What we will cover today Context - Discussion Document Submissions Your Questions the wider waste work programme • The Waste • Purpose • Who, what and Minimisation Act how? • What is product • The Levy Review • Confidentiality and stewardship? your submissions • TV Takeback • WMA and the • Official Information intervention tools • Waste Minimisation available Act Fund • Voluntary product • Next Steps • How we got here stewardship • Current context • 4 proposed waste streams 2
Consultation workshops Workshop Location Date Wellington Friday 6 June Christchurch Monday 9 June Auckland Thursday 12 June Taupo Friday 13 June Invercargill Thursday 19 June Dunedin Friday 20 June 3
New Zealand Waste Strategy Legislative framework Waste Ozone Layer Agricultural Imports and Other tools Resource Local Climate Hazardous ork Minimisation Protection Compounds Exports Management Government Change Substances Ministry Act 2008 Act 1996 and (Restrictions) Act 1991 Act 2002 Response and New guidelines, Veterinary Prohibition Act 2002 Organisms codes of practice, and Long-term Council waste District and Medicines Order (No 2) Act 1996 voluntary minimisation and regional plans council Disposal facility Act 1997 2004 Controls on initiatives community management plans and resource regulations import and (WMMP) consents plans (eg, methane Regulations Registration Implement release of (eg, for landfills) emissions levy) Education related to of products international ozone- and Waste disposal levy (eg, hazardous conventions depleting By-laws awareness agrichemicals) substances (eg, Basel National Synthetic gases (eg, prohibitions Convention) campaigns environmental greenhouse gas on disposal, Waste Minimisation standards levy disposal fees, Fund (eg, air quality, waste operator cointaminated licence land) requirements) Voluntary product stewardship accreditation ‘Priority product’ declaration Product-based regulations Landfill levy-related regulation 4 Page 36
Waste Minimisation Act 2008 Purpose is to encourage waste minimisation and a decrease in waste disposal to: • Protect the environment from harm • Provide environmental, social, economic and cultural benefits 5 Page 35
Waste Minimisation Act 2008 • $10/ tonne levy on household waste disposed of to disposal facilities – ½ distributed to territorial authorities – ½ (minus administration costs) forms the Waste Minimisation Fund • Encourages producer responsibility through product stewardship • Allows for regulations to improve waste data collection • Clarifies roles and responsibilities of territorial authorities • Creates the Waste Advisory Board 6 Page 35
Levy Review 2014 • Review considers the ‘effectiveness of the waste disposal levy’ • Minister’s review • Due 1 July 2014 • Queries – waste@mfe.govt.nz 7
Phase 1 TV TakeBack September 2012 Hawke’s Bay Phase 4 October 2013 Rest of North Island Phase 1 September 2012 West Coast Phase 3 August 2013 Lower North Island Phase 2 March 2013 8 Rest of South Island tvtakeback@mfe.govt.nz
Waste Minimisation Fund • Purpose: Boost NZ’s performance in waste minimisation to ensure; – investment in infrastructure and systems for waste minimisation occurs – educational and promotional capacity developed • Give us a call or send us an email (0800 499 700 wmf@mfe.govt.nz) • Guidance for applicants available at www.mfe.govt.nz/wmf 9
How we got here • Waste Minimisation Act – passed in September 2008 • March 2009 Discussion Document – ‘Waste Minimisation in New Zealand’ • Revised New Zealand Waste Strategy – 2010 10 Page 8
2014 Discussion Document 11
Consultation purpose 1. Have we correctly identified the four waste streams as priorities for action? 2. Should any of these waste streams be declared as priority products? 12 Page 3
Problem definition • It’s important to understand what the problem is • Don’t confuse the problem with the symptoms • The problem could be an opportunity • Costs and benefits can be economic, environmental, social or cultural 13
Tools available under the WMA Voluntary product stewardship accreditation Priority Regulations product declaration Waste levy Ministerial • TA Guidelines • WMF 14
What is Product Stewardship? 15 Page 6
Product Stewardship and the WMA Encourages parties involved in the life of a product to share responsibility for: – ensuring effective reduction, reuse, recycling or recovery of products – managing environmental harm arising from the product when it becomes waste 16
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Voluntary Product Stewardship schemes 18 Page 7
Accredited Schemes: 19
Mandatory Options Priority Product • Under the WMA, the Minister for the Environment may declare a product to be a priority product • A product stewardship scheme for the defined product must be developed and accredited Regulatory Tools • Eg; Landfill ban, deposits and refunds, take-back services, product labelling 20 Page 13
Current context • Accredited voluntary schemes are delivering mixed results in waste minimisation and harm reduction • Two accredited schemes have approached Government asking for regulatory intervention (refrigerants and agrichemicals) • Other groups have advised Government that they will only participate in a mandatory product stewardship framework (tyres and e-waste) 21 Page 5 - 9
Consultation theme 1: Product stewardship priorities 22 Page 8
How we chose the priorities Waste stream evaluation criteria: • Risk of harm • Resource efficiency opportunities • Voluntary measures insufficient • Industry readiness • Current producers 23 Page 10
Waste stream evaluation criteria Resource Voluntary efficiency measures Industry Current Waste stream Risk of harm opportunity insufficient readiness products Agrichemicals and containers ++ + ++ ++ + Refrigerants and other SGGs a ++ – ++ ++ + E-waste ++ ++ ++ ++ + Tyres + ++ ++ ++ + Used motor oil ++ ++ + ? + Other farm plastics + ++ + ? + End-of-life vehicles a + ++ + + + Contaminated soil ++ – ++ – – Industrial hazardous wastes ++ ? + ? + Primary sector hazardous wastes ++ ? + ? + CCA treated timber ( copper chrome ++ + ++ ? + arsenic) Asbestos ++ – + – – Medical waste ++ – + ? + PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) ++ – + – – Paint ++ + ++ ? + Batteries ++ + ++ ? + Construction and demolition wastes + ++ + ? + Nappies and sanitary b + ? ++ ? + Primary sector organic waste b + ++ + ? – Household organic waste b + ++ ++ – – Biosolids (sewage sludge) b + ++ ++ ? – Lamps containing mercury + + ++ ? + Commercial greenwaste b + ++ + ? – Packaging – d - ++ ++ + ++ + - ? 24 very high/ high/ No, or not unknown probably applicable definitely Page 39 As New Zealand’s waste data is incomplete, this assessment is qualitative rather then quantitative
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Proposed priority waste streams Priority waste stream evaluation criteria Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Current products + Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment 26
Proposed priority waste streams Priority waste stream evaluation criteria Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Current products + Priority waste stream evaluation criteria Risk of harm + Resource inefficiency ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment 27 Current products +
Proposed priority waste streams Priority waste stream Priority waste stream evaluation criteria evaluation criteria Risk of harm ++ Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency ++ Resource inefficiency + Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Industry readiness ++ Current products + Current products + Priority waste stream evaluation criteria Risk of harm + Resource inefficiency ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment 28 Current products +
Proposed priority waste streams Priority waste stream Priority waste stream evaluation criteria evaluation criteria Risk of harm ++ Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency ++ Resource inefficiency + Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Industry readiness ++ Current products + Current products + Priority waste stream Priority waste stream evaluation criteria evaluation criteria Risk of harm + Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency ++ Resource inefficiency - Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Voluntary unsuccessful + Industry readiness ++ Industry readiness ++ Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment 29 Current products + Current products +
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