Our Guidelines

Waste Industry Guidelines for the Disposal of low-level asbestos-contaminated soil at a landfill (2024)

These guidelines relate specifically to the transport, receipt, and disposal of soils that a suitably qualified and experienced practitioner (SQEP) or competent person has determined does not contain asbestos-containing material (ACM) or friable asbestos in a quantity that is likely to lead to airborne contamination at a level that exceeds trace levels.

Read the low-level asbestos-contaminated soil guidelines

 

Kerbside Organics Collection and Processing Guide (2024)

The purpose of this document is to provide information to councils designing kerbside organic collections for households in their area.

The guide includes insights gained from local and international experience, and a step-by-step framework to support councils from planning through to operating a kerbside organics service.

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Technical Guidelines: Characterising Surplus Soil for Disposal (2024)

This guidance has been developed to:

• ensure surplus soils are adequately sampled,
• enable maximisation of soil reuse and minimisation of soil disposal to landfill,
• ensure that potential physical, chemical and biological hazards from surplus soils are properly considered to allow for disposal at facilities with appropriate control measures, and
• develop and promote a consistent approach to assessing soils for re-use or disposal throughout the country.

Read the guidelines for characterising surplus soil for disposal

 

Guidelines for assessing and managing coal tar contamination in roading (2023) 

This guidance has been produced in response to requests to WasteMINZ from practitioners seeking greater certainty on how to identify coal tar in roading; and if present, what may be the best way to manage the contaminated material and assess the risk to human health and the environment.

Read the coal tar in roading guidelines here

 

Compostable and biodegradable packaging

Guidelines on claims about recyclability, recycled content, reusability and repairability (2023)

These guidelines:

• help organisations avoid making inaccurate or misleading claims about the recyclability, reusability, repairability or recycled content of their products, and;
• help customers and consumers make informed pre-purchase choices with regards to the properties and post-use destinations of the products they buy. 

Read the RRRR guidelines here

 

Technical guidelines for disposal to land (2023)

This document has been designed to provide technical guidance on the siting, design, construction, operation, and monitoring for disposal to land and in essence 'brings together' and supersedes the following documents:

• A Guide to the Management of Cleanfills (Ministry for the Environment 2002)
• Landfill Guidelines (Centre for Advanced Engineering 2000)

The Technical Guidelines for Disposal to Land seek to establish 'good practice requirements' for the various landfill classes based on waste acceptance criteria.

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Waste industry guidelines to manage the collection, receipt, transport and disposal of asbestos waste (2023)

These guidelines are for the waste, resource recovery and contaminated land sectors and they address:

• Collection of pre-wrapped asbestos waste from a customer’s site;
• Receipt of pre-wrapped asbestos waste at a transfer station;
• Discovery of unexpected asbestos waste at a transfer station;
• Disposal of pre-wrapped asbestos waste to landfill.

Waste industry guidelines to manage the collection, receipt, transport and disposal of asbestos waste

 

Health & Safety Guidelines for the Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Sector (2023)

The solid waste and resource recovery sector is striving to move towards good practice in health and safety management. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide practical advice to help achieve this goal. The guidelines also aim to help organisations achieve the ‘bottom line’: compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) and associated regulations. The guidelines are developed by the sector, for the sector.

Waste industry guidelines to manage the collection, receipt, transport and disposal of asbestos waste

 

Consent guide for composting operations in New Zealand (2009)

This Guide provides an overview of the key features of commercial composting operations in the context of the resource consent process, to assist with the development and implementation of appropriate and effective resource consent conditions for composting facilities.

Consent guide for composting operations in New Zealand