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Report on the Legislative Basis for Policy Instruments in Selected Countries

September 2002, Ref. TR121

This is a paper, prepared under contract to the Ministry for the Environment, which considers the legislative basis for waste minimisation and management policy instruments in a number of selected countries. The paper is intended to provide background and a source of reference for work reviewing New Zealand's waste legislation and institutions. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry for the Environment.

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Contents:

  1. Introduction
  2. Waste management regulation in benchmark countries
    2.1. Austria
    2.2. British Columbia
    2.3. New South Wales
    2.4. Ireland
    2.5. Colorado
    2.6. Victoria
  3. Common elements of national waste policy instruments
  4. Benchmark Country Tables
    Table 4. Waste Management Policy Instruments In Austria
    Table 5. Waste Management Policy Instruments In British Columbia
    Table 6. Waste Management Policy Instruments In New South Wales
    Table 7. Waste Management Policy Instruments In Ireland
    Table 8. Waste Management Policy Instruments In Colorado
    Table 9. Waste Management Policy Instruments In Victoria
  5. Appendix: Waste Definitions
    5.1. Austria
    5.2. British Columbia
    5.3. New South Wales
    5.4. Ireland
    5.5. Colorado
    5.6. Victoria
  6. Bibliography

 

 

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