Waste Minimisation Act 2008

Waste Minimisation Act
New Zealand Parliament
Royal assent	25 September 2008
Commenced	see section 2 of the Act
Legislative history
Introduced by	Green Party
Passed	2008
Status: Current legislation

The Waste Minimisation Act is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 2008.

It was a Private Members Bill introduced by Nándor Tánczos. The major provisions of the Act are: a levy on landfill waste, promoting product stewardship schemes, some mandatory waste reporting, clarifying the role of territorial authorities with respect to waste minimisation, and sets up a Waste Advisory Board. ^[1]

The Act has a provision where the Minister for the Environment can assign the status of priority product, which are those that can cause a high degree of environmental harm. ^[2]

See also

• Waste in New Zealand
• Environment of New Zealand
• Lists of acts of the New Zealand Parliament

References

1. "The Waste Minimisation Act 2008". Ministry for the Environment. 22 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
2. "Waste Minimisation Act 2008 – Declaration of priority products". New Zealand Government. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

External links

• Text of the Act
• Ministry for the Environment Archived 4 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine – Waste Minimisation Act information page
• Briefing on the Waste Minimisation Bill by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

News

• Robertson, Fiona (26 August 2008). "Regulation changes fail to appease scrap merchants". National Business Review . Retrieved 11 October 2010.