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Waste
What’s new
The Local Government and Environment Committee has reported back to the House on the Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill on 7 April 2008.
The amended Bill reflects the decisions of the Select Committee. It is available on the New Zealand Parliament website.
You can request a copy of the submissions and the Departmental Report via the Parliamentary Library email: parlinfo@parliament.govt.nz or phone 04 471 9647
If you have any queries about the Departmental Report, please contact Jeffrey Seadon, tel. 04 439 7630 or mobile 0274 964 264. Email: Jeffrey.seadon@mfe.govt.nz
Please note that the Ministry for the Environment can only clarify what amendments have been made. The rationale for these amendments was part of the decisions of the Select Committee.
The next step in the process is that the Bill will be tabled for its second reading.
Previous documentation on the Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill (previous version of the Bill):
- Towards a Sustainable New Zealand: Measures to minimise solid waste - Cabinet paper
- Supplementary Order Paper that contains amendments to the Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill
- Regulatory impact statement: Towards a Sustainable New Zealand – Proposals for Product Stewardship
- Regulatory impact statement: Towards a Sustainable New Zealand – Measures to Minimise Solid Waste
- Recycling: Cost Benefit Analysis report
- Questions and answers
The Ministry works on a range of waste issues, either explicitly under the framework set by the New Zealand Waste Strategy or through other work programmes. You can find information on our work programmes throughout this website.
On this webpage you will find the latest news around waste management and the work that the Ministry does in this area.
Our current issues webpage has details on waste management and the work that the Ministry does in this area.
Waste work programmes
In these pages you will find information on the Ministry for the Environment's various programmes on waste. This information will help you contribute to minimising and properly managing our waste.
- Recycling in Public Places Initiative - working with local government to establish a network of recycling bins in public places
- National
waste targets - What we want to achieve, and by when
- Waste data in New Zealand - How we measure waste
- Waste Campaign Pilot - A trial of public education initiatives
- Waste management planning - Resources for waste managers
- Hazardous wastes - What they are and what happens to them
- Construction and demolition waste - targets for the building industry
- Special wastes - Wastes being specifically targeted by the Ministry, eg batteries, used oil, end-of-life tyres, agrichemicals and e-waste
- New Zealand Packaging Accord – a product stewardship scheme to manage packaging waste
- Wastewater - Trade waste and sewage water
- Dairying and Clean Streams Accord – an industry accord to reduce dairy waste in water ways
- Landfills - Management guidelines and reviews
Links to other Ministry resources
- SIGnals newsletter - Sustainable Industry e-newsletter
- Simply Sustainable - Sustainability toolkit for business
- Reduce Your Rubbish website - Household and business resource
- Contaminated land issues - Information and guidelines
- Organochlorines Programme - Information and NZ initiatives
- Product Stewardship – A tool to help address waste.
- Green Ribbon Awards – Recognising those who sustain, protect and enhance our environment. Winners include organisers of waste-related initiatives
- New Zealand and international waste links - Useful web resources
