Waste publications

General publications | Strategies | Best practice guides and guidelines | Technical reports | Consultation documents

General publications

Name	Date	Reference
The safe use and disposal of household lamps	Updated January 2008	INFO 191
e-Waste Survey for eDay 2007	November 2007	CR 28
Waste Policy Discussion: The Potential Unintended Consequences of a National Waste Levy	November 2006	ME 780
Implications of a National Waste Levy for Product Stewardship Polices and Schemes	November 2006	CR 8
Finding a Dump Station in New Zealand	Updated October 2006	ME774
The safe use and disposal of your computer equipment	October 2006	INFO 177
Managing Waste in New Zealand	October 2006	INFO 171
The safe disposal of mobile phones	August 2006	INFO 162
Product Stewardship and Water Efficiency Labelling: New Tools to Reduce Waste - Summary of Submissions	August 2006	ME769
The safe use and disposal of batteries	July 2006	INFO 161
A Literature Review on the Environmental and Health Impacts of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment	June 2006	CR 9
Product stewardship case study - cell phones	May 2006	CR 5
Product stewardship study - Whiteware Sector	May 2006	CR 4
Product stewardship case study for end-of-life tyres	May 2006	CR 3
Study of the New Zealand Product Stewardship Scheme for Agrichemical Containers	May 2006	CR 2
Product stewardship study: Unused/Unwanted Paint and Paint Packaging in New Zealand	May 2006	CR 1
Intractable Agricultural Chemicals in New Zealand	February 2006	ME717
Greening the Screen	November 2005	ME696
Waste Management in New Zealand – A Decade of Progress	October 2005	ME691
Waste Management in New Zealand – A Decade of Progress (Information sheet)	October 2005	INFO 146
Product Stewardship and Water Efficiency Labelling	July 2005	ME609
Options for Kerbside Collection of Household Organic Wastes	May 2005	ME599
New Zealand Waste Strategy 2002 - Reviewing Progress and Moving Forward	November 2004	INFO 78
New Zealand Packaging Accord 2004: Sector Action Plans	July 2004	ME542
New Zealand Packaging Accord 2004	July 2004	ME541
Reducing packaging waste: A guide to the New Zealand Packaging Accord 2004	July 2004	ME537
SIGnals	Various	Various

Strategies

Name	Date	Reference
Targets in the New Zealand Waste Strategy 2006: Review of Progress	March 2007	ME802
Review of Targets in the New Zealand Waste Strategy	February 2004	ME501
Review of Targets in the New Zealand Waste Strategy: Draft Report	November 2003	ME493
The New Zealand Waste Strategy at a glance	March 2002	ME423
The New Zealand Waste Strategy: Towards zero waste and a sustainable New Zealand	March 2002	ME422

Best practice guides and guidelines

Name	Date	Reference
Guidance Principles: Best Practice for Recycling and Waste Management Contracts: Working Draft	July 2007	ME826
A Guide to Sustainable Office Fit-outs	December 2005	ME703
Updated Users Guide to Resource Management (National Environmental Standards Relating to Certain Air Pollutants, Dioxins and Other Toxics) Regulations 2004 (Including Amendments 2005) (second draft)	October 2005	ME695
Module 2 - Hazardous Waste Guidelines: Landfill Waste Acceptance Criteria and Landfill Classification	May 2004	ME510
Landfill Full Cost Accounting Guide for New Zealand	March 2004	ME505
A Guide to Implementing Recycling Systems in Multi-Tenanted Office Buildings	January 2004	ME498
Sustainable Wastewater Management: A handbook for smaller communities and summary brochure	June 2003	ME477 ME478
The Wastewater Monitoring Guidelines	October 2002	ME641
Module 1 - Hazardous Waste Guidelines: Identification and record-keeping	June 2002	ME637
Solid Waste Analysis Protocol and Summary Procedures	March 2002	ME430
What's in your waste? – A resource for trade businesses	February 2002	ME425
A Guide to the Management of Cleanfills	January 2002	ME418
A Guide to the Management of Closing and Closed Landfills in New Zealand	May 2001	ME390
Guide to Landfill Consent Conditions	May 2001	ME389
Guidelines for the Management and Handling of Used Oil	December 2000	ME355
Hazards of Burning at Landfills	December 1997	ME 257

Technical reports

Name	Date	Reference
The 2006/07 National Landfill Census	October 2007	ME842
Recycling: Cost Benefit Analysis	April 2007	CR 14
Business feasibility study for the national 'Out and About' Recycling and Litter Initiative	July 2006	CR 6
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Survey January 2006: A Quantitative Report	January 2006	ME765
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Disposal Survey April 2006: A Quantitative Report	April 2006	ME764
Issues Associated with a Levy on Solid Waste – A Review of Positions and Possibilities	March 2006
Enforcement Action under the Resource Management Act 1991 to Deal with Unauthorised Storage, Dumping and Disposal of End-of-Life Tyres	July 2004	ME535
End-of-Life Tyre Management: Storage Options	July 2004	TR138
Management of End-Of-Life Tyres	January 2004	TR136
Development of a Regional Waste Recovery / Processing Sector	October 2003	TR132
Waste Acceptance Criteria for Class A Landfills - Final Report	September 2003	TR131
The 2002 Landfill Review and Audit	March 2003	ME466
Small Landfill Closure Criteria – Risk Assessment for Small Closed Landfills	December 2002	TR124
Report on the Legislative Basis for Policy Instruments in Selected Countries	September 2002	TR121
Policy Instruments For Waste Minimisation And Management In New Zealand	September 2002	TR120
Business and Employment Opportunities From Waste Minimisation	June 2002	TR118
Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste Disposal as a Result of Implementation of the Proposed New Zealand Waste Strategy	April 2002	TR117
Basis for Landfill Classification System - Final Report	November 2001	TR113
Confirmed indicators for solid waste, hazardous waste and contaminated sites	September 2000	ME344
Assessment of the effects of combustion and waste, oil and health effects associated with the use of waste oil as a dust suppressant	August 2000	TR97
Towards a New Zealand Definition of Hazardous Waste: Synopsis of Submissions on the October 1999 Technical Working Paper	June 2000	ME335
The 1998/99 National Landfill Census Report	April 2000	ME335
Towards a New Zealand Definition of Hazardous Waste: Technical Working Paper	October 1999	TR91
Summary of Comments From Five Workshops on a Proposed New Zealand Definition of Hazardous Waste	June 1999	TR87
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposals for Waste, Hazardous Substances and Toxic Contaminants	October 1998	ME292
National Waste Data Report	May 1997	ME243
Cleaner Production and the Tourism Sector	December 1994	ME155
The 1995 National Landfill Census - Project update	March 1994	ME230
Cleaner Production at Work: Case Studies from NZ Industry	August 1993	ME117
Recycling: A Case Study	May 1993	ME110

Past consultation documents

Name	Date	Reference
Options for Used Oil Recovery in New Zealand	August 2001	ME629
Landfill Acceptance Criteria for Wastes with Hazardous Properties: Issues and Options	April 2001	ME384
Towards a National Waste Minimisation Strategy	December 2000	ME378
Used Oil Recovery, Reuse and Disposal in New Zealand: Issues and Options	December 2000	ME375
Towards a National Definition for Hazardous Waste: Issues and Options	June 1999	ME614
Managing Hazardous Waste: A Discussion Paper	November 1998	ME297