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Archived publication

This publication is no longer current or has been superseded.

National Waste Data Report

The first report summarising the information on waste in New Zealand, written for organisations and individuals with an interest in waste management.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Executive summary

  1. Introduction
  2. What is waste?
  3. Solid waste
  4. Liquid waste
  5. Gaseous waste
  6. Hazardous waste

References

Glossary of acronyms, abbreviations

Appendices
I - Waste-related projects funded by the Sustainable Management Fund
II - New Zealand Waste Identification Code (Table Y)
III - 1995 Landfill Census
IV - Waste Analysis Protocol (WAP)
V - Collation of WAP and 1995 Landfill Census data
VI - New Zealand wastewater treatment plants
VII - Auckland air emissions inventory
VIII - The Auckland Region Hazardous Waste Survey 1996
IX - Types of waste hazardous substances generated in the Taranaki region
X - Hazardous waste generation in the Otago region
XI - The New Zealand Basel Convention annual report 1995
XII - Generation of Hazardous Waste from contaminated sites in New Zealand

 

Archived publication

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May 1997
Ref. ME 243

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