Key challenges and issues

Christchurch City Council

Christchurch City Council is the first council to pass a by-law to encourage recovery of resources from cleanfills. The by-law also makes provision for a waste minimisation levy on certain materials disposed at cleanfills. The by-law took effect on 1 March 2004.

For more information contact Zefanja Potgieter at Christchurch City Council.

North Shore City Council

As part of Local Government Act 2002 requirements, North Shore City Council is undertaking a review of its solid waste by-law.

For more information contact Nichol Slaven at North Shore City Council.

North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council are consulting through the Long Term Council Community Plan process on a proposal to charge a waste levy per tonne of waste collected for disposal to landfill and cleanfill. The proposal follows a detailed options appraisal in line with the Local Government Act 2002 assessment criteria. Once the council has considered consultation responses, a decision on the introduction of the levy will be made.

For more information contact Nichol Slaven at North Shore City Council.

North Shore City Council

North Shore City Council will review their current waste by-law and introduce waste operator licensing. Licensing will apply to all solid waste management operators collecting waste on the North Shore. The main purpose of operator licensing is to monitor service quality and provide refuse and recycling data to enable the monitoring of our progress in waste minimisation and fulfil requirements under the Sanitary Assessment aspects of the LGA 2002. Operator licensing will also provide a mechanism to collect a waste levy once consultation responses on this proposal have been considered. For more information contact Nichol Slaven at North Shore City Council.