At this stage the Hazardous Waste Management Strategy does not include management of trade wastes discharged to municipal sewerage systems, or sewage.

 

However, any appropriate principles and methods proposed in this Strategy could be used in the consideration of management requirements for those wastes and applied at some future time.

The Strategy will however, include, for the purposes of education, the reduction and management of hazardous wastes up until the point they are discharged to a reticulated municipal sewerage system (at which point they will be covered by a trade waste bylaw).

The Strategy does not cover the management of contaminated sites. However, if waste material from contaminated sites was identified as hazardous, it would be included in the hazardous wastes covered by this Strategy.

Finally, this Strategy does not cover radioactive

waste, which is the subject of specific national legislation (Radiation Protection Act 1965).

For further assistance please contact Customer Service on 03 353 9007 or toll free on 0800 324 636.

 

You can also visit our website www.ecan.govt.nz