Fire and Emergency New Zealand contracted SYC to undertake a waste to landfill audit at a range of facilities located across the Auckland region. Sunshine and her team helped us to develop our methodology, and worked closely with us throughout the commission to deliver results and advice that will inform our waste management strategy. It was a pleasure to work with Sunshine who brings fantastic experience and expertise, and a rock solid understanding of the national waste management landscape.

Johnny Wright – Sustainability Lead

Sunshine conducted a ground breaking piece of research into food waste that provided a strong foundation for the implementation for the award winning Love Food Hate Waste Campaign. Sunshine has excellent analytical and statistical skills and was able to provide useful insights as to how we could adapt overseas methodology to the New Zealand context. She went above and beyond during the project and was willing to provide support long after the final project was completed.

Jenny Marshall, Sector Projects Manager

Sunshine and the team assisted Waitemata DHB to examine the healthcare waste generated and provide information/education to improve our practices to reduce hazardous and non-hazardous waste to landfill and increase recycling of non-traditional items.

Michelle Dawson, Sustainability Manager

Sunshine has been a great advocate for us and helped deliver a developed and succinct submission for Civil Share to get funding available through Auckland Council Waste Minimisation Fund. This funding was quintessential to enable our company to push through the challenging start-up period and start to develop market growth. Thank you for all your advice and assistance!

Sylvie Burke, Business Manager

NZ Post contracted Sunshine to undertake waste audits at four of our large operational sites, to provide us with baseline compositional data on our waste streams, and to identify opportunities for further waste minimisation. Sunshine collaborated well with site managers to run the waste audits. The waste audit reports were informative and contained practical recommendations for improvements, which we are now implementing with the assistance of Sunshine.

Sam Bridgman

Since 2006, Meridian has contracted Sunshine to undertake a number of waste and recycling projects, assisting to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of our internal recycling systems in Auckland, Christchurch and Twizel. Sunshine has always brought us valuable insights - both in terms of the technicalities of waste, but also the human element and how to encourage people to improve their practices. We love working with her, and highly recommend her work. She knows a lot about waste, and is a pleasure to work with.

Alison Howard

I would readily recommend Sunshine Yates Consulting for any size or scope of waste audit. Sunshine and her team were efficient, cost-effective, and very easy to deal with. The team completed the audits promptly, adhering to the agreed-upon timeframe with minimal disruption to our daily operations.  Sunshine was also readily available to answer questions and adjusted the audit plan to accommodate an opportunity to undertake a snapshot of clinical waste on one of our sites - a real value-add to the outcomes. The audit results have helped us identify significant areas for waste reduction and recycling improvement, leading to potential cost savings in the long run.

Julia Lindesay, Senior Sustainability Manager