Environment Canterbury
   Home > Our Environment > Waste  
  Open a printable version in a new window   Email this page
Waste

Waste


Related Links


Reduce your rubbish

Canterbury Oil Drop-offs

Contaminated Land

Pollution Prevention Guide

Ocean Outfall Report: Assessment of Environmental Effects

Welcome to the Waste and Hazardous Substances section of the ECan website.

Here you can access detailed information about waste, hazardous substances and pollution prevention.

Mouseover the various areas of this image to read more. Wanted: Business Assistance, Composting and Worm Farms, Waste Exchange and Local Facilities

Read more about composting and worm farms...Read more about local facilities available to you...Read more about waste exchange...Read more about assistance available to your business...

Some further quick links can be found below: 

  • Hazardous Substances: information about what a hazardous substance is, how you can protect groundwater and storm water, common domestic and rural hazardous substances and more!
  • Business and Industry: find out about spill management, the Pollution Prevention Guide, how businesses can get free assistance from ECan and more!
  • Publications
  • Links and Contacts

What's new?

Tip the Balance - Icon ImageTip the Balance - On Waste!  Check out our new interactive resource, Tip the Balance. It highlights how actions have reactions and how individual choices influence the war on waste. Less is best!

Minimise your office space Minimise your paper use at work by thinking about how you print.

Find out about how to print double-sided, multi-page documents, or as we call it at ECan, 2-Up.

Endosulfan - Use prohibited - safe disposal required from 16 January 2009

Latest News

Fisheries company fined for oil spill.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
A Christchurch fisheries company has been fined $20,000 after pleading guilty to discharging a conta ...

Company director fined for dumping waste.
Monday, 25 May 2009
A Christchurch company director has been fined $3000 and ordered to pay costs of $13,892 after plead ...

Proactive Timaru businesses equip oil spill response trailer
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Timaru’s port now has a new array of equipment to combat fuel spills in its harbour.
Two local co ...

more

  © 2009 Environment Canterbury. All rights reserved.  newzealand.govt.nz Terms and Conditions | Glossary | FAQ | Links