Disposing of waste responsibly helps protect our land and waterways. Below is a quick guide to the disposal of cleanfill and tyre waste, what facilities do and don’t accept, when documentation...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substances/managing-wasteWe're researching several categories of waste that affect Canterbury and have national relevance, including end-of-life tyres, coal tar, and treated timber.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substances/current-waste-issues...Waste includes materials, from any source, that are unwanted, unvalued, and are to be discarded or discharged. Wastes can be solid, liquid or gaseous, or a combination of these. The amount of waste...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/land/waste-minimisation-and-managementThe Canterbury Waste Joint Committee is responsible for advancing regional solid waste and hazardous waste minimisation in Canterbury. We rejoined the Canterbury Waste Joint Committee in June 2022...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substances/canterbury-waste-joint-committee... contaminated land. We also aim to support new and better ways of managing waste and hazardous substances across the region.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substancesGood waste management practices help protect soil, water and farm productivity. Learn how to safely manage common farm wastes such as scrap metal, plastics, treated timber and agrichemicals, and how to dispose of them responsibly in Canterbury. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substances/rural-waste-prevention-and-managementFind out about the resource consent applications from South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL) for a proposed waste to energy plant in Waimate. Current status: The Minister for the Environment has decided to call in the proposal. Read our full statement....
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/do-it-online/resource-consents/proposals-of-public-interest/waimate-waste-to-energy-plant-resource-consent-applicationsLatest update: 21 August 2020 Today, Waste Management Limited withdrew its application for a resource consent to discharge to air (CRC194083) at 305 Marshs Road, South Hornby
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/limited-notification-on-proposed-waste-management-siteWe set a number of rules relating to the storage, application and disposal of waste and hazardous substances in Canterbury. Our rules are guided by several pieces of national strategy and legislation...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/waste-and-hazardous-substances/policy-and-regulation... and buried in appropriate locations in the parks. A waste of limited time Each week, it takes two rangers a full day to deal with rubbish in the parks. “Dealing with dumped rubbish is a huge waste of our...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/fly-tipping-in-parks-costs-ratepayers