Proposed Waste Management and Minimisation Plan

Our Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) outlines Ōtorohanga District Council’s strategy for managing waste within our district. Our last WMMP was adopted in July 2018.

A recent Waste Assessment (when someone comes in and looks at everything we are doing in this space, what our district is sending to landfill, what our district is recycling) prompted the need for a new or updated WMMP to address key issues identified within the assessment. We also need to align our WMMP with with Te Rautaki Para (the new national New Zealand Waste Strategy).

Our WMMP must now:

• Consider the ‘Waste Hierarchy’ which sets priorities for how we should manage waste.
• Ensure waste does not create a ‘nuisance’.
• ‘Have regard to’ Te rautaki para (the New Zealand Waste Strategy) and other key government policies, which emphasise a circular economy (sustainable process) for waste.
• Consider the outcomes/issues in the Ōtorohanga District Waste Assessment.

A copy of our proposed WMMP can be found on the right hand side of this page under "documents", have a read and let us know what you think.

We would like to hear your thoughts on our proposed plan. You can have your say by filling out the survey at the bottom of this page.

This survey is open from 1 March to 31 March 2024.