Draft West Coast Regional Waste Management and Minimisation Plan

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Let’s talk waste - share your thoughts for better waste management and minimisation. 

The three district councils, Westland, Grey, and Buller District Council, have developed the new Draft West Coast Regional Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2024-2030 (WMMP) to identify regional opportunities for waste management, develop regional waste infrastructure, and boost economies of scale.

The vision of the WMMP is “By 2030, our enabling systems are working well, and our behaviour is changing.”

To achieve this vision, the WMMP sets out three goals:

  • The building blocks are in place to enable change.
  • More activity is circular, and we produce less waste.
  • Emissions and other environmental indicators are improving.

The West Coast community from Haast to Karamea could provide feedback on the new West Coast Regional WMMP between Monday 18 November and 5 pm Friday 20 December 2024.

The suggested changes from all three district councils, including the changes identified in the addendum, will be collated in a final WMMP which all three district councils will adopt in 2025.

Read the FAQs to find out more.



Let’s talk waste - share your thoughts for better waste management and minimisation. 

The three district councils, Westland, Grey, and Buller District Council, have developed the new Draft West Coast Regional Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2024-2030 (WMMP) to identify regional opportunities for waste management, develop regional waste infrastructure, and boost economies of scale.

The vision of the WMMP is “By 2030, our enabling systems are working well, and our behaviour is changing.”

To achieve this vision, the WMMP sets out three goals:

  • The building blocks are in place to enable change.
  • More activity is circular, and we produce less waste.
  • Emissions and other environmental indicators are improving.

The West Coast community from Haast to Karamea could provide feedback on the new West Coast Regional WMMP between Monday 18 November and 5 pm Friday 20 December 2024.

The suggested changes from all three district councils, including the changes identified in the addendum, will be collated in a final WMMP which all three district councils will adopt in 2025.

Read the FAQs to find out more.


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  • Waste management opportunities

    2 months ago

    The Waste Assessment has identified various opportunities related to waste management and minimisation to be addressed through the WMMP. Explore these, ask questions or start a conversation.

    The opportunities are:

    • Explore collaborating options with Iwi, community groups, industry and neighbouring regions. 

      Streamlining data collection across all Council services. 

    • Leveraging national policy change, such as alignment with national standardisation of what is collected for recycling. 

    • There is considerable opportunity to increase the capture of materials (specifically paper, plastic, metals, and organic materials) for diversion. 

    • Streamlining kerbside collections with all Councils offering the same service and planning for new services as required, in line with the national kerbside standardisation. 

    • To increase buy-in, ratepayers and members of the public should be provided with information regarding waste diversion, infrastructure, and current performance online and through other methods. 

    • Education and behavioural change are important to reduce material generation, enhance the use of existing infrastructure, improve material capture for recycling and recovery, and address contamination in recycling and illegal dumping. 

    • Focus on sectors likely to generate more waste in the future, including agricultural waste – ensuring farmers make informed decisions on waste management and appropriate services for their sector and mining waste – considering the increases in waste volumes and types from the industry.

    • Establish a process and start to collect baseline data to inform decision-making.

    • Work to support the procurement of goods and consumables from tourism providers and careful planning around communication and infrastructure available to tourists to encourage waste diversion is essential to successful recovery in the region, particularly in Westland.