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THE NEW ZEALAND WASTE STRATEGY
The New Zealand Waste Strategy was published in March 2002 as a long-term strategy to help reduce and better manage waste in New Zealand.
The strategy contains 30 aspirational targets for improved waste management, waste minimisation and resource efficiency. Although packaging was not specifically identified as a high volume priority waste, nevertheless it was the genesis for the New Zealand Packaging Accord 2004-2009.
The 2006 review of the strategy’s targets found that the foundations for minimising and managing waste in new Zealand have been laid and that good progress has been made on meeting the Strategy’s objectives.
Progress against the strategy targets has been variable and more work needs to be done. The review also found that some of the targets were out of date or unmeasurable and they need to be changed. To ensure the strategy remains relevant and reflects the government’s new waste policies, some targets will be reviewed once the Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill has been passed.
2006 Review of Progress
2002 Waste Strategy
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Download zip file of PDF's for entire document (1.5mb) |
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Download PDF's of parts if the document |
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- Contents, Foreward and Executive Summary (473kb) |
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- Section One: The Waste Problem (189kb) |
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- Section Two: A New Direction (105kb) |
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- Section Three: Taking Action (342kb) |
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- Glossary and Abbreviations (489kb) |
For free printed copies of the 2002 Waste Strategy and the 2006 Review of Progress, please email the Ministry for the Environment - publications@mfe.govt.nz
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