Chapter 7 - Air Liaison Liaise with the appropriate central government agencies to ensure consistency with central government air quality management initiatives. Education Provide information on the adverse effects of burning treated timber, composite wood products, plastics, rubber, hazardous substances and their containers, oil based products, aerosol cans and foam products. Ensure that adequate educational material is available for users of agrichemicals on the prevention and minimisation of adverse effects on non-target plants, humans, and animals. Promote the recovery, re-use and recycling of ozone depleting substances and encourage the use of alternative technologies where appropriate. Promote more efficient use of fuels and the use of less polluting fuels (e.g. electricity rather than open fires for domestic heating), including fuels used in motor vehicles. Promote industrial and waste management practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Advocacy Provide local input to central government on the effects of its policies in Marlborough and the development of future government policy. Guidelines Promote information on appropriate land use practices and encourage use on voluntary guidelines and best practices Monitoring Monitor the changes in ambient air quality. Rules are based on environmental effects of discharges of contaminants to air. Education will be used for these matters where environmental effects are minor or the adverse effects are temporary and occur infrequently. For effects on the environment arising from global trends, regulatory approaches applied within the Plan area are unlikely to bring about resolution of the issue, but should prevent further contribution to the related adverse effects. The objectives, policies and methods that have been adopted reflect the differing central and local government roles. Many of the methods help meet waste management, energy efficiency and transportation objectives. The role of the Council is primarily one of advocacy, promotion of public awareness and implementation and monitoring of national policies on a local basis. Development of a regulatory approach would be difficult and prohibitively expensive. However, the Council will still need to monitor the effects of Government policies on the Marlborough environment. The Council has an obligation to the people of Marlborough to make any adverse effects of national policies known to Government. 7.11 Anticipated Environmental Results Implementation of the policies and methods relating to air will result in: 7 - 7