Detailed submission - Transforming recycling - Ministry for the Environment - Citizen Space

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Results updated 18 Aug 2023

The Government has announced its decisions:

See the decisions - announced on 29 March 2023

From 13 March to 22 May 2022, the Ministry for the Environment consulted on three proposals to transform recycling in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Thank you to all who made a submission.

Read the summary of submissions [PDF, 1.8 MB]

Overview

Too much rubbish is ending up in landfills and our environment.

We sought views on proposals to transform recycling in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The three proposals were:

A container return scheme that encourages people to return their empty beverage containers for recycling [PDF, 1.4MB]
Improvements to household kerbside recycling [PDF, 891KB]
Separation of food scraps from general waste for all businesses [PDF, 865KB]

Read the full consultation document [PDF, 3MB]

Further information on the proposals

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