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April 2011This is New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory report for 1990 – 2009. The inventory reports the emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from six sectors: energy; industrial processes; solvents; agriculture; land use, land-use change and forestry; and waste. This is not the latest inventory. Note the inventory is updated annually and every release contains recalculated data for the entire time series (from 1990) to implement ongoing improvements. To view the latest inventory go to our greenhouse gas inventory reporting web page. Read more -
April 2011This snapshot presents commonly asked questions about New Zealand’s emissions and provides answers from New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2009 released on 15 April 2011. This is not the latest environmental snapshot. Note the inventory is updated annually and every release contains recalculated data for the entire time series (from 1990) to implement ongoing improvements. To view the latest snapshot for the inventory go to our greenhouse gas inventory reporting web page. Read more -
March 2011This information sheet is for anyone developing or operating a product stewardship scheme. It explains why evaluating your scheme's success is important and gives tips for setting objectives and targets. Read more -
March 2011This checklist is for any organisation that sets up and/or manages the collection, transportation and storage of any type of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Read more -
March 2011This checklist is for any organisation that collects, refurbishes repairs or otherwise handles end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment that could be reused. The checklist applies to electrical and electronic equipment before it enters the recycling system. Read more -
March 2011This checklist is for any organisation that remanufactures or recycles waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Read more -
March 2011This checklist is for any organisation wishing to purchase recycling services for their waste electrical and electronic equipment. It lists the key questions to ask those you are buying recycling services from to make sure they are dealing with your waste safely and responsibly. Read more -
March 2011This checklist is for any organisation that exports used waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and WEEE components. Read more -
January 2011The proposed NPS on Indigenous Biodiversity sets out the Government's expectations for managing New Zealand's indigenous biodiversity under the Resource Management Act 1991. Read more -
January 2011This proposed National Policy Statement sets out the objective and policies to manage natural and physical resources so as to maintain indigenous biological diversity (biodiversity) under the Resource Management Act 1991. Read more -
November 2010The Ministry engaged independent consultants to develop and test a way of quantifying the benefits of resource efficiency to the New Zealand economy. Read more -
November 2010This report provides a national picture of current status (2005–2009) and trends in water quality of New Zealand lakes. It updates the 2006 report ‘A snapshot of lake water quality in New Zealand’. Read more -
November 2010This environmental report card is one of a series that provides information on New Zealand’s fishing activity from an environmental perspective. Total commercial catch and stock status are used to report on fish stocks under the quota management system (QMS). Read more -
October 2010This information sheet provides guidance to territorial authorities preparing waste management and minimisation plans. Read more -
October 2010This document provides a summary of the main issues raised in submissions on the Ministry’s discussion document, Waste Minimisation in New Zealand: A Discussion Document. Read more -
October 2010The New Zealand Waste Strategy sets out the Government's long-term priorities for waste management and minimisation in New Zealand. This Strategy replaces the 2002 New Zealand Waste Strategy. Read more -
October 2010This discussion document presents options for improving New Zealand’s resource management regulations and processes. Submissions closed 17 December 2010. Read more -
September 2010This study reports on the use, recycling and disposal to landfill in New Zealand of articles containing brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) flame retardants. Read more -
August 2010This report contains the findings of a survey of local authority urban design panels. The Ministry undertook the survey to gain a nationwide picture of these panels including how many panels there are and the processes they use, and to canvass views on their effectiveness. Read more -
August 2010The report updates an analysis of trends in water quality between 1989 and 2003 which was summarised in Environment New Zealand 2007. Read more -
July 2010This report summarises the results of the 2010 survey of solid waste disposal sites, organic waste processing facilities, and used tyre management practices. Read more -
July 2010Report of the Minister for the Environment's Urban Technical Advisory Group. Read more -
June 2010This report is the third in a series of reports contracted by the Ministry from Boffa Miskell Ltd on resource efficiency in New Zealand. Read more -
May 2010The latest indicator update providing information on the state of New Zealand’s air, measuring four air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide; carbon monoxide; sulphur dioxide; and ground-level ozone. Read more -
May 2010This guide provides practical advice and guidance to waste disposal facility operators on how to calculate the tonnage of waste the waste disposal levy must be paid on, submit returns, and make payments to the levy collector. Read more -
April 2010This snapshot provides a summary of the information reported in New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2008 submitted on 15 April 2010. This is not the latest inventory environmental snapshot. Note the inventory is updated annually and every release contains recalculated data for the entire time series (from 1990) to implement ongoing improvements. To view the latest snapshot for the inventory go to our greenhouse gas inventory reporting web page. Read more -
April 2010This training workbook is for waste disposal facility operators and their staff who are involved in Waste Disposal Levy activities. Read more -
March 2010This publication provides supplementary guidance for waste disposal facility operators about diverted tonnage and voluntary reporting of cover material. Read more -
March 2010This checklist will help territorial authorities to complete a waste assessment, required under the Waste Minimisation Act. Read more -
March 2010This report provides a stock take of the Urban Design Protocol and is part of a wider evaluation of the Protocol and its signatory action plans. It will help the Ministry evaluate and determine the future direction of the programme. Read more -
March 2010This report provides an outline of the methodology and analysis used for the stock take of the Urban Design Protocol and action plan monitoring. It accompanies the main report (Taking Stock of the Urban Design Protocol and Action Plan monitoring). Read more -
March 2010This snapshot report is one of a series that provides information on New Zealand’s fishing activity from an environmental perspective. To report on seabed trawling, the area trawled by commercial trawlers and the types of fish found in different trawled areas are estimated. Read more -
February 2010This report outlines a process for measuring and reporting resource efficiency. Read more -
January 2010The latest indicator update providing information on the state of New Zealand’s land, using the soil health indicator. Read more -
December 2009In this report, Boffa Miskell Ltd analyses international approaches to resource efficiency, to inform the development of an approach that is specific and applicable to New Zealand and allows comparisons with other countries. Read more -
December 2009These guidelines provide advice on how public health risk associated with cyanobacteria in recreational waters can be managed. Read more -
November 2009In 2008, the Ministry engaged MWH New Zealand Ltd to investigate the nature and extent of urban design related provisions in local authority plans and policy statements prepared under the Resource Management Act. This report presents the detailed findings of that research. Read more -
November 2009In 2008, the Ministry engaged MWH New Zealand Ltd to investigate the nature and extent of urban design related provisions in local authority plans and policy statements prepared under the Resource Management Act. This report presents a summary of that research. Read more -
November 2009This information sheet presents the key findings from data collected from over 900 groundwater sites throughout New Zealand between 1995 and 2008. Read more -
October 2009This guide provides information on developing product stewardship schemes for non-priority products under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008, and explains the role of the Ministry for the Environment in administering and enforcing the Act. Read more -
October 2009This specification document is for product stewardship accreditation assessors. Read more -
October 2009This guidance document is for product stewardship scheme managers. It guides you through the product stewardship accreditation application form. Read more -
September 2009This report provides an update of results for indicators of groundwater quality in New Zealand. It summarises average water quality at almost 1000 monitoring sites over the period 1995-2008, as well as trends at the same sites within that period of time. Read more -
September 2009As part of its National Environmental Reporting Programme, the Ministry for the Environment has compiled monitoring results for recreational water quality for six summers (2003 to 2009). Read more -
September 2009As part of its National Environmental Reporting Programme, the Ministry for the Environment reports on periphyton (algae) in rivers. Read more -
September 2009As part of its National Environmental Reporting Programme, the Ministry for the Environment reports on the health of fish communities in our rivers. This is the first time this data has been analysed and reported at a national level. Read more -
September 2009As part of its National Environmental Reporting Programme, the Ministry for the Environment regularly reports on water quality in our rivers. Read more -
August 2009The report is part of a series of three reports that strengthen the evidence base for a potential industry-led voluntary product stewardship scheme. It assesses the environmental impact of mercury-containing lamps compared to the impact of mercury from other sources. Read more -
July 2009This environmental report card provides information on the composition of solid waste sent to landfill. Read more -
July 2009The latest indicator update providing information on the pressure energy demand and the supply of energy and electricity generation places on New Zealand’s environment. Read more