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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