4 | JUDDS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT T TFrom page 3 Composting plant a first processed annually. This is expected to rise to 45,000 tonnes in the first year before reaching capacity. JUDDS and Siteworx Civil currently employs around 40 staff and Blair expects to see an increase in jobs by around 15% due to the new composting facility. JUDDS is a family owned business by Blair (general manager also of Siteworx Civil), brothers Kent (operations manager of JUDDS and Siteworx Civil) and Clarke (Siteworx Civil project manager) and father Antony (managing director of both companies). The family cut its teeth on Siteworx Civil before purchasing JUDDS (coincidentally the previous owner shared the same last name) two years ago. JUDDS also supplies water to people on tanks and includes a landscape supply business, open six days a week, offering topsoil, bark, decorative garden chip, mulches and of course compost and compost blends for the general public and nurseries. Bark is processed in-house and sold North Island wide. The public can also drive in and pay to dump their green waste. Blair says the addition of JUDDS’ new waste stream processing capacity means Gisborne residents can now enjoy a three wheelie bin system: food and green waste, rubbish and recycling. The company is proud to be a critical part of Gisborne District Council’s waste management plan. “All our waste is currently being trucked 4-½ hours north to Paeroa and roughly 20% of that waste is compostable. We don’t have to truck it 4.5 hours away so that’s a huge saving in carbon footprint plus we don’t create any methane gas when composting.” JUDDS plans to take waste within an hour of Gisborne and Blair says because the composting facility is a modular system, it can be expanded and potentially replicated in other parts of New Zealand. EASTLAND REFRIGERATION & ELECTRICAL sales@erl.net.nz 0212462051 - 2x faster than Blockwork - Hand Installed - No crane required www.afswall.co.nz Exposed Aggregate RibRaft Hotedge Xpod New Zealand’s largest & most respected national supplier of CERTIFIED CONCRETE® Firth are proud to be associated with Judds www. rth.co.nz 0800 CONCRETE (0800 266 273) Empower Your Aerobes: • Optimize the biology • Minimize odours • Accelerate composting www.compostsystems.com
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