This request and release is about waste data.
Response date
21 September 2021
Type
Departmental
This request and release is about waste data.
Response date
21 September 2021
Type
Departmental
Details of the request
- Waste produced (general waste, food waste, textile waste and construction waste) in NZ during the past 10 years
- Old landfills (not in use) and active landfills in New Zealand, along with maps showing the locations of these two classifications of landfills
- Recycling plants currently in use and information on the type of waste being recycled at the plants
- Projected recycling plants, those under construction and those planned for construction
- Recycled items that are processed from waste and used within New Zealand (% of Items produced, types of items)
- Unprocessed recyclable material from New Zealand exported for offshore recycling, with countries of destination
- export figures for unprocessed waste, with country of destination (amount and type of waste)
- Cost of processing various waste streams per tonne for different areas of New Zealand
- Cost of recycling various streams of material per tonne for different areas of New