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Waste
Landfills
The Ministry for the Environment has a variety of work relating to landfill practice in New Zealand . We produce guidelines for specific issues, submit on landfill resource consent applications, and have undertaken a review and audit of operating landfill sites throughout New Zealand.
Waste Disposal Facility map – A downloadable map of waste disposal facilities (landfills) registered for the waste disposal levy in New Zealand.
Notify MfE of new landfill consent applications
The Ministry should be considered an interested party when landfill consent applications are notified. For more information see Intervention into the consent process.
Landfill Guidelines
The Ministry for the Environment has produced a series of guidelines relating to landfill issues. These are available for free by emailing orders@mfe.govt.nz or can be downloaded for free from the waste publications page.
- The Hazardous Waste Guidelines: Landfill Waste Acceptance Criteria and Landfill Classification (2004)
- The Landfill Full Cost Accounting Guide for New Zealand (2004)
- The Solid Waste Analysis Protocol (2002)
- The Guide to Managing Cleanfills (2002)
- The Guide to Landfill Consent Conditions (2001)
- The Guide to Closed and Closing Landfills (2001)
The Sustainable Management Fund previously funded the development of good practice guidelines for landfill design, siting and operational procedures by the Centre for Advanced Engineering: Landfill Guidelines (PDF 667 KB).
The Landfill Review and Audit
The Landfill Review and Audit updates the 1998 National Landfill Census and uses a rapid hazard assessment to consider the risks posed by operating landfills in New Zealand.
Last updated: 17 September 2007
