National Waste Data Report
May 1997, Ref. ME243
The first report summarising the information on waste in New Zealand, written for organisations and individuals with an interest in waste management.
Availability:
- Download PDF of the full report (914 KB)
- Download PDF of the “Project update” (189 KB)
- Printed copies available from the Ministry for the Environment library (email publications@mfe.govt.nz)
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Executive summary
- Introduction
- What is waste?
- Solid waste
- Liquid waste
- Gaseous waste
- 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
