Waste Management - Council Policy

Sponsor:	General Manager Strategic
Date Approved:	6 November 2002
Date Reviewed:	10 March 2008
File Reference:
Community Outcome:	Sustainable and Well-Planned 1.7 - Encourages and enables people to recycle and minimise waste.

Currently under review following provisions of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008

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Objective

To comply with the Local Government Act 2002 requiring all territorial authorities to have adopted a Waste Management Plan by December 2005. To adopt the New Zealand Waste Strategy 2002 as a guide and incorporate the relevant targets in the strategy as the basis for the Hamilton City Council's Waste Management Plan 2004-2010

Policy

Key targets

By December 2005, over 500 Hamilton businesses will be receiving support from the Waikato Advisory Service and other groups supporting this service and 100 of these businesses will be able to report on the quantity of waste they are diverting from landfill.

By December 2006, Hamilton City Council will ensure that building regulations incorporate references to space allocation for appropriate recycling facilities in new multi-unit residential and commercial buildings.

By December 2004, Hamilton City Council will ensure that procedures for waste minimisation have been addressed for all facilities and assets they manage and will have set target reductions based on public health, environmental and economic factors.

By July 2004, Hamilton City Council will have instituted a measurement programme to identify existing organic waste quantities, and set local targets for diversion from disposal. By December 2005, 60 percent of garden wastes will be diverted from landfill and beneficially used, and by December 2010, the diversion of garden wastes from landfill to beneficial use will have exceeded 95 percent.

By December 2004, Hamilton City Council will have instituted a measurement programme to identify existing construction and demolition waste quantities and set local targets for diversion from landfills. By December 2008, there will have been a reduction of construction and demolition to landfill of 50 percent of December 2004 levels measured by weight.

Refer full policy document.

Previous Review Dates:

18 August 2005
13 May 2005