The Ministry for the Environment is now consulting on Te kawe i te haepapa para / Taking responsibility for our waste. It contains proposals for a new waste strategy and issues and options for new waste legislation. Taituarā is currently preparing a submission on this proposed legislation.
Category: waste management
The Government’s waste reduction work programme
The way we create and manage waste in Aotearoa New Zealand is not sustainable. Most of the materials we use are disposed of in landfills, and our rate of disposal is increasing. These practices have contributed to making Aotearoa one of the highest generators of waste per person in the OECD.