Rebooting Recycling in Aotearoa
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...Waste Planning – The Future
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...Local Government Waste Manifesto *Update*
Eunomia worked with the WasteMINZ TA Forum to update the Local Government Waste Manifesto that we originally helped create in 2018. Since the first Manifesto was produced there have been a range of significant changes in the sector. These include the impacts of...LG Magazine Article about Waste Levy
Duncan Wilson is featured in the August issue of Local Government magazine, talking about the recent Eunomia report on New Zealand’s waste levy. Click the button below to download a copy of the article. ...Unique Emissions Factor Calculator
Eunomia has constructed this handy downloadable calculator to help landfill owners assess the potential financial impact of applying for a waste composition or capture and destruction Unique Emissions Factor (UEF). The file runs in excel and requires version 2003 or...Eunomia Levy Research in the Media
Our waste levy research report has generated a lot of interest. Here are some links to media articles: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201849672/take-make-dispose-calls-for-landfill-levy-hike...Waste Disposal Levy Research
New Zealand’s Waste Disposal Levy has been at $10 a tonne since its introduction. Research suggests there will be benefits if we increase the rate of the levy and how it is applied,
Recycling – Who Really Leads the World?
In this report, prepared jointly with Resource Media, we analyse recycling data from around the world to understand which countries really lead the municipal waste recycling league table.
WMINZ – The Horror of 240L Wheelie Bins
What is so Horrible Anyway..? We worked with Waste Not Consulting − who have been going through bins and bags of rubbish for a looonnng time now (15 years but who’s counting) − to crunch the data to try and understand what the impact of wheeled bins is. A few things become obvious after a while − Let’s have a look…
Taking waste out of waste – LG Magazine Article
Councils, like most sectors of society, have been feeling the pressure to constrain spending following on from the last global financial crisis. But ‘doing more with less’, as much as it sounds like a corporate cliche, is actually no bad thing.
CReW Reuse Centre Establishment Guide
This establishment guide has been developed to provide guidance, information, standard documentation and templates to any groups planning to establish a reuse centre.
