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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

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What we will cover today

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Context - the wider waste work programme

  • The Waste

Minimisation Act

  • The Levy Review
  • TV Takeback
  • Waste Minimisation

Fund

  • How we got here

Discussion Document

  • Purpose
  • What is product

stewardship?

  • WMA and the

intervention tools available

  • Voluntary product

stewardship

  • Current context
  • 4 proposed waste

streams

Submissions

  • Who, what and

how?

  • Confidentiality and

your submissions

  • Official Information

Act

  • Next Steps

Your Questions

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Consultation workshops

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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

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Legislative framework

New Zealand Waste Strategy

Waste Minimisation Act 2008 Local Government Act 2002 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 Climate Change Response Act 2002 Resource Management Act 1991 Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996

Council waste minimisation and management plans (WMMP) Waste disposal levy Waste Minimisation Fund Voluntary product stewardship accreditation Product-based regulations ‘Priority product’ declaration Landfill levy-related regulation Long-term council community plans By-laws

(eg, prohibitions

  • n disposal,

disposal fees, waste operator licence requirements)

Regulations related to hazardous substances Disposal facility regulations

(eg, methane emissions levy)

Synthetic greenhouse gas levy District and regional plans and resource consents

(eg, for landfills)

National environmental standards

(eg, air quality, cointaminated land)

Controls on import and release of

  • zone-

depleting gases

Other tools

Ministry guidelines, codes of practice, and voluntary initiatives

Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004

Implement international conventions

(eg, Basel Convention)

Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

Registration

  • f products

(eg, agrichemicals)

Education and awareness campaigns

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Waste Minimisation Act 2008

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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
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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

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Levy Review 2014

  • Review considers the

‘effectiveness of the waste disposal levy’

  • Minister’s review
  • Due 1 July 2014
  • Queries –

waste@mfe.govt.nz

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Phase 1 September 2012 Hawke’s Bay Phase 1 September 2012 West Coast Phase 2 March 2013 Rest of South Island Phase 3 August 2013 Lower North Island Phase 4 October 2013 Rest of North Island

TV TakeBack

tvtakeback@mfe.govt.nz

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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

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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

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2014 Discussion Document

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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?

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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

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Tools available under the WMA

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Voluntary product stewardship accreditation Priority product declaration Waste levy

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  • WMF

Ministerial Guidelines Regulations

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What is Product Stewardship?

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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

  • f products

– managing environmental harm arising from the product when it becomes waste

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Voluntary Product Stewardship schemes

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Accredited Schemes:

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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

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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)

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Consultation theme 1: Product stewardship priorities

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How we chose the priorities

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Waste stream evaluation criteria:

  • Risk of harm
  • Resource efficiency opportunities
  • Voluntary measures insufficient
  • Industry readiness
  • Current producers

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Waste stream

Waste stream evaluation criteria

Risk of harm Resource efficiency

  • pportunity

Voluntary measures insufficient Industry readiness Current products

Agrichemicals and containers

++ + ++ ++ +

Refrigerants and other SGGsa

++ – ++ ++ +

E-waste

++ ++ ++ ++ +

Tyres

+ ++ ++ ++ +

Used motor oil

++ ++ + ? +

Other farm plastics

+ ++ + ? +

End-of-life vehiclesa

+ ++ + + +

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 sanitaryb

+ ? ++ ? +

Primary sector organic wasteb

+ ++ + ? –

Household organic wasteb

+ ++ ++ – –

Biosolids (sewage sludge)b

+ ++ ++ ? –

Lamps containing mercury

+ + ++ ? +

Commercial greenwasteb

+ ++ + ? –

Packaging

  • ++

++ –d +

As New Zealand’s waste data is incomplete, this assessment is qualitative rather then quantitative

++ very high/ definitely + high/ probably

  • No, or not

applicable ? unknown

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Proposed priority waste streams

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Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment

Priority waste stream evaluation criteria Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency ++ Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Current products +

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Proposed priority waste streams

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Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment

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 ++ Current products +

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Proposed priority waste streams

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Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment

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 ++ Current products + Priority waste stream evaluation criteria Risk of harm ++ Resource inefficiency + Voluntary unsuccessful ++ Industry readiness ++ Current products +

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Proposed priority waste streams

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Photo credits: Agrecovery Foundation, NZ Recovery and Ministry for the Environment

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 ++ Current products + 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 ++ Current products +

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Consultation questions

  • Do you agree that the evaluation criteria are suitable to select product

stewardship priorities?

  • Do you agree with the assessment of the waste streams against the

criteria?

  • Do you agree that these four product waste streams should be a priority

for the Government to consider regulatory interventions?

  • Do you have any other information that could support this assessment?

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Consultation theme 2: Priority product declaration

  • Do you think the Minister should declare any product groups as a

priority product?

  • If you support priority product declaration, what timing do you think

is appropriate?

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Consultation questions

  • What products do you think should be covered

in the scope of any declaration (or regulations)?

  • Electrical and electronic equipment
  • Tyres
  • Agrichemicals and farm plastics
  • Refrigerants and synthetic greenhouse gases

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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?

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How to make a submission

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Who can make a submission?

Anyone and everyone

  • Individuals
  • companies
  • rganisations
  • representative bodies and
  • groups of individuals, companies or organisations

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What can I make a submission

  • n?
  • Any aspect of the discussion document
  • The questions are a guide for your feedback
  • You may answer some or all of the questions

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How do I make a submission?

1. Online submission tool www.consultation.mfe.govt.nz 2. Download a submission form, complete and return to us www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/priority- waste-streams-may14

  • 3. Separate document: by email or by post

waste@mfe.govt.nz or

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Priority Waste Stream Consultation Po Box 10362 WELLINGTON 6143

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Tips for your submission

  • Reference the relevant question numbers
  • Provide alternatives proposals if you have other ideas
  • Explain your rationale – why do you ‘agree’, ‘disagree’?
  • Provide supporting evidence, data or other relevant

information

  • Tell us who you are

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Publishing Submissions

  • We may publish all or part of any written submission on
  • ur website
  • You must clearly specify if you do not want your

submission published

  • Clearly mark any personal or commercially sensitive or

confidential information that you do not want published

  • Subject to the Official Information Act, 1982

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Submissions must be received by 5.00pm Wednesday 2 July 2014

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Where are we now and what next?

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Discussion Document

  • Public consultation on high level priorities
  • Public consultation on priority product

declaration

MfE analyse and summarise submissions

Cabinet decides

  • n next steps
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Status Quo Priority Product Declaration Guidelines Regulations ?

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But Wait, There’s More

  • Project to develop

stakeholder-led options for product stewardship scheme model/s

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E-waste Project

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Further Information

  • Phone: 0800 499 700
  • Email: waste@mfe.govt.nz
  • Website: www.mfe.govt.nz
  • Ask us a question now

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