by Duncan Wilson | 29 May 2023 | Reports, Waste
Waste and resource recovery infrastructure stocktake Eunomia undertook a comprehensive review of New Zealand’s waste and resource recovery infrastructure in 2020-21. The summary report for the project is now publicly available and can be downloaded here. The...
by Duncan Wilson | 13 Dec 2020 | Disposal, Reports, Waste
So you declared a climate emergency. What’s next? Duncan Wilson presented at the WasteMINZ conference in October 2019 about how tackling waste can have a bigger carbon impact than you might think. Officially waste accounts for 5% of NZ’s greenhouse gas...
by Duncan Wilson | 28 Nov 2019 | Disposal, News, Policy, Recent, Recycling, Waste
The Government has announced a consultation on changes to the waste disposal levy. The proposals would see the rate of the levy increase to $50-$60 a tonne by 2023 for waste to class 1 landfills. The levy would also be extended to cover classes 2-4 landfills at lower...
by Duncan Wilson | 24 Jul 2019 | article, Marine, News, Reports, Sustainability, Waste
Ever wondered where the rubber on your tyres goes when it wears off? Eunomia Senior Consultant Dr Chiarina Darrah took part in a panel discussion on the problem of microplastics from tyre wear at this year’s Fully Charged Live. The festival of clean energy...
by Duncan Wilson | 10 May 2019 | article, Councils, News, Recent, Recycling
The Ministry for the Environment has released the Situational Analysis report Eunomia wrote last year. Our work analysed the impact of China’s moves to ban scrap material imports on the New Zealand recycling industry. You can download a copy here:...
by Duncan Wilson | 5 Apr 2019 | article, Disposal, News, Recent, Waste
Recent events such as floods washing out the old Fox Glacier landfill and a large fire at Hampton Downs landfill have prompted the question: Do we have a landfill problem? Eunomia Senior Consultant, Lisa Eve spoke with Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB about the issue....
by Duncan Wilson | 4 Apr 2019 | Councils, News, Recent, Strategy, Sustainability, Waste
Darebin City Council (DCC) in Melbourne, Australia were the first in the world to declare a climate emergency in December 2016. We have been appointed to help the council to determine what practical actions they can take to meaningfully reduce the amount of carbon...
by Duncan Wilson | 14 Nov 2018 | Councils, News, Presentation, Recent, Recycling, Reports
Director Duncan Wilson presented on the Impact of China National Sword at this year’s WasteMINZ conference in Christchurch. The analysis concluded that, while the impact has been major so far, we are probably still only at the beginning of the changes that we...
by Duncan Wilson | 17 Oct 2018 | article, Councils, News, Recent, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste
In the course of our work we talk to lots of council members, stakeholders, and members of the public. The topic of Waste to Energy comes up regularly. Waste to Energy is common in many places overseas such as UK, parts of Europe, Japan, and it is becoming more...
by Duncan Wilson | 31 May 2018 | Councils, News, Recent, Recycling, Reports, Waste
The discussion document Rebooting Recycling – What can Aotearoa do? has been released by WasteMINZ. Eunomia worked with WasteMINZ and the recycling industry to develop the document. Overview: The collapse in international recycling markets has left the...
by Duncan Wilson | 24 May 2018 | News, Recent, Recycling, Waste
Eunomia Chairman Dr Dominic Hogg was interviewed on BBC World about China’s move to restrict imports of recycling. The restrictions are a wake up call for the recycling industry. While they will cause some short term pain, they also could provide an incentive...
by Duncan Wilson | 2 May 2018 | article, Councils, Recent, Recycling, Reports, Strategy, Waste
In this article from Revolve magazine Duncan Wilson looks at the past and future of waste planning in New Zealand. The way we manage waste has evolved significantly over the last 30 years. Unfortunately not a lot of credit for that can go to our waste planning. If we...
