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Call for nominations for new Waste Advisory Board

Environment Minister Trevor Mallard is calling for nominations for members to form a new Waste Advisory Board.

The Board is one of the initiatives under the Waste Minimisation Bill that is currently before Parliament and will provide advice to the Minister and Ministry for the Environment on waste minimisation issues.

Members of the Board must collectively have knowledge, skills and experience relating to the Waste Minimisation Bill, community projects for waste minimisation, industry (including the commercial waste industry), local government and tikanga Māori.  

The nominations period runs from 6 August until 7 September 2008.

Waste Minimisation Bill

The Waste Minimisation Bill is currently going through the Committee of the Whole stage in Parliament. The first debate was held on Wednesday 30 July.

As a result of this, the Bill has been amended. Parts two to seven have been passed with some amendments. These amendments (they are referred to as Supplementary Order Papers) are now online.

All the listed Supplementary Order Papers (amendments) that refer to parts two to seven have been passed , that is SOP 210 (in part), 220 and 221. The Supplementary Order Papers that refer to clauses 1 to 5 are still to be debated, that is SOP 210 (in part), 217, 218 and 219. There are still opportunities for more Supplementary Order Papers to be tabled.

The next opportunities for debate will be on Wednesday 27 August or Wednesday 10 September.

The current version of the Bill is available via the NZ Parliament website.

If you have any queries, please contact Jeff Seadon, tel. 04 439 7630 or mobile 0274 964 264. Email: jeff.seadon@mfe.govt.nz

Previous documentation on the Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill (previous version of the Bill):

The Ministry works on a range of waste issues, either explicitly under the framework set by the New Zealand Waste Strategy or through other work programmes. You can find information on our work programmes throughout this website.

On this webpage you will find the latest news around waste management and the work that the Ministry does in this area.

Our current issues webpage has details on waste management and the work that the Ministry does in this area.

Waste work programmes

In these pages you will find information on the Ministry for the Environment's various programmes on waste. This information will help you contribute to minimising and properly managing our waste.

Links to other Ministry resources