This section contains guidance for sectors who participate directly in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
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Air
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Climate change
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Fresh water
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Marine
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Marine reforms
- Regulating decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations in the EEZ
- Regulation of the deposit of jettisoned material on the seabed from space vehicles: proposed changes
- Proposed National Environmental Standard for marine aquaculture
- Proposed Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary
- Proposed marine protected areas
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Marine reforms
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Land
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RMA
- About the RMA
- Improving our resource management system
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RMA processes and how to get involved
- An Everyday Guide to the RMA
- Resource consent processes
- Plan-making for public and councils
- Heritage orders in district plans
- Designation of land in district plans
- Nationally significant proposals
- Applying for heritage protection authority status
- Applying for requiring authority status
- Mana Whakahono ā Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements
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Waste
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- Publications
- Air
- Climate change
- Why climate change matters
- Evidence for climate change
- The global response
- Agriculture emissions and climate change
- State of our atmosphere and climate
- Likely impacts of climate change
- Climate change and Government
- We all have a role to play
- Climate change acts and regulations
- Climate change guidance
- Popular climate change pages
- New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
- Proposed improvements to the NZ ETS
- About the NZ ETS
- Reviews of the NZ ETS
- Legislative and regulatory changes
- Legislative changes to the NZ ETS
- Regulatory changes to the NZ ETS
- Technical updates to the NZ ETS regulations - 2018
- Technical updates to the NZ ETS regulations - 2017
- Technical updates to the NZ ETS regulations - 2016
- Technical updates to the NZ ETS regulations - 2015
- Technical updates to NZ ETS regulations - 2014
- Updates to allocative baselines - 2014
- Domestic carry-over provisions - 2014
- Operational amendments - 2013
- Regulations banning the use of certain international units - 2012
- Material incorporated by reference
- Participating in the NZ ETS
- Allocations
- The NZ ETS and New Zealand's provisional carbon budget for 2021-2030
- NZ ETS market information portal
- Cabinet papers and related material search
- Publication search
- Why climate change matters
- Fresh water
- Why fresh water matters
- State of our fresh water
- Fresh water and Government
- We all have a role to play
- Freshwater acts and regulations
- National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
- National environmental standards
- Regulations for measurement and reporting of water takes
- Water conservation orders
- About water conservation orders
- Existing water conservation orders
- Table of water conservation orders
- Ahuriri River
- Buller River
- Grey River
- Kawarau River
- Lake Wairarapa
- Manganuioteao River
- Mataura River
- Mohaka River
- Motueka River
- Motu River
- Oreti River
- Rakaia River
- Rangitata River
- Rangitikei River
- Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere
- Current applications
- Former applications
- Laws and regulations governing how fresh water is managed
- Freshwater guidance and guidelines
- Popular fresh water pages
- MfE Data Service
- Cabinet papers and related material search
- Publication search
- Marine
- Why our marine environment matters
- State of our marine environment
- Marine reforms
- Regulating decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations in the EEZ
- Regulation of the deposit of jettisoned material on the seabed from space vehicles: proposed changes
- Proposed National Environmental Standard for marine aquaculture
- Proposed Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary
- Proposed marine protected areas
- We all have a role to play
- Marine acts and regulations
- MfE Data Service
- Cabinet papers and related material search
- Briefing note 11 December 2015 - MPA reform consultation plan 2015-16
- Briefing note 14 September 2015 - Talking points EGI meeting 16 Sept 2015
- Briefing note 2 June 2105 - Ministerial and agency feedback on the Marine Protected Areas (MPA) draft consultation document
- Briefing note 29 January 2016 - MPA reform - iwi engagement
- Briefing note 29 October 2015 - Response to request for advice on marine spatial planning
- Briefing note 31 August 2015 - Marine collaborative processes - funding options
- Briefing note 6 November 2015 - Upcoming meeting with the Conservation Iwi Leaders Group
- Cabinet EGI - approach to reform New Zealand's marine protection framework and establish recreational fishing parks
- Cabinet EGI paper 18 June 2015 - Draft consultation document on marine protection framework
- Publication search
- Land
- Why land matters
- State of our land
- We all have a role to play
- Land acts and regulations
- Guidance and guidelines on contaminated land
- PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances)
- NZ Landcare Trust
- Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund
- MfE Data Service
- Cabinet papers and related material search
- Publication search
- RMA
- About the RMA
- Improving our resource management system
- RMA processes and how to get involved
- An Everyday Guide to the RMA
- Resource consent processes
- Plan-making for public and councils
- Designation of land in district plans
- Heritage orders in district plans
- Nationally significant proposals
- Applying for heritage protection authority status
- Applying for requiring authority status
- About requiring authorities
- How to apply
- Changes to a requiring authority
- List of requiring authorities
- Ardmore Airport Ltd
- Auckland International Airport Ltd
- BellSouth New Zealand
- Broadcast Communications Ltd
- Christchurch International Airport Ltd
- Invercargill Airport Ltd
- Mainpower NZ Ltd
- New Zealand Rail Limited
- New Zealand Transport Agency
- North Otago Water Harvesting and Irrigation Company Ltd
- Palmerston North Airport Ltd
- Tasman Energy Limited
- Transpower New Zealand Ltd - Notice
- Transpower New Zealand Ltd
- Tranz Rail Ltd
- Waikato Regional Airport
- Wellington International Airport Limited
- List of revoked requiring authorities
- Mana Whakahono ā Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements
- National direction
- National Monitoring System
- About the NMS
- Data explorer
- Reporting on the data
- What information is collected
- Key caveats and disclaimer
- Citing the NMS
- Before the NMS - the RMA Survey of Local Authorities
- RMA roles and responsibilities
- Previous RMA amendments
- RMA resources
- Popular RMA pages
- Publication search
- Cabinet papers and related material search
- Waste
- Why reducing, reusing and recycling matter
- Circular economy
- Waste and Government
- We all have a role to play
- Waste strategy and legislation
- Plastic bag phase out
- About the phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags
- Single-use plastic shopping bag ban: toolkit for businesses
- Which plastic shopping bags are being phased out
- Biodegradable and compostable plastics
- Waste guidance and technical information
- Waste disposal levy
- Types of landfills
- Waste List
- 01 — Wastes resulting from exploration, mining, quarrying, and physical and chemical treatment of minerals
- 02 — Wastes from agriculture
- 03 — Wastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture, pulp, paper and cardboard
- 04 — Wastes from the leather, fur and textile industries
- 05 — Wastes from petroleum refining, natural gas purification and pyrolytic treatment of coal
- 06 — Wastes from inorganic chemical processes
- 07 — Wastes from organic chemical processes
- 08 — Wastes from the manufacture, formulation, supply and use of coatings, adhesives, sealants and printing inks
- 09 — Wastes from the photographic industry
- 10 — Wastes from thermal processes
- 11 — Wastes from chemical surface treatment and coating of metals and other materials; non-ferrous hydro-metallurgy
- 12 — Wastes from shaping and physical and mechanical surface treatment of metals and plastics
- 13 — Oil wastes and wastes of liquid fuels (except edible oils, 05 and 12)
- 14 — Waste organic solvents, refrigerants and propellants (except 07 and 08)
- 15 — Waste packaging; absorbents, wiping cloths, filter materials and protective clothing not otherwise specified
- 16 — Wastes not otherwise specified in the list
- 17 — Construction and demolition wastes (including excavated soil from contaminated sites)
- 18 — Wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research
- 19 — Wastes from waste management facilities
- 20 — Municipal wastes
- Freedom camping and caravan waste
- Waste Minimisation Fund
- Popular waste pages
- Publication search
- Cabinet papers and related material search
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- Awards
- Green Ribbon Awards
- Past winners
- 2016 Green Ribbon Award nominees
- 2016 Green Ribbon Award winners
- 2016 Green Ribbon Awards finalists
- 2015 Green Ribbon Award winners
- 2015 Green Ribbon Award finalists
- 2015 Green Ribbon Award nominees
- 2014 finalists
- 2014 nominees
- 2014 winners
- 2013 finalists
- 2013 winners
- 2013 nominees
- 2012 winners
- 2012 finalists
- 2012 nominees
- 2011 winners
- 2011 finalists
- 2010 winners
- 2009 winners
- 2008 winners
- 2007 winners
- 1990-2006 winners
- Past winners
- Other environmental awards
- Green Ribbon Awards
- Acts
- Biodiversity
- Briefings, cabinet papers and related material search
- Community and public
- Consultations
- Energy
- Environmental reporting
- Environmental remediation projects
- Funding
- Waste Minimisation Fund
- About the fund
- Projects we are funding
- Funding rounds
- Projects funded to date
- Profiles of funded projects
- Flight Plastics Limited
- Alpine community recycling stations
- Soft plastic recycling scheme
- Food waste collection service
- Marae waste minimisation project
- Milk bottle reincarnation
- Packaging awards
- Recycling centre
- Residential red-zone household hazardous waste management
- Resource recovery centre
- Vermicomposting trial
- Wood waste processing
- Accreditation scheme for hospitality sector
- Tackling the problem of used tyres in New Zealand
- Funding for fresh water
- Community Environment Fund
- Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund
- Environmental Legal Assistance Fund
- Funds closed or currently unavailable
- Funding contact details
- Other government environmental funding
- Waste Minimisation Fund
- Hazards
- About environmental risks in New Zealand
- New organisms
- About new organisms
- About genetic modification in NZ
- Genetic modification in New Zealand
- Genetically modified organisms and the RMA
- Genetically modified food, crops and medicines
- Exporting living modified organisms
- Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
- Treaty of Waitangi and new organisms
- Making submissions about new organisms
- Hazardous substances
- Ozone depleting substances
- Publication search
- Cabinet papers and related material search
- International environmental agreements
- Multilateral environmental agreements
- About multilateral environment agreements
- Basel Convention
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- London Dumping Convention
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Noumea Convention
- Rotterdam Convention
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol
- Waigani Convention
- Other multilateral environmental agreements
- Multilateral environmental agreements
- Natural hazard management
- Science and data
- Towns and cities
- Awards
- Publications
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Participating in the Emissions Trading Scheme
In this section
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Guidance for sectors who participate directly in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
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Forestry was the first sector to enter the NZ ETS because of the importance of forestry to New Zealand’s ability to meet its international obligations for greenhouse gas emissions.
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How horticulture and floriculture are affected by the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
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This section has information on how synthetic greenhouse gases are affected by the NZ ETS. It includes obligations for importers, manufacturers and removers of synthetic greenhouse gases included in the NZ ETS and levy rates.
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Information on industry in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.