Welcome to Hawke's Bay Regional Council's website pages on waste.
New Zealanders throw away 3.6 million tonnes of rubbish every year. If we were to measure this in 9 tonne buses it would equate to 400,000 buses of rubbish - that's more than 1000 buses every day. Like the rest of New Zealand, waste in Hawke's Bay is increasing. At the same time we are becoming more aware of the potential effects of waste disposal.
In this section you will find information about business care, recycling, and public landfills and how to deal with contaminated sites, farm plastics and unwanted agrichemicals. You will also find out about the effects of waste disposal and what you can do to reduce waste in your business, home or school.
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Waste management is an issue of growing public concern. The major players in waste management throughout the region are the city and district councils. They provide for services like rubbish collection and disposal, sewage disposal and the management of hazardous substances. Problems include:
- The odour, dust, leachate, health problems and loss of amenity values associated with waste disposal
- The management of existing landfills and potentially damaging leachate from closed landfills
- The disposal of large volumes of industrial and domestic organic waste
- The identification and management of contaminated sites
- The safe disposal of unwanted agrichemicals and hazardous waste in the region
- Reduce, re-use and recycle waste
- Reduce the demand for products and ensure efficient production through cleaner production so less raw materials are needed
- Manage and re-use organic material to reduce the effects of odour, dust and leachate
- Enhance the 'life' of existing landfills through reducing waste
- Find out about the safe disposal of hazardous waste
Hastings District Council - Email: Dominic Salmon - Phone (06) 878-0500
Napier City Council - Email: Ricki Freemantle - Phone (06) 834-4152