These materials are delivered to the RRC from the public, transfer stations, kerbside collections and private contractors. Deliveries to the Riverlands MRF are from private contractors. Metals Metal is diverted at the transfer stations and sent to local scrap yards for processing. This material is delivered in by the public and private contractors. In addition the RRC receives steel and aluminium cans from the public and kerbside collections which is baled and sold on to the scrap yards. Glass Glass is delivered to the RRC by the public and kerbside collections where it is split into green, brown and clear with the lids removed. This is then sent, by train, to OI in Auckland for reprocessing into new glass products. Newspaper and Glossies These are delivered to the RRC by the public and kerbside collections. Incoming materials are sorted and baled ready for onward sale to an appropriate broker or end user. Ewaste Ewaste is delivered to the RRC and RTS by the public, and where possible items are stripped down into component parts for onward sale. This process will be further developed during the term of this WMMP under contract no 2013/13. Rubble/inert material Should this type of material be delivered to the transfer stations it is segregated and diverted to an appropriate clean fill location where possible. The material may be infilled or, where appropriate, stored ready for future use as a construction/landscaping material. Greenwaste This material is taken to the greenwaste acceptance facility on Wither Road in Blenheim. Deliveries are direct from the public, transfer stations and private contractors. The end product is sold back to the community as compost. Grass clippings are not accepted to reduce the risk of contamination from persistent weed killers getting into compost products. Whiteware (including refrigerant appliances) These items are collected at each transfer station (exc Ward) and delivered to the Blenheim site for processing. Refrigerant items are degassed at the Blenheim site before crushing, baling and onward sale to a metal reprocessor. The refrigerant gas is collected and sent away for destruction (normally via high temperature incineration) offshore. 5.1.3 National product stewardship schemes The region has access to national Product Stewardship schemes where the manufacturers of the product offer a collection scheme for the residual product, empty container and/or packaging. The region has access to the following schemes: • Plasback – for the recovery of used farm plastics (user charges apply). • The Glass Packaging Forum’s glass packaging product stewardship scheme. • Agrecovery Rural Recycling Program - farm chemical drums (triple rinsed and empty). • Resene Paintwise - nationwide paint and paint packaging take back and recycling programme. • Rose NZ – used oil collection and disposal scheme. Council will continue to contribute to the discussions on mandatory product stewardship schemes that the government, through the Ministry for the Environment, may be considering. One such Page 21