Dowie SarahSARAH DOWIE (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker and I rise in absolute support of my colleague the Opposition spokesperson for the environment the Hon Scott Simpson and of course the previous Minister for the Environment. I want to acknowledge that I'm in total support of his contribution and reiterate that while this is a small bill it is very much an effective bill and builds on the work that he had done previously with the National-led Government in waste minimisation.Using an infringement system and increasing the fine with respect to litter is a small but effective way to discourage people from disposing of their rubbish in inappropriate ways. I think probably there are two types of people in New Zealand: there are those that go into the bush or recreate and only leave footprints—and thankfully I think that that is the majority of people—but there are some people that simply don't subscribe to that principle. I think in my electorate there's nothing more frustrating than for example driving down the highway and watching somebody throw a carton of fast food out the window—Brett Hudson: Carton of Rothmans in the Wairarapa.SARAH DOWIE: Ha! I'm talking about fast food at this stage but throwing some rubbish out the window without any regard for the effect of that. This infringement system certainly will allow for an effective and fast measure to be taken against those types of people.In my electorate I as the local MP held a beach clean-up at the wonderful Ōreti Beach which is 26 kilometres of beach and the last bastion in New Zealand—you can actually drive your car up on to the beach and take in the magnificent views and recreate. There are some problems obviously with some of our people and their speed along that beach of course but sometimes what they can do is act inappropriately and take their rubbish up into the sand dunes. It is quite inappropriate that at that wonderful scenic beach a place where many Southlanders recreate some people go and leave their rubbish. In some cases we have even found a burnt-out shell of a vehicle which is absolutely crazy and completely inappropriate. But what these people don't realise is that they leave clues and when council officers come a-looking they can come across evidence that links those people to their rubbish.They need to take heed of that and they need to take heed that—as the Minister spoke of previously—it is something that obviously the Government is taking seriously given that they're going to support this bill to committee stage. But obviously there is a sea change going on with regards to the environment—that we are taking litter very very seriously; that we are taking the inappropriate disposal of rubbish very seriously and that it needs to stop. This bill goes a long way to showing that we are serious about cleaning up our act and making sure that New Zealand is a beautiful place.In my last couple of minutes I also want to talk about another organisation in Southland that builds on that thought and that's Southland disAbility Enterprises. They hold the Wastenet contract for recycling and appropriately disposing of a lot of Southland's rubbish. They have a mantra for their organisation and that is to enrich the lives of people with disabilities—because it is people with disabilities that are employed at that organisation—through providing meaningful employment and encouraging personal development within a successful business framework.They take the disposal of rubbish very very seriously. They recycle many things and through the Waste Minimisation Fund are looking to dispose of bale wrap which costs a lot of money actually to get rid of and recycle and deal with appropriately. They're actually doing it for free. They're saying to farmers Look we'll take it. We'll deal with it." and it sorts out a very big problem in Southland. I support this bill. It goes a long way to solving litter."