to work
Measure your carbon footprint and explore off-setting options, HCZW can assist with this.
Links
Use You Own - Where to find cafe’s & eateries that encourage UYO/BYO to reduce single use food and coffee waste and/or are single use waste free
Refill NZ - Where you can get your water bottle refilled for free - https://refillnz.org.nz/
Food Print - App where end of day food is listed and sold at cost price to connect consumers with affordable food that would otherwise be wasted or unfit to sell - https://www.foodprint.org.nz/
Food Scraps & Food Resource
Compost Hubs - Compost Collective Sharewaste Hubs - https://www.sharewaste.org.nz/share-waste
City to Farm - North Auckland Medium scale compost project that returns bokashi food scraps to the land to build soil and grow food - https://www.citytofarm.co.nz/
Green Gorilla - Auckland Waste Collection, Management & Recycling Services - https://www.greengorilla.co.nz/
Food Rescue & Supply
Aotearoa NZ Map of: Food Banks, Pataki Kai, Community Meals, Fruit & Vege Co-op, Food Rescue, Community Garden, NZFN Food Hub: Partner organisations who are NZFN food storage & distribution centres - https://www.zerohunger.org.nz/find-a-community-food-organisation
Fair Food - food rescue organisation suppling frontline community groups with free food - https://fairfood.org.nz/
Selling and distributing gleaned produce and retailer-rejected food - https://www.perfectlyimperfect.org.nz/
Food Together - Nation-wide network connecting communities and growers around healthy food, creating jobs and equipping and empowering local collectives, to make fresh food more affordable and accessible for all while resourcing communities - https://www.foodtogether.co.nz/
Fruit & vege box subscriptions of retailer & supermarket rejected food from farmers - https://wonkybox.nz/
Love Soup - North Auckland Organisation providing cooked food and redistributing good food that would otherwise go to waste, to communities in need - https://www.lovesoup.org.nz/contact
Kai Ika - Retailer discarded fish parts are collected from various sources and redistributed to needy families and community groups all over Auckland - https://kaiika.co.nz/
General Sustainability
Sustainable Business Network Free Self Assessment Tool - https://sustainable.org.nz/docket/sustainability-self-assessment/
Carbon Assessments and offsetting
Carbon footprint assessment tool for businesses & offsetting options - https://carbonclick.com/business/
Carbon footprint assessment tool for businesses & offsetting options - https://www.toitu.co.nz/what-we-offer/carbon-management
Responsible Banking & Investing
Mindful Money is a charity that promotes ethical investment via their tool that checks what funds and types of investments Kiwisavers and investment funds are putting money in to - https://mindfulmoney.nz/
Clean Power
Canstar Blue - A summary of power companies and if they use renewable sources - https://www.canstarblue.co.nz/energy/green-power-nz/
NZ Compare - a guide to renewable power companies in New Zealand - https://www.nzcompare.com/n/power/the-future-of-renewable-energy-nz
Light Force - Solar providers, modular and hybrid grid systems available - https://lightforce.co.nz/
B-Corp Certification -B Corp Certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials - https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/certification/
Single Use Cup alternatives
Under discussion in 2024 Keep in on the Coast cup
https://cupcycling.nz/ Simple, NZ Based, Coffee cups, app
https://www.againagain.co/ - Cup and container return system, also uses an app
https://www.uyo.co.nz/advice/category/4/Starting-Your-Mug-Library - Mug Libraries
Education and information on HCZW carton collections/drop off to go to “better” recycling options
https://hibiscuscoastzerowaste.co.nz/wcrc - Whangaparāoa Community Resource Recovery Centre
Locations to drop soft plastics
https://hibiscuscoastzerowaste.co.nz/wcrc - Whangaparāoa Community Resource Recovery Centre
https://www.recycling.kiwi.nz/store-locator
Suggestions on refill options for products, eg Bin Inn, HCZW - Gilmours truck greater carbon footprint just driving around counter acts any positive refill benefits unless tied in also perhaps with supply deliveries?
https://www.bininn.co.nz/bin-inn-silverdale - Local Store
https://www.refill-van.com/ - The Refill Van - Mobil service
https://hibiscuscoastzerowaste.co.nz/eco-shop - Eco Store Refillry WCRC
Hospitality: Considercounter stand encouraging use of oat milk, brief benefits etc?
https://all-good.co.nz/blogs/news/all-good-fridays - FREE coffees on Fridays for people if they try their oat milk, Drifter Coffee does this