Zero Waste: Councils
Look on the map to see if your Council has adopted a Zero Waste target.
(the latest map in PDF file is available at the end of this page)
The areas shaded in green are ZW Councils. Also check out Council profiles (see below) for more specific information.
Since 1999, 51 of the 71 (70%) Local Authorities in New Zealand have adopted a Zero Waste policy - most are aiming for Zero Waste by 2015.
In 1999, the Zero Waste Council pilot project was launched. Grants of $25,000 were offered by Zero Waste New Zealand Trust to twenty five councils that adopted Zero Waste policies.
Conditions of the grant were that Councils agreed to:
a) Make a minuted resolution from a full Council meeting confirming Council's commitment to a target of Zero Waste to landfill by 2015, with a
review in 2010 (to allow Council to re-evaluate the zero waste target in relation to its obligations under the Local Government Act, Amendment No. 4)
b) A commitment to full and open community consultation and ownership of a Zero Waste strategy involving community, council and business sector partnerships.
Some councils have made enormous strides in the Zero Waste direction - for example Opotiki District Council has achieved 90% reduction in waste. See Council Profiles for more information.
Zero Waste Trust did two Council case studies in 2006. The reports are available at our report page -click here to see the Council case studies.
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Zero Waste Council map October 2006 |