by Admin EunomiaNZ | 2 Oct 2024 | article, Disposal, Policy & Strategy, Reports, Strategy, Sustainability, Sustainable Business, Waste, Waste & Recycling
In September 2024 Eunomia produced a report for Waikato Regional and Tauranga City Councils that seeks to understand what place waste to energy has in Aotearoa.
The report presents outcomes on key waste to energy technologies and their potential application in New Zealand, and Waikato and Tauranga specifically. The study compares greenhouse gas emissions of four scenarios where three use WtE technologies and one uses landfill as the status quo.
by Duncan Wilson | 13 Dec 2020 | article, Carbon, Disposal, Reports, Waste, Waste & Recycling
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 emissions. But, by recycling and reducing consumption of products and materials, we can have an impact way beyond that 5%.
Click the button below to download a copy of the presentation.
by Duncan Wilson | 28 Nov 2019 | Disposal, News, Policy, Policy & Strategy, Recycling, Waste, Waste & Recycling
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 rates of $10-$20 a tonne. Eunomia NZ Director Duncan Wilson was interviewed on Radio NZ’s nine to noon programme about the Governments proposed changes to the waste disposal levy.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018724472/national-landfill-levy-how-much-should-we-be-paying
by Duncan Wilson | 5 Apr 2019 | article, Disposal, Waste, Waste & Recycling
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. Lisa is also quoted in a recent newspaper article on the issue of old landfills, and was on the radio again in September.
Click on the link below to listen:
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/larry-williams-drive/audio/lisa-eve-westland-crisis-raises-questions-over-benefit-of-land-fills/
Click the link below to read the article:
https://i.stuff.co.nz/environment/114806519/onus-on-government-to-remove-toxic-coal-mine-waste-at-hector–conservationists#comments
Click the link below to listen to the September interview:
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/audio/lisa-eve-waste-management-consultant-praises-ministers-landfill-plan/
