Issues Associated with a Levy on Solid Waste – A Review of Positions and Possibilities
March 2006
In December 2005, the Ministry for the Environment commissioned Martin Ward to do a informal round of consultation on the issues around the introduction of a waste levy.
The report that resulted from this is not official government policy, nor does it represent the Ministry's position on the issues of waste levies. It is however a background document that highlights some of the issues that will need to be factored in if policy on national waste levies is to progress.
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The Ministry for the Environment invited interested parties to provide feedback on the Ward report.
We have prepared a summary of the submissions received.
For the Ministry of the Environment, the Martin Ward report and the feedback were part of a broader process to investigate the different policy options on waste levies.
Our current issues webpage for waste management policy has more on the Ministry’s work on waste levies.
